As readers of this blog know, I’m a huge fan of the startup and venture capital world but also a sometimes critic of how the venture capital…

I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a term sheet with an early stage company…

There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling entrepreneurs.   The teams that are selected…

An obvious but surprisingly under-practiced design principle is to “embrace the medium.”  Applied to software, this means building…

Generally speaking, there are two approaches to relating to other people in the business world. The first approach is transactional and…

For most people I know who join or start companies, the primary goal is not to get rich – it is to work on something they love, with people…