I hear so many start-ups unwilling to make a drastic change to their operations, even if they’re running Read More
Turntable’s Billy Chasen: Starting over with $400,000
Accounting Business basics Financial and Legal from observer/expert Lessons and advice Survival tips
Hiring Your First Employee?
You’ve put in the hard work as a solo entrepreneur, and now it’s time to add your first Read More
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How do you replicate Silicon Valley entrepreneurship?
“This country can’t be knocked out with one punch,” said Clint Eastwood, during the Super Bowl halftime, in Read More
Here’s the second part of my interview with the founders of Kaggle, a recently-launched start-up with $11 million in Series Read More
Angel investing Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Lean startup Lessons and advice Minimum viable product Venture capital
Leah Busque shares TaskRabbit’s fundraising lessons
During a cold evening in Boston, Leah Busque didn’t want to leave her cozy home to buy dog food. Read More
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Today’s Entrepreneur: Leandro Lemos
Today’s entrepreneur is Leandro Lemos, co-founder of Timezpot, a social network which links sources like Facebook, Twitter, news Read More
(Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist at Union Square Ventures, in NY) We got so many ideas for this Read More
Jim Lanzone, President of CBS Interactive and former CEO of Clicker (which was acquired by CBS), was one of Read More
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Venture Shift NYC and the Angel Investing Hall of Fame
At Vator and Bullpen Capital’s Venture Shift event next week, I’m moderating a panel called “Super angels, micro-VCs, Read More
Business to Business Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Venture capital
Why VCs should be startup CEOs
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Read More
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Best Vacation Tip for Small Business Workaholics.
Do you actually go on vacation when you go on vacation? Typically, I don’t. This Thanksgiving week my Read More
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And The Winner Is…….
With so much doom and gloom in the press these days, it’s great to have a fun story Read More
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Franchisee?
For many Americans, owning a small business is a life-long dream. However, building a business from the ground Read More
Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures, based in NYC. Back when we were doing our Read More
Angel investing Customer Service Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing Venture capital
Assistly’s fundraising lessons before its $50M sale
Hearing VC fundraising experiences from successful companies is always helpful for entrepreneurs still slogging away for investment after Read More