It's too early to find a pattern, but in Episode 2 of Entrepreneur's Prior Lives, Michael Cann treats us with the same candor Joe Harb showed in the ro (Read More)

I'm excited today to launch "Entrepreneurs’ Prior Lives," a podcast brought to you by this blog and by wac6arts.com. The first episode (Read More)

A participant on the Seattle Tech Startups listserv recently asked for advice on how to split equity among startup founders. I posted this response and (Read More)

I love the points Chris Dixon hit in his post today announcing his new seed stage fund, Founder Collective.First of all, the dollars announced are mean (Read More)

I went to an informational session held on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington this evening for the Founder Institute's upcoming Winter (Read More)

Chris Matthews said something on his Hardball TV show last night that I found disarming. The set up is what makes the payoff satisfying, so I’ll (Read More)

Twitter announced last week that it had closed a "significant round of funding." News reports, including this one from the NYTimes, anticipat (Read More)

I don't normally write posts like this, partly as a consequence of my temperament, and partly because other blogs are available with authoritative prim (Read More)

@calbucci, the impressario of today's impressively successful Startupday 2009 in Bellevue, sent a pre-event email to sponsors (myself and my firm inclu (Read More)

Last week, I observed that a model first round stock purchase agreement would do more to serve the cause of efficiency in the startup community -- at l (Read More)

Earlier this week, TheFunded Founder Institute released a model term sheet intended for venture-oriented first round financings. In his post announcing (Read More)

Along with @sleepless, @timu_matt and @johnclyman, I attended the Naked Truth event at the Olympic Sculpture Park last night, sponsored by Redfin, (Read More)

Some “New Internet” entrepreneurs who don’t foresee needing a ton of capital are now organizing new ventures as limited liability com (Read More)

One benefit of the economic depression, just starting to reveal itself, is that some startups are able to skip the early adopters and insinuate themsel (Read More)