Venture Hacks Twitter Bible

Twitter book for Venture Hacks
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venturehacks
Name: venturehacks
Location: San Francisco
Bio: Good advice for startups. Tweets by @nivi. Brains by @naval. We
are investors (Twitter), founders (Epinions), students (life), advisors
(billions).
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venturehacks Internet is one of the primary export industries in the

US. @fredwilson, http://vh.co/ci4ZsT
2010-06-10 00:03:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks When breakthrough thinking is needed, a fun

environment will generally yield better/faster results. @seanellis,
http://vh.co/aPJg21
2010-06-09 22:58:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Steve Jobs: The definition of entrepreneurial resiliency

http://vh.co/bLj8ZT. /cc @msuster @gruber
2010-06-09 18:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Kicklabs has great office space for SF startups

http://vh.co/dxEdwL. I'm hanging out there today. Tell'em I sent you:
info@kicklabs.com.
2010-06-08 22:03:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks We all meet for 3 hours, once a week, and we talk

about everything we're doing. Steve Jobs http://vh.co/c3CVO9 @
1:01:20 /cc @jasonfried
2010-06-08 19:10:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Instead of looking at pixels *under* glass, it's like

looking at pixels *on* glass. @gruber on iPhone 4's display,
http://vh.co/cEQfs7
2010-06-08 01:03:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to mind fuck people with "wide" questions

http://vh.co/at5tQe. I especially like the job interview question. /by
@msuster
2010-06-07 21:36:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks Everyone dialed in to the meeting, putting every

single person on an even footing. @natfriedman on distributed
teams http://vh.co/9AjsVl
2010-06-07 01:26:38 (+00:00)
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venturehacks If you find a lawyer who talks about solutions not

problems, hold on to them. @sgblank, http://vh.co/cebuz2
2010-06-03 19:15:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks I usually like second time entrepreneurs, mostly

because I f'ed up everything on my first company. @msuster,
http://vh.co/dtZbGv @ 41:08
2010-06-02 19:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Themost difficult decisionswill be deeply unpopular

with the CEOs most important constituencies. @bhorowitz,
http://vh.co/b1eLEF
2010-06-01 19:10:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks This fortnight in Twitter http://vh.co/d3N44L. The most

popular links this fortnight.
2010-05-29 19:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I like how I feel when I am using the thing.

@fredwilson on iPad, http://vh.co/bMxfX2
2010-05-29 18:59:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks If its an activity you can do on FarmVille, its

measured somehow with coins, cash, points, levels
@philmichaelson http://vh.co/aMV3
2010-05-28 18:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Valuation is really a reflection of your ability to create a

market for your shares http://vh.co/9eLWbC
2010-05-27 23:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Advanced gestures for using Pages on an iPad

http://vh.co/b0CD7I. This is quite seriously Minority Report shit. /via
@LKM @gruber cc @bfeld
2010-05-27 22:30:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks I admire them in the same way I admire the work

ethic of serial killers. Scott Adams on BP, http://vh.co/9pwD2S
2010-05-27 21:45:03 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Scott Austin at WSJ has a great summary of the 50

minute Doerr + Moritz interview we just posted http://vh.co/cYsJ4D. /cc
@scottmaustin
2010-05-27 21:26:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks John Doerr interviews Mike Moritz interviews John Doerr

http://vh.co/c49kEC. Classic. /cc @sequoia_capital @johndoerr
@chchien @bingfish
2010-05-27 20:30:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks In the 2000s APPL was reborn and created even

more value than GOOG as it grew from $16B to $200B market cap.
@honam http://vh.co/aBUOIb
2010-05-27 19:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ratio of APPL to MSFT market caps on Wolfram Alpha

http://vh.co/9URI4T. Give it time to load. Click "Linear scale and drop
jaw /via @gruber
2010-05-27 18:35:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks How real-world corruption works http://vh.co/blCKEu.

This is awesome. Great negotiation advice. I read every word. Thank
you Internet.
2010-05-26 22:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks [B-plans are] often misused to obfuscate, bore and

show an ability to comply with expectations. Godin,
http://vh.co/cIgAFf /via @zoransa
2010-05-26 21:55:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Cold Reality of First-Time Funding

http://vh.co/cAEtL6 /by @giffconstable
2010-05-26 20:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Setup is the place to get software suggestions,

e.g. which macro tool should I use? http://vh.co/cHRBoA. Great
suggestions from nerds.
2010-05-26 19:25:08 (+00:00)
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venturehacks John Doerr: The salesman for nerds

http://vh.co/bCm7GY. The latest vids from @venturehacksTV /cc
@johndoerr @charlieroseshow @jason @msuster
2010-05-26 18:45:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to sell to large companies http://vh.co/c706K0.

Good tactical enterprise sales tips. You're not alone. /via @asmartbear
@smhanov
2010-05-25 20:30:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks VCs are good at making every concession in a

negotiation seem like a big deal. It's called concession devaluation:
http://vh.co/9a9AUx.
2010-05-25 19:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @venturehacksTV: Jack Dorsey (@jack) on drawing,

luck, and iteration http://vh.co/angzmH /via @fredwilson
2010-05-25 18:30:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks How does a team of 35 design for 400 million Facebook

users? http://vh.co/bNfs41 /cc @lukewdesign
2010-05-23 20:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lying is contagious. Pfeffer, http://vh.co/afcKgZ

it's not about morality, it's about successful organizations.
2010-05-22 22:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks iPad Start Experience: 4 Licenses, 21 Steps

http://vh.co/caeXxw /via @lukewdesign cc @gruber
2010-05-22 20:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do not ever take any interruptions, even if you get a

phone call from the President. @englishpaulm on interviewing,
http://vh.co/cp1xcy
2010-05-21 20:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do not ever leave a job candidate sitting on a couch

waiting for someone. @englishpaulm, http://vh.co/cp1xcy
2010-05-21 20:05:06 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Angel Boot Camp coming to Cambridge, MA

http://vh.co/bHdI6B. Without angels, there would be no VCs. And far
fewer startups. /cc @jonpierce
2010-05-21 19:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Clay Christensen's milkshake theory is my favorite way

to think about competition & substitutes: http://vh.co/a2nezA /cc
@cdixon @pjozefak
2010-05-21 19:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks AngelList Update: Made 45 intros for 7 startups in May.

Need to pick it up! Get intros to Tier 1 angels here: http://vh.co/bT9lX2.
2010-05-21 18:30:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Carried Interest Deal Cut, Let the Workarounds Begin!

http://vh.co/akqopK /by @BillBurnhamCA
2010-05-21 18:05:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Close the candidate on the job, not on the

compensation. @englishpaulm, http://vh.co/cp1xcy
2010-05-21 17:35:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Nicely formatted archive of classic posts by Andreessen

http://vh.co/c0mOtG /cc @a16z @fictivecameron
2010-05-20 22:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks And that is my business plan, or at least the closest Ill

ever get to writing one. @twosixesllc, http://vh.co/bZ2ysS
2010-05-20 21:30:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks ATT could not be good at the thing it was good at and
good at the opposite thing at the same time. @cshirky,
http://vh.co/cejlBM
2010-05-20 20:30:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @venturehacksTV: Bill Gates convinces Steve Jobs

to give him 3 pre-release Macs http://vh.co/bRJHVM (video) /cc
@billgates @fsjblog @ibm
2010-05-20 20:05:03 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Every time you e-mail prospective investors, include

good news (product, traction, team). It stimulates reciprocity:
http://vh.co/9XXzSi.
2010-05-20 19:20:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks TweetDeck users: vh.co links work in the latest desktop

TweetDeck: http://www.tweetdeck.com/desktop /cc @tweetdeck
2010-05-20 19:05:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks I dont expect you to understand most of what Ive

just written because it is obvious that you are stupid. @fsjblog,
http://vh.co/aYTQxh
2010-05-20 18:30:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thomas Korte's perspective on If this is your first time

raising an angel round http://vh.co/bQCC1t /cc @thomask
2010-05-19 20:30:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Learned a new word from @cdixon today.

Coreferential, from this post: http://vh.co/9zHzhy. Meaning:
http://vh.co/c7QOEJ.
2010-05-19 19:25:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks We didnt just want a place to work. We wanted a

place to share our ideas and learn from others. @jasonfried,
http://vh.co/bzg07i
2010-05-19 18:25:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @venturehacksTV: This Week in Venture Capital

with Jason Calacanis http://vh.co/cCBgEW /cc @jason @msuster
2010-05-18 21:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why startups should train their people

http://vh.co/abh9xn /via @bhorowitz cc @a16z
2010-05-18 20:35:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks In a nutshell, anything that takes more than 3

sentences to explain to your peers does not work in reality. Kutt,
http://vh.co/9qHp1C
2010-05-18 19:30:16 (+00:00)
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venturehacks [Atari] Basic Programming could surely win an

award for the box art most disconnected from reality. @topherchris,
http://vh.co/90uUQn
2010-05-18 18:35:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Obscurity is your friend when youre just starting.

@jasonfried, http://vh.co/axHuTI
2010-05-17 23:06:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks Before I even wrote 1 line of code I talked to 10

different people who I knew were in my target market. @twosixesllc
http://vh.co/aMz2Ti
2010-05-17 21:35:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Seed funding is entering the world of philanthropy,

and I think its a very good thing. @bhargreaves, http://vh.co/dpWifG
2010-05-17 20:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks GitHub is the new place for creative angels to find

startups. Check out featured & trending repos: http://vh.co/bxn51F. /cc
@r0bl0rd @github
2010-05-17 19:45:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Announcing Venture Hacks TV http://vh.co/agdMQq.

The best startup advice on the TV. /cc @foxnews
2010-05-17 19:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just learned a new term for mass syndication of seed

rounds: A Party Round. By @rafaelcorrales. Mass syndication:
http://vh.co/d48sHM.
2010-05-17 18:40:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks I dont believe there is such a thing as the venture

capital industry. Andreessen, http://vh.co/bd1SvV /via
@venturehacksTV cc @a16z
2010-05-17 18:10:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Venture Hacks TV http://venturehacks.tv my Sunday

project. The world premiere.
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2010-05-17 03:23:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Two articles that indicate reclining is the best way to

sit: http://vh.co/c1zvIm & http://vh.co/b9hXA7 (see the first mini-post
by Galen).
2010-05-17 01:03:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks VCswhen we fund raisenever ever are raising

money. We're pre-marketing until the round's closed. @msuster,
http://vh.co/aBJ0nB @ 44:34
2010-05-16 19:31:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks [Apple's] continuous iterative improvement is easy

to overlook if youre observing it in real time. @gruber,
http://vh.co/al0uNF
2010-05-15 17:54:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Steve has taken what used to be considered the

innate talent of an entrepreneur and put it in book form. @twosixesllc,
http://vh.co/ay2SA5
2010-05-14 20:40:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks The 2 hardest parts of running these companies: #1 is

recruiting & #2 is talking people out of quitting. pmarca
http://vh.co/clGK1Z 25:55
2010-05-14 19:55:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks There are products that become companies. And

there are companies that come up with a product. Andreessen,
http://vh.co/clGK1Z at 13:53
2010-05-14 19:05:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks Work at a Startup http://vh.co/bGzalI. Typically simple

and insightful recruiting strategy by the team at @ycombinator.
2010-05-14 18:11:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurship is not an end in and of itself. Serial

entrepreneur is an oxymoron.
2010-05-13 22:37:01 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Steve Ballmer from Microsoft Corporation with an iPad

review: http://vh.co/czpWBC (video) LOL funny. /cc @BillGates
2010-05-13 21:25:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups: Dont Hire a PR Agency http://vh.co/b9yIlJ. By

@brantcooper. And a different viewpoint from @novaurora:
http://vh.co/9nVymN.
2010-05-13 20:30:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Naval on GigaOm TV http://vh.co/c70c8i. The topics

aren't new but I always learn something when I listen to @naval.
2010-05-13 19:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Everyone obsesses with dilution from investors. The

biggest dilution comes from co-founders. @msuster,
http://vh.co/an7omY
2010-05-13 18:15:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks If this is your first time raising money

http://vh.co/an7omY. Advice from @naval @cdixon and @msuster. /cc
@theuniverse
2010-05-12 20:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Take advantage of the financing environment that is

available during the hopes and dreams phase. @fredwilson,
http://vh.co/cO2VEL
2010-05-12 19:35:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pros and cons of strategic investors

http://vh.co/dh0WlT (video). Start at 39:00. With @msuster. Good
discussion of IPOs too. /cc @jason
2010-05-12 18:50:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Bosses get more bang for the buck if they focus on
eliminating the negative rather than accentuating the positive.
http://vh.co/9SIB59
2010-05-12 17:50:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks The only site that describes what it's really like inside
Google. Promotion Systems Redux http://vh.co/agAHGZ /by Piaw Na
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2010-05-11 22:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our priorities are always team first, customer second

and profit third. @englishpaulm, http://vh.co/cPOtjH
2010-05-11 21:25:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks It's the entire medium I have a problem withthere

aren't even any Achievements to win. @topherchris on email,
http://vh.co/bwcwkh (pic)
2010-05-11 20:35:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks I start companies because it gives me an opportunity

to create teams. @englishpaulm, http://vh.co/b0tGgY
2010-05-11 19:40:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Awesome interview with @kayak founder and CTO

@englishpaulm: http://vh.co/cPOtjH. Many great quotes about teams.
Read it. /by @dharmesh
2010-05-11 18:40:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Technically inclined founders tend to reach for the

compiler before the phone. @ashmaurya, http://vh.co/acXVmO
2010-05-11 17:45:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks One of the best decisions we made was to hire a

Do-It-All Office Admin as one of our very first hires. @jheitzeb,
http://vh.co/bqDP
2010-05-10 22:40:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Integrity is the safest way to make money

Situational ethics problem is huge (everyone else is doing it)
Buffet, http://vh.co/9VLhS
2010-05-10 18:05:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks While a lot of what Warren & Charlie talk about each
year is the same, I still get inspired in new ways. @billflagg,
http://vh.co/9VLhSh
2010-05-10 00:23:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks What Business is Wall Street In? http://vh.co/b61I7s.
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Too many aphorisms in this thoughtful post by @mcuban. Just read it.
2010-05-09 22:51:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks The biggest mistake platforms make isnt fees (FB)

or competing with complements (Twitter), its being inconsistent.
http://vh.co/97Fwdz
2010-05-08 17:37:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks (3) It isn't about optimizing the round, it's about

whether you can raise the round at all.
2010-05-07 20:11:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks If this is your 1st time raising money: (1) It takes way
longer than you think. (2) You'll think you're much further along than
you are.
2010-05-07 20:10:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks pmarca's productivity guide keeps on giving

http://vh.co/6CRuQK. Trying anti-todo's and picking today's todo's off a
master list.
2010-05-06 21:30:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks If everyone else is doing it, it isn't good marketing.

2010-05-06 20:55:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Raising a Seed Round in 21 Days http://vh.co/cQOY5L.

@mightymeeting's fund-raising story, with an @angellist cameo. /by
@cherevik
2010-05-06 20:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Michael Wolf knows how to schedule a fucking meeting

http://vh.co/c3zLrx. I see VCs use these tricks all the time. It's called
being smooth.
2010-05-06 19:30:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks NYC startup raises money with AngelList

http://vh.co/beXUKc. Company is @mightymeeting, founded by
@cherevik. They're "WebEx for iPad."
2010-05-06 18:55:02 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Mark Zuckerberg pivoted twice before launching

Facebook http://vh.co/cAEmyx. Pivots http://vh.co/2cJheu. /cc @finkd
@ericries @seanellis
2010-05-06 18:15:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks The complete list of people I follow: http://vh.co/9qeFvq

(pic). 12 people. Follow them here: @venturehacks. I prefer RSS for
following.
2010-05-05 21:40:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks We experienced a similar phenomenon but it was a

Brad Feld bump. @elaineellis from @trada, http://vh.co/a6EJ3r /cc
@bfeld @fredwilson
2010-05-05 20:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks I didn't get tumblr until I started reading @topherchris'

tumblr: http://vh.co/aCeVz7. He's tumblr's Editorial Director & internet
jackass.
2010-05-05 19:30:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks VCs in seed clothing http://vh.co/an7cdT. Definitive

interview on VC signaling in seed rounds with @cdixon @msuster and
@naval. /cc @rashmi
2010-05-05 18:45:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Educate, entertain, engage. These tips from @msuster

at http://vh.co/9Tj5YX helped me keep up with @davemcclure on the
.co panel at #w2e.
2010-05-05 00:56:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks From Zero to a Million Users http://vh.co/aEHIzO. Tons

of marketing tactics in this talk by @drewhouston at @dropbox &
@asmith at @xobni.
2010-05-04 22:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Compensation is hard, let's go shopping!

http://vh.co/bUbI5f. Enjoying this blog. This post on acquisitions is a
great place to start.
2010-05-04 21:10:10 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Scientists Explain Why Computers Crash But We

Don't http://vh.co/bueKp5. Super cool. Basically, E. coli doesn't re-use
functions.
2010-05-04 20:10:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Theres a worldwide market for 50,000 of anything.

@Gartenberg, http://vh.co/dcAGyY. Reminds me of The Web is
effectively . @
2010-05-04 19:15:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hello vh.co http://vh.co/cwWuxQ. Announcing our

superbad new short URL and how to get your own .co domain.
2010-05-04 18:30:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Always remember, you are building a business model,

not a product. @dbinetti /via @hnshah
2010-05-04 00:02:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Theres no point in going through the motions unless

you can really stand out. @brekiri on VC blogging,
http://vh.co/aJd4al
2010-05-03 20:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Wilson bump http://vh.co/9N2PGm Advice for

investors who blog. /cc @fredwilson
2010-05-03 19:10:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks vh.co is our hot new short URL. Please help us test it by
clicking here: http://vh.co/9mp1SW. Powered by @bitly Pro:
http://vh.co/aCrfuK.
2010-05-03 18:30:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good discussion of liquidation preferences this

weekend. @fredwilson: http://j.mp/9M0Fqv @nivi: http://j.mp/97KPEW
@yegg: http://j.mp/ayFVnj
2010-05-02 20:58:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks [MS] promised to extend Office a few years, and lent

Apple $150M, and Jobs came back. @eastgate, http://j.mp/bzZU7y.
Greatest RDF ever?
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2010-05-01 21:18:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Mark explains how to get boards to make intros and

lays out the beginnings of an agile board philosphy:
http://j.mp/9WKVR3. /cc @msuster
2010-05-01 20:03:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks The energy at the #sllconf reminded me of what Ruby

conferences were like a few years ago. @hirodusk,
http://j.mp/cMLPdk /cc @ericries
2010-05-01 01:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks The last century of business education has focused

almost entirely on the last stage of a companys life. @hirodusk,
http://j.mp/cMLPdk
2010-05-01 01:14:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to turn quantitative metrics into qualitative

questions for your users: http://j.mp/9R01iZ. /by @cindyalvarez
2010-04-30 20:25:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fuck it. I just played Robot Unicorn Attack. Flash is

worth the trouble now. Steve Jobs, http://j.mp/bFp5yV (pic) /cc
@topherchris
2010-04-30 19:35:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks For the past month I've been trying an experiment

with my daily work. I only work when I feel like it. Thomas Hintz,
http://j.mp/cyCQmb
2010-04-30 18:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good to see @farbood, my brother and founder of

@grockit, tweeting. Good voice from a startup CEO practicing
#leanstartup techniques.
2010-04-29 23:45:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks I just subscribed (via email) to the Venture Hacks

Daily Newsletter. @fredwilson, http://j.mp/bppqYe. Already feeling
the Wilson bump.
2010-04-29 22:20:09 (+00:00)
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venturehacks The story of the Google IPO by @ericschmidt is very

very good: http://j.mp/d7E8os. I didn't skim it, I read every word. /cc
@harvardbiz
2010-04-29 21:20:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups who want meetings with investors should

polish their pitch, presentation, and _product_. Here's why:
http://j.mp/bHGWnu.
2010-04-29 19:50:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks We strongly believe that all standards pertaining to

the web should be open. Jobs, http://j.mp/deDs0F. Commoditizing:
http://j.mp/awQpDr
2010-04-29 19:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks The modern web had over 10 years to reach parity

with desktop applications, and it couldn't even hit that. @a4agarwal
http://j.mp/dboVeL
2010-04-29 19:20:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Most people view any truly innovative idea as stupid

if it was a good idea, somebody would have done it. @borowitz,
http://j.mp/cBWCQO
2010-04-29 18:45:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks The only way to create brand preference is to offer a

better customer experience. @Sales_Machine, http://j.mp/bmPCKz
2010-04-29 18:05:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks This is the first methodology thats been

crowdsourced were collectively getting smarter at a scary rate.
@sgblank, http://j.mp/cd2I
2010-04-28 23:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you can use Powerpoint you can use Unbounce.

@unbounce, http://j.mp/bOYnpr (Great positioning)
2010-04-28 22:47:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Before I started blogging, I was a guy with a 'resume',
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not a 'voice'. @stevecheney, http://j.mp/c8Es1F

2010-04-28 22:20:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why haven't I seen @unbounce before? Hosted landing

pages for marketers with A/B testing built-in: http://j.mp/aQbeQU. /via
@briannorgard
2010-04-28 21:59:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks I never built Google. Ive acknowledged that many

times. @msuster (always good for an out-of-context LOL quote),
http://j.mp/aJ0JFE
2010-04-28 21:20:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks You can always earn more by quitting. I said this all
the time to the employees at my companies. @msuster,
http://j.mp/aJ0JFE
2010-04-28 20:20:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hackers will always find a way to get something

done One of our corporate maxims: everybodys a hacker.
@wepay, http://j.mp/dt494Z
2010-04-28 19:45:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Where to find the best startup advice:

http://j.mp/cd2I0M. /cc @sgblank @ericries @msuster @fredwilson
#leanstartup
2010-04-28 19:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good generalization: A pivot is when you change your

business model. @dbinetti. @sgblank on b-models:
http://j.mp/ae0WBO. /via @ericries
2010-04-28 18:40:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Even VCs dont really know what market is. They may
not even know what their own firms are actually doing. @broadwin,
http://j.mp/bppOdJ
2010-04-28 18:15:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dont be shocked if something fails because it lacks

fervor and passion. @fchimero, http://j.mp/cGg5ZC
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2010-04-28 17:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks 2, 5, 7, 3 (failed), 6 now moving to 1 in the hopes of

identifying a partner with a bigger 4 than us, so we can 8.
http://j.mp/dzqXMi
2010-04-27 21:32:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks Two great talks from the Startup Lessons Learned

Conference http://j.mp/crISyA /cc @sgblank @kentbeck @ericries
@chudson
2010-04-27 19:10:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you use the web to source your candidates, you also
need to use it to communicate to everyone. @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/bBpqZx
2010-04-27 18:40:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurs don't lie -- their words simply run ahead

of what they can deliver today. Learn more: http://j.mp/b7WprN.
2010-04-26 21:37:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks The startup roller coaster: The weekend began with a

front page article in [NYT] the elation didnt last long. @blippy
http://j.mp/amNCna
2010-04-26 20:53:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks The job hopping discussion (http://j.mp/b3r0MF)

reminds me of this post on VH: We dont pay you to work here
http://j.mp/UIus. /cc @msuster
2010-04-26 20:10:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Check this out: @sgblank @ericries & @farbood (my

brother) in The New York Times: http://j.mp/d5iXW2 (pic). Full article:
http://j.mp/aY7qYa
2010-04-26 19:15:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Reducing time to market is less than half the benefit of

building an MVP. The big win is in changing what you build next.
2010-04-26 18:40:09 (+00:00)
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venturehacks One way to start a startup http://j.mp/cIXRpx. Follow

these 8 (not so easy) steps to instant billions and washboard abs. /cc
@gobalto
2010-04-26 18:05:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks I finally got a complete checkup. It turned out that I

had the very early stages of bladder cancer. @seanellis,
http://j.mp/d3IJl9
2010-04-25 19:46:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Steve Blank's talk at #sllconf right now is one of his

best yet: http://j.mp/9t1VnN. Lots of new thinking. /cc @sgblank
@ericries
2010-04-23 23:03:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks Conway invests in 2-3 startups per month, but 5

qualified deals a day are referred to them. @arrington,
http://j.mp/cwNxho
2010-04-23 18:20:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurship is management. @ericries at

#sllconf, http://j.mp/9t1VnN
2010-04-23 16:44:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Ries has decided to live stream #sllconf _right

now_ http://j.mp/9t1VnN. I'm watching and brushing my teeth. /cc
@ericries
2010-04-23 15:53:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks This is sick. An iPhone boots the Linux kernel and

Android: http://j.mp/bUSlwD. Reminds me of installing Slackware on my
PC back in the day.
2010-04-22 20:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Callum is the best trainer in San Francisco:

http://j.mp/bunloG. I use him. Tons of positive energy. Knows
everything about sporttechnical.
2010-04-22 20:00:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks We haven't always prioritized correctly, but we're
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getting much better at it. @tripadler, http://j.mp/9VrQJ5

2010-04-22 19:10:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Like these micro-documentaries that #sllconf made for

their speakers http://j.mp/bTz8wd. I want one. A company makes 'em
http://j.mp/9l7wS0.
2010-04-21 22:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks First useful post I've read on the differences between

CTO, VPE, and Architect: http://j.mp/8Xs8fo by @msuster. See the
comments too.
2010-04-21 21:20:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Enterprise sales tip #1 from @sgblank: Give your

champion at the target firm a pitch he can use internally. Put his name
on itdo his work.
2010-04-21 20:35:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Steves know how to market. RT @sgblank: #sllconf is

going to be the Woodstock for entrepreneurs. If you werent there you
will say you were.
2010-04-21 19:30:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Giant 25% discount for VH readers who want to go to

the Startup Lessons Learned Conference #sllconf Friday:
http://j.mp/aSDgQE. Please RT.
2010-04-21 18:35:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Signs that the VC you're talking to is serious:

http://j.mp/aHag8f. Your negotiation adversary should demonstrate
commitment. /via @pjozefak
2010-04-21 18:05:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Berkshire Hathaway is another large company ($200B

cap) which speaks directly and frankly to shareholders. @honam,
http://j.mp/alB2WB
2010-04-21 01:46:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks No other $175B market cap company talks as directly

as Google does: http://j.mp/alB2WB.
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2010-04-20 23:59:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks They did not rebuild Twitter, they just replaced one
thing at a time and evolved it. @fredwilson, http://j.mp/cX9hWK
2010-04-20 21:40:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Here in the valley, judging people's net-worths by

their appearance or mode of dress is a serious mistake. Piaw Na,
http://j.mp/axVYz8
2010-04-20 20:40:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Build something for yourself is not the best way to

come up with startup ideas. A different way: http://j.mp/9I9PnW.
2010-04-20 19:45:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Theres no formal definition of product/market fit. Its

up to you to define the metrics that investors should use.
http://j.mp/a0LPso
2010-04-20 18:45:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks I really like this M&A hack from @fredwilson: Stay

Packages, http://j.mp/94DcJM. You could make a good name for
yourself writing M&A hacks.
2010-04-19 20:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Teams are nearly impossible to evaluate over email

without the product, traction and social proof serving as resum.
@naval
2010-04-19 19:20:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Retreat looks like The Lobby with a twist:

http://j.mp/bH3hyK. Both are very exclusive but anyone can apply to
get in The Retreat.
2010-04-19 18:45:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks The easiest way to make a great first impression on a

VC [or] customer is to have one fine-looking deck. @sarahtavel,
http://j.mp/b7DYyS
2010-04-19 18:05:12 (+00:00)
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venturehacks A picture/vision will light up my imagination in a way

that numbers never will. @fredwilson, http://j.mp/bCiVtd
2010-04-18 20:29:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks When it comes to traction, my rule of thumb is If you

have to ask, you probably dont have enough. @shafqatislam,
http://j.mp/aATyDo
2010-04-16 20:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Your business models have been completed.

@anildash to the developers at @chirp, http://j.mp/cdaWjO
2010-04-16 19:35:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why is this hilarious roast by @anildash at @chirp not

getting press? http://j.mp/cdaWjO It's the second talk. @biz's talk is
funny too.
2010-04-16 18:30:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks @samwhitmore @LaurenEdwardsSV How'd you find us?

Glad you did.
2010-04-16 00:44:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks [Flickr] really took off once they jettisoned the

majority of their product. @lauraklein, http://j.mp/bIxRZf /via
@ericries
2010-04-15 17:55:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Clean up hairy deals before you try to raise a B or C

round: http://j.mp/bO36J2. Great new post by @msuster. Lots of game
theory. Awful pic.
2010-04-14 21:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks The AngelList Twitter list is becoming part of my daily

reading: http://j.mp/5jqefs. Along with @techmeme,
@newsycombinator & Google Reader.
2010-04-14 20:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks We actually had less attrition in the two years after

the acquisition than in the two years before. @epaley,
http://j.mp/bGG2Hw
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2010-04-14 19:40:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks How much traction do I need? http://j.mp/944u27 We

answer the question with a question. And graphs.
2010-04-14 18:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Had financial rewards been our only motivation, we

would have given up before the company ever started. @epaley,
http://j.mp/bGG2Hw
2010-04-14 17:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries I want to embed the video on

http://venturehacks.com. Also why not use a standard player like
YouTube. And put it on the homepage.
2010-04-14 03:40:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks Presentation Hacks http://j.mp/beZsDP. Audio and

slides from @naval's presentation at @founding. I learned a lot and
highlighted my favs.
2010-04-13 18:55:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Startup Lessons Learned Conf is going to be the

startup conference of the year: http://www.sllconf.com. Wish it was
around 5 years ago.
2010-04-13 18:10:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks People here are brutal about email. Dont ramble;

dont try to sell yourself just get to the point. @eliasbiz,
http://j.mp/cvSmpR
2010-04-12 23:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks It seems most people use the new school RT these

days. I'm glad Twitter is getting into clients because desktop clients
don't support it.
2010-04-12 22:15:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks I do not believe it makes any sense to segment who

gets to see what business metrics in a company. @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/doohj2
2010-04-12 21:30:14 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Opportunities on which one can put nearly unlimited

capital to work at tremendous potential returns are rare. Burry,
http://j.mp/cSuSfe
2010-04-12 20:15:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Self promotion: Venture Hacks bump almost as big as

TechCrunch bump: http://j.mp/cV4soq (pic). Boom. /via @cmccann7
2010-04-12 19:20:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Who has time for meetings? http://j.mp/dAeY07. New

post by Venture Hack'er @naval.
2010-04-12 18:10:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks We are not prudes. We expect your web presence to

represent who you are, not who you think an employer wishes you
were. http://j.mp/a3P3sP
2010-04-12 17:45:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Everything you need to know about social media

marketing in one paragraph: http://j.mp/920TQy. By @tferriss.
2010-04-11 23:29:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@msuster offers developer relations advice to Twitter

based on his experience at Salesforce: http://j.mp/bEknoO. /cc
@fredwilson @naval
2010-04-11 18:17:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good snarky quote from @fredwilson on venture

capital's systemic risks: http://j.mp/bScJdv. /via @vhtalk
2010-04-10 19:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Until Twitter has a successful business model third

parties should expect erratic behavior. @cdixon, http://j.mp/b5zHjn
2010-04-10 18:05:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks @jamiew I need a "Know Your X" for hip hop lyrics.
Young Jeezy, T.I., all the real gangsters.
2010-04-10 01:05:33 (+00:00)
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venturehacks My parents need this site very badly: Know Your Meme,
http://j.mp/b1HRUW (video). Genius. /cc @arrington @gaberivera
@bhorowitz @naval
2010-04-09 18:15:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Even if a VC hasn't invested in a competitor, they're

talking to competitors who are out raising money.
2010-04-08 22:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks David Sacks (@davidsacks) joins @angellist:

http://j.mp/9dwmoc. Founder of @yammer and @geni /cc @rabois
@jowyang @aplusk
2010-04-08 21:20:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just added Ronny Conway from Andreessen Horowitz to

the list of angels who have gotten intros from @angellist. Yes, today is
@a16z day.
2010-04-08 20:05:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ben Horowitz from @a16z defines management:

http://j.mp/d6QJZr. /cc @bhorowitz via @vhtalk
2010-04-08 19:20:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Facebook acquires @angellist startup:

http://j.mp/anQFyN thanks @sodio @jamiequint @rchen. Mashable:
http://j.mp/db3VRJ thx @jolieodell.
2010-04-08 18:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks It can be harmful when the holder of the MBA thinks

they know how to manage, because they have an MBA. @bhorowitz,
http://j.mp/9YJOIN
2010-04-08 18:20:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks The most important business network in technology.

@bhorowitz on Ron Conway, http://j.mp/b9LV8v
2010-04-08 00:02:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Paley (@epaley) from @fcollective describes the

never-ending nightmare of founding a startup: http://j.mp/a8xCUZ. /via
@vhtalk
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2010-04-07 21:10:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks AngelList reviews from entrepreneurs in the trenches:

http://j.mp/9Urg9f. Thanks @webwright @stammy @dlifson. AngelList:
http://j.mp/6FBtAJ.
2010-04-07 20:15:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks When the plane was subsonic, fuel would leak through
the joints. Pete Wallace? (SR-1 Blackbird pilot), http://j.mp/9XQPWj
2010-04-07 19:42:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Angels in Boston should go to @angelbootcamp:

http://j.mp/94fg1i. Our angel interview http://j.mp/3NJx /cc @angusdav
@billwarner @davidcohen
2010-04-07 19:20:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just saw a sneak preview of a promo

micro-documentary for @sllconf. There's a company that makes them:
http://j.mp/9l7wS0. I want one.
2010-04-07 18:30:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks @rogupta http://venturehacks.com/articles/angel

2010-04-07 18:19:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks When many VC firms add the same value, then by

definition, their value-adds become a sort of commodity. Kyaw
Naing, http://j.mp/9riVkt
2010-04-06 21:05:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Favorite quotes from Marc Andreessen from

TechCrunch's inteview of Marc, Conway, and Hornik:
http://j.mp/9Da7xC. /cc @arrington
2010-04-06 20:10:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks @howardlindzon When are we going to get you on

@angellist? Browse: http://j.mp/6FBtAJ. Join: http://j.mp/7Jq2yN. Be
well.
2010-04-06 20:02:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to close an angel round: http://j.mp/d48sHM. A
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new interview on Venture Hacks. A terrible teaser.

2010-04-06 19:35:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Topsy (@topsy) is damn cool. See our top photos:

http://j.mp/9iW17J, tweets: http://j.mp/c7ujhx, posts: http://j.mp/bD4f3J.
/via @nist
2010-04-06 18:55:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks A great review of Pitching Hacks: http://j.mp/azdJOx. I

like the way this guy writes/thinks. If you're looking for a writer, hire
this guy.
2010-04-06 18:00:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks The best general interest signal is swagger plus

setting a fixed time when you are going to be done raising $.
@cdixon, http://j.mp/d4DRnd
2010-04-05 22:50:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "One should never be contrarian just for the sake of

it 95%+ of the deals that no one likes are probably not good.
http://j.mp/bkGyna
2010-04-05 21:50:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Since one fails often, address markets that make it

worthwhile when one does succeed. @vkhosla, http://j.mp/9KNpcQ
2010-04-05 21:00:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Can I send my pitch to just some of the angels on

AngelList? http://j.mp/ahycfN. The answer is oui. New mini-post on
Venture Hacks.
2010-04-05 20:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Feedtrace has the slickest iframe I've ever seen:

http://j.mp/9WZgMi. Click a story and see. Like a no-install extension.
/cc @feedtrace
2010-04-05 19:45:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks No sophisticated investor is impressed by titles in an

early stage startup: http://j.mp/bqJaOE. New post on Venture Hacks.
2010-04-05 19:05:04 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Startups should {a} suck up to the press (PR), {b}

build a press (blog, viral), {c} buy a press (AdWords), or {d} all of the
above and more.
2010-04-05 18:30:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups are an exercise in narcissism.

2010-04-05 17:40:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Influence without authority.

2010-04-05 16:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks National laws against libel, gag-orders and injunctions

have no jurisdiction over entities like WikiLeaks. @cpaik,
http://j.mp/bZ3hXP
2010-04-05 01:14:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks No sophisticated investor is impressed by titles in an

early stage startup: http://j.mp/bqJaOE. New post on Venture Hacks.
2010-04-04 23:45:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you're in a company that actually confuses business

development with sales, don't go near me. @sgblank,
http://j.mp/bpfLNV
2010-04-04 22:44:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks I demanded daily settlement if positions moved in

our favor, I wanted cash posted to our account the next day.
http://j.mp/cqf8gC
2010-04-04 19:33:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks I bet if we discussed the issue live wed probably end

up agreeing more than disagreeing. @msuster on VC signaling,
http://j.mp/aMukRy
2010-04-03 21:35:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great quote from @cdixon about betting on teams and

narratives vs. current products and value propositions:
http://j.mp/ch8MIg. /via @vhtalk
2010-04-03 20:35:04 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Prediction: iPad will dramatically increase the creation

of web apps that work offline. e.g. http://j.mp/bJy052
2010-04-03 19:59:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you are arguing market size with a VC using a

spreadsheet, youve already lost the debate. @cdixon,
http://j.mp/9GQKDD
2010-04-03 17:25:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Let's see how many MVPs I can crank out in a week
@novaurora, http://j.mp/a7YbHv. Exactly: http://j.mp/6vdzuj.
2010-04-03 00:07:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Did you know that Aardvark was manualated a.k.a.

flintstoned? http://j.mp/9Ls15M Manualation: http://j.mp/AMZgY. /cc
@ventilla via #sllconf
2010-04-02 21:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Are network effects really a significant barrier-to-entry

when you step away from the white board and enter reality?
http://j.mp/9AjZJ8.
2010-04-02 20:39:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks The inside story on how I raised $200k in 6 days.

http://j.mp/dwgWre. @dlifson describes how he used @angellist to
raise his round.
2010-04-02 20:10:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks My exit strategy is death. @jazzmann91,

http://j.mp/c21Iyv
2010-04-02 19:05:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Being open early worked well for us,

http://j.mp/cCX1Qg. New post on Venture Hacks. /cc @ericries
2010-04-02 17:45:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do you have more e-mail addresses than pants?

Youre a techie. @pogue, http://j.mp/cVuqPO. From his iPad review.
2010-04-01 21:45:07 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Announcing 2nd startup funded on @angellist:

http://j.mp/diJR8P. Investors: @davemcclure @thomask @chrisyeh
@paigecraig @davidsrose @tgmtgm.
2010-04-01 20:29:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks Mitch Kapor (@mkapor) joins @angellist:

http://j.mp/bPLqOr. Founder of Lotus. Investor in @twilio @inkling
@bitly. /cc @andrew_chen @carnet
2010-04-01 19:15:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Unless youre famous or a big company, why do a

closed beta? http://j.mp/apk64S
2010-04-01 18:10:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jason Putorti (@novaurora), designer of mint.com, is

launching a network to connect designers to startups:
http://j.mp/cVC1aG.
2010-04-01 17:45:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks A Personal Letter to Senator Dodd Regarding His

Anti-Angel Investment Bill: http://j.mp/cCdabH. @scottedwalker goes
batshit. Please RT.
2010-03-31 23:03:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to not over-optimize your term sheet:

http://j.mp/bkZeQO. /by @mbartus
2010-03-31 21:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wheres the demo? http://j.mp/apk64S. A new post on

Venture Hacks.
2010-03-31 20:10:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is Diapers.com the next Zappos? http://j.mp/9mqESq

/via @newsycombinator
2010-03-31 19:20:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I like how @msuster spends a long time getting to

know founders before investing. See his recent @burstly investment:
http://j.mp/9GUNJv.
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2010-03-31 18:10:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Summarizing @spolsky's blog into one sentence per

post: http://j.mp/bY4EfM. For my b-day, I want someone to do this for
VH. /via @janwillemb
2010-03-31 17:40:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Summarizing @spolsky's blog into one sentence per

post: http://j.mp/bY4EfM. For my b-day, I want someone to do this for
us. /via @janwillemb
2010-03-31 07:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you're offered the shit end of the stick, never forget
you can flip the stick around. @sivers, http://j.mp/aGWA0g
2010-03-30 18:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurship has become faddish most people

are ill suited to survive in the wild as founders. @sgblank,
http://j.mp/a59sgz
2010-03-29 22:41:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is a feature done if it isn't proven to improve a metric

(sales, engagement, NPS)? See http://j.mp/cQTeTC. /via
@giffconstable
2010-03-29 21:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Quora's vision: getting the 90% of information thats

in peoples heads onto the web, http://j.mp/apDoQj. Vision:
http://j.mp/aWT76F.
2010-03-29 20:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. @jasonfried

and @dhh, http://j.mp/a6P6ub /via @superamit
2010-03-29 19:20:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks In the early days at Google we would say that we

have a 6 month roadmap and a 15 year vision. @thomask,
http://j.mp/a91Ii3 /via @vhtalk
2010-03-29 18:20:08 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Our goal is to create the most coherent startup

conference ever. @ericries, http://j.mp/cbsmEB. Great vision:
http://j.mp/aWT76F.
2010-03-29 17:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Vision is free. Unlike your product, team, and traction,

you can literally make it up. See http://j.mp/aWT76F.
2010-03-27 20:05:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks If I can mortgage my house and bet it on black at a

roulette wheel I can surely invest in a friends startup @victusfate
http://j.mp/bbc7Du
2010-03-27 18:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks We have a Twitter list for AngelList: http://j.mp/5jqefs.

But lately I've been using @venturemaven instead: http://j.mp/a9MLD7
(less noise).
2010-03-26 20:55:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks I can't think of a semiconductor company started by a

college dropout or a 20 something in the past 10 years. @honam
http://j.mp/aVglBC
2010-03-26 20:15:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Knowledge trumps cash for startups and people are

giving it away for free on the Internet: http://j.mp/aQtePv. Awesome
quote.
2010-03-26 19:30:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks What we need is to eliminate all accredited investor

requirements for small investments of up to $25k. @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/b9OLpg
2010-03-26 18:50:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Most of the investment grade startups I talk to still lack

a compelling vision. Vision principles: http://j.mp/aWT76F. With many
examples.
2010-03-26 18:00:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks I have seen great ideas presented badly and we've
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funded some of those I'm proud to say! @bijan, http://j.mp/c8sPPb

2010-03-25 21:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Learning is necessary but NOT sufficient It is

ALWAYS necessary, but not sufficient. @honam on lean startups,
http://j.mp/bFVxzY
2010-03-25 21:00:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sign the petition to stop awful new regulations for

angel investors: http://j.mp/9vGaRP. I did. So did many others:
http://j.mp/bkrTvH.
2010-03-25 20:30:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks George Zachary (@georgezachary) joins @angellist:

http://j.mp/9m3OXD. Investor in @twitter @yammer @geni /cc @ev
@saarsaar @davidsacks
2010-03-25 20:10:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks How many angels have taken meetings from AngelList?

40+. Here's the full list with their bios: http://j.mp/9YQB2x.
2010-03-25 20:00:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups: Seed-stage investors don't like top-heavy

companies: CEO, COO, CXO, CYO, VP of X, Y, and Z. It's almost an
immediate pass.
2010-03-25 19:20:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks How Mint.com Acquired 1.5M+ Users,

http://j.mp/9pb5Hy. There is way too much good stuff in this post by
@novaurora but here are my favs.
2010-03-25 18:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Many awesome quotes in this interview with the

world's #1 chess player: http://j.mp/c7OSev. From @vhtalk.
2010-03-25 18:25:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pics, video, & quotes from our panel and meetup at
SXSW: http://j.mp/bYddH7. /cc @davidcohen @ycombinator
@joshuabaer @marc1919 @davemcclure
2010-03-25 18:00:15 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Get StartupTalk updates via @vhtalk. @riklomas built

this. Hire him before I do: http://lomalogue.com. StartupTalk:
http://j.mp/deWNZJ.
2010-03-24 21:27:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Follow @angellist for announcements about new

angels. New investors include @konatbone @othman @simeons
@tgmtgm @tbpasker @seattlebill.
2010-03-24 21:15:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Investors measure progress differently [than lean

startups] investors measure progress through growth.
@ashmaurya, http://j.mp/bFVxzY
2010-03-24 20:05:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Don't walk into a VC firm unless you're ready to pitch.

No matter the agenda.
2010-03-24 19:15:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks When you are selected you share the stage with 49
other companies. @msuster on demo days, http://j.mp/cFfHNV
(Startups pay attention.)
2010-03-24 18:10:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks How we made $1 million for SEOmozwith one

landing page and a few emails, http://j.mp/aFSnEA. Summary: Learn
what makes customers buy.
2010-03-23 22:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Which one are you? You give someone a task and
receive better than expected work vs. you have to check their work
over: http://j.mp/cMc6pm.
2010-03-23 21:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ten rules for better founding teams,

http://j.mp/aton4Y. Outside-the-box thinking about founder agreements
from @simeons.
2010-03-23 21:05:12 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Tony Wright (@webwright) is our latest Power Broker:

http://j.mp/5iDxx3. Thanks for referring investment grade startups to
AngelList Tony.
2010-03-23 20:30:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our email template for scheduling meetings with

investors: http://j.mp/aoEozM. It's all about speed.
2010-03-23 20:05:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Aydin Senkut (@asenkut) joins AngelList:

http://j.mp/dtv1jb. Investor in @mint @vark @mochimedia. /cc @sacca
@mkapor @markgoines @paultoo
2010-03-23 19:33:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Speeding up looks like this: let's get to the root cause
of the specific problems we're having. @ericries, http://j.mp/dsJQ0U
2010-03-23 19:05:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Many new investors on @angellist that I haven't had a

chance to add formally: http://j.mp/6FBtAJ. /cc @mjones @eladgil
@ryanspoon @phineasb
2010-03-23 18:30:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Starting a company: laptop = $1500, lawyer = $2000,

good advice = priceless (or $19) > get this book http://j.mp/c0SxqD
/via @thomask
2010-03-23 18:05:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Two sentences per paragraph (maximum). Nobody

complains about having blocks of text broken up _too_ much.
@jwolfe360, http://j.mp/cyNFxT
2010-03-23 17:30:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tips for Founders @ YC Demo Day,

http://j.mp/cxxo50 by @thomask. My fav: Approach investors, dont
wait for them to find you.
2010-03-23 04:21:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks One objective per email. You want them to do two

things for you? Write two emails. @jwolfe360, http://j.mp/cyNFxT
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2010-03-22 23:29:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Some of the best landing page copy I've seen in a

while: http://j.mp/aCUzni. No kiddin. /cc @idzr.
2010-03-22 21:31:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our most popular tweets: http://j.mp/a9rAp5. Courtesy

@favstar. So cool. Catch up on great links you missed while you were
eating lasagna.
2010-03-22 21:20:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks From the entrepreneur's perspective, if you can't build

competitive advantage with $, then you need to quit @bhorowitz
http://j.mp/cBS2Wd
2010-03-22 20:25:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks From the VC perspective, saying that cash doesn't

correlate with winning the market almost sounds correct. @bhorowitz,
http://j.mp/cBS2Wd
2010-03-22 19:25:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Harper Reed (@harper) is our latest Power Broker:

http://j.mp/5iDxx3. Thanks for referring investment grade startups to
AngelList Harper.
2010-03-22 18:45:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Competitors that scare me are the ones who have

found ways to make money and scale at the same time. @honam,
http://j.mp/acPV8d
2010-03-22 18:20:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our most banal post ever: How to schedule meetings

with investors, http://j.mp/aoEozM.
2010-03-22 18:00:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks In Hollywood, actors get "attached" to scripts. In Silicon

Valley, angels get "committed" to financings.
2010-03-19 20:05:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Audience Size Doesn't Prove Influence on Twitter:
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http://j.mp/aZVsWQ. True. You have a lot more power than it would

seem. Thx for following.
2010-03-19 19:51:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks An astounding 2% of visitors bought the VH Bible for

$49. Now experimenting with $19 pricing: http://j.mp/c0SxqD. (The
$49'ers got refunds.)
2010-03-19 17:56:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks I have never been successful with an investment

that raised a boatload of money before traction. @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/cOB2e4
2010-03-19 17:50:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurs are usually the last people to quit. VCs

typically give up long before entrepreneurs @honam,
http://j.mp/cdGgDa
2010-03-18 22:20:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks New investors asking for intros to StartupList startups

(http://j.mp/bfSPUX): @davidcowan (Midas List top 10) and @apatzer
(Mint founder).
2010-03-18 21:45:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks All our posts in one giant e-book. Buy the alpha version
of The Venture Hacks Bible: http://j.mp/c0SxqD. Sample:
http://j.mp/9CxnN9 (pdf).
2010-03-18 21:15:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to meet important people in Silicon Valley (or

anywhere else), http://j.mp/9w0pTr by @thomask. Great advice.
2010-03-18 20:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Specific lessons Google learned from its failures:

http://j.mp/aiyXWx by @thomask. /cc @msuster @honam.
2010-03-18 20:00:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks If investors are at the point of converting to common

stock other than at exit you've got big problems @msuster,
http://j.mp/aP0s9c
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2010-03-18 19:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Failing fast without learning something is just failure.

@thomask, http://j.mp/b2L1IM
2010-03-18 19:05:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to become part of the Silicon Valley "in-crowd"

from anywhere in the world: http://j.mp/bAYAW6 by @thomask.
@mattmireles is one example.
2010-03-18 18:25:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks StartupTalk now has feeds for comments:

http://j.mp/ciWiDF. Twitter: @vhtalkcomments. RSS:
http://j.mp/d5wuEL. Email: http://j.mp/cKrraa.
2010-03-18 18:00:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Should investors lose board seats if they convert their

stock to common? http://j.mp/aP0s9c. A discussion with @msuster and
@naval.
2010-03-18 17:45:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks If I Launched a Startup, http://j.mp/cTELpm. Fun pithy

legal advice from @startuplawyer. A good complement to @yokum
@scottedwalker @mbartus
2010-03-18 17:00:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks David Cowan celebrates 1 year without a car:

http://j.mp/c04yEy by @davidcowan. Super smart idea. I'm celebrating
my 36th year soon.
2010-03-17 23:00:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get notified about new posts on StartupTalk. Twitter:

@vhstartuptalk. RSS: http://j.mp/b8BL21. Email: http://j.mp/a3lL5M.
2010-03-17 22:33:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks I used to like all technical teams, but increasingly I'd

like to see a product marketing or community guy @thomask,
http://j.mp/dnpSuX
2010-03-17 22:20:06 (+00:00)
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venturehacks What's the future of term sheets? An online term

sheet and mass syndication process. @naval, http://j.mp/dD4yOf. /cc
@yokum
2010-03-17 21:15:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks All our posts in one giant e-book. Buy the alpha version
of The Venture Hacks Bible: http://j.mp/c0SxqD. Sample:
http://j.mp/9CxnN9 (pdf).
2010-03-17 20:05:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks No one is an expert on the future. @mattlinderman,

http://j.mp/csEYV4
2010-03-17 19:15:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Solvate is simple outsourcing for startups:

http://j.mp/cdDxOX. See the post for a free hour of @solvate in March.
2010-03-17 18:56:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks There are two kinds of companies I really like. One

that ignores the competition entirely. And one that picks a fight.
http://j.mp/cLXhXo
2010-03-17 18:35:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The best fail fast (or quit early) story I've heard in a
while", http://j.mp/b2L1IM. From StartupTalk (@vhstartuptalk). /cc
@honam
2010-03-17 17:50:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good reporting on the SXSW Incubator panel that

@naval sat on: http://j.mp/dgJdBU by @SuzyPerplexus. Good summary
of what I saw on #seedacc.
2010-03-16 22:28:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks SocratED made an online course out of our posts:

http://j.mp/dev92b by @socrated. This is a great idea. Suggestion:
remove the login.
2010-03-16 22:00:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks /cc is a major innovation in Twitter syntax:

http://j.mp/9kFOgN. I use it to adroitly promote my tweets. /cc
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@chrismessina
2010-03-16 21:36:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks I think [F-Shares] can actually attract high quality

early employees. @thomask, http://j.mp/cbt6E7 /cc @eladgil
2010-03-16 21:20:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Using StartupTalk as a tumblog, posting excerpts from

great posts like this one about lean sales: http://j.mp/chujMm. /cc
@ericries.
2010-03-16 20:25:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Reference-quality comparison of term sheets from

@ycombinator, @techstars, and @twang: http://j.mp/b1gLWu. By
@yokum from Wilson Sonsini.
2010-03-16 19:25:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks The only reason investors say no is because you

haven't figured out how to get far enough on your own.
2010-03-16 18:40:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks My head start on the competition: 9 days

http://j.mp/d9kzUD. Love the way this guy thinks. Measures the time
for someone to have his idea.
2010-03-16 17:57:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks You don't need to be part of a Silicon Valley in-crowd to

raise money: http://j.mp/dnpSuX. From StartupTalk. /cc @richaberman
@thomask.
2010-03-16 17:45:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Focus is a competitive advantage. Me,

http://j.mp/cNO1nR (I was interviewed by @onetwing)
2010-03-16 16:40:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Follow the SXSW Seed Accelerator panel right now via
#seedacc. Panel members are @ycombinator @davidcohen
@capitalfactory and our @naval.
2010-03-15 20:33:23 (+00:00)
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venturehacks If you went to our SXSW Meetup, THANKS. How can we

improve for next time? Be brutal. The attendees: http://j.mp/d0xndZ &
http://j.mp/925D0l.
2010-03-15 18:34:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Naval speaking at SXSW today 3:30pm Hilton C with

@ycombinator @davidcohen. SXSW: http://j.mp/d78e9f Plancast:
http://j.mp/dmpWkR /cc @naval
2010-03-15 17:20:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you went to our SXSW Meetup, THANKS. How can we

improve for next time? Be brutal. The attendees: http://j.mp/d0xndZ &
http://j.mp/925D0l.
2010-03-15 01:29:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks Naval is throwing a SXSW meetup today 5pm @ Four

Seasons! Plancast http://j.mp/d0xndZ; Facebook http://j.mp/925D0l;
Blog http://j.mp/advTwK.
2010-03-14 18:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks @awscloud Rebooted EC2 instance i-878458ec after

installing a package and machine is waiting for a keypress at the
console. Can you help?
2010-03-14 02:15:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks The only reason investors say no is because you

haven't figured out how to get far enough on your own.
2010-03-13 22:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Naval is speaking at SXSW Mon and throwing a SXSW

meetup Sun: http://j.mp/advTwK. If you're a Venture Hacker, come say
hi. /cc @naval
2010-03-13 20:45:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks We're speaking at SXSW Monday and throwing a

MEETUP Sunday: http://j.mp/advTwK. If you're a Venture Hacker, come
and talk to us. /cc @naval
2010-03-12 22:35:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@wildgw here. Just went to @mbartus' startup:mixup
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for Venture Hacks. Fav companies were @lilgrams @xuropa. Next

mixup: http://j.mp/bMjEwa.
2010-03-12 19:25:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "My objective is not for you to blow through the cash
so I can own more of your company. @msuster, http://j.mp/9ieA0d
2010-03-11 21:23:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups if you need WordPress help check out

@crowdfavorite and tell them I sent you. I use them and they rock:
http://j.mp/9jijkX.
2010-03-11 20:43:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Preview of our new StartupTalk (@vhstartuptalk). Hang

out while @msuster and I discuss how much money you should raise:
http://j.mp/9ieA0d.
2010-03-11 20:18:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@ycombinator is throwing a meetup at @sxsw on Mon

5-7pm: http://j.mp/8XCdiR. Good idea. We want to do the same. Can
you suggest time/place?
2010-03-10 22:26:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hypothesis: Every blog (a.k.a. community) needs its

own aggregator. e.g. Hacker News is an aggregator for Paul Graham:
http://j.mp/7PaoU0.
2010-03-10 21:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dont contact investors if you dont fit their interests

youre not the exception that proves the rule. From our post:
http://j.mp/aTBtE0.
2010-03-10 20:20:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jonathan Schwartz' first blog post on saber rattling with

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates rocks: http://j.mp/ckBStq by @openjonathan.
Great story.
2010-03-10 19:35:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Word-for-word script to give new hires, so they can quit

their old job quickly: http://j.mp/a0WqoU. By @msuster. Awesome
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detail.
2010-03-10 19:05:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wufoo's simple new programming language for

business people is big news: http://j.mp/aQkIU0. @startuplist &
@angellist both run on @wufoo.
2010-03-09 23:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lean telephone sales at Saishunkan in Japan. Look at

the awesome pics, then read the post: http://j.mp/d3YNmR. /cc
@ericries @jasonfried.
2010-03-09 22:45:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Too many VCs see their entrepreneurs almost like

pawns. They speak of my CEOs. @msuster, http://j.mp/bCCAk5
2010-03-09 21:40:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Cool. @ericries' lean startup conference is built to be

best experienced by teams, not just individuals Learn how:
http://j.mp/aR8o4g.
2010-03-09 21:00:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks This digital status board from @panic is awesome:

http://j.mp/9ajNxW. It's actually a lean technique visual control:
http://j.mp/9RmAhF.
2010-03-09 20:25:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is angel investing under threat by federal regulation? A

couple links: http://j.mp/difA8Y from @fredwilson & http://j.mp/bd32jw.
/cc @wac6.
2010-03-09 19:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just started a Twitter profile for @startuplist. Click to

see the ground-breaking avatar. What should we use it for besides
self-promotion?
2010-03-08 22:30:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks We'll figure out step two after step one. Ben
Epstein, How to Make It In America (HBO), http://j.mp/ck4P5u
2010-03-08 21:35:05 (+00:00)
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venturehacks London investor Eileen Burbidge (@eileentso) joins

@angellist: http://j.mp/cR7PCe. /cc @robinklein (another London'er on
@angellist)
2010-03-08 20:20:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks An investor's inbox is filled with startups that are *as

good as yours*. It takes more than 1 intro to get a meeting:
http://j.mp/cakKXK.
2010-03-08 19:20:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Start the week off right with this inspiring video:
http://j.mp/as6Ugb. From Ali by Michael Mann. Watch til the end of the
fight. NSFW.
2010-03-08 18:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks What happens when entrepreneurs start collecting

startup advice from a motley crew: http://j.mp/9sFGYz (droll video).
SFW.
2010-03-05 21:30:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Bob Pasker (@rbpasker) joins @angellist:

http://j.mp/chzqnG. Investor in @mint. From his profile: no suits. /cc
@robhayes @apatzer.
2010-03-05 19:35:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks We're recording an interview on "How to close an angel

round," with an emphasis on turning meetings into money. What
questions do you have?
2010-03-04 23:39:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks My initial reaction to @firstround's eCommerce Summit

is that it's an awesome innovation in VC: http://j.mp/duw3ZN.
2010-03-04 23:00:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks I wonder if @ycombinator should have tried to

trademark "Demo Day". Everybody uses it now: http://j.mp/bKxUuA.
2010-03-04 21:55:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Never miss another one of our tweets with a daily
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digest via email (http://j.mp/1bWT9j) or RSS (http://j.mp/cd4fc). 557

subscribers so far.
2010-03-04 21:00:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks New sponsor post by @georgezachary: More diligence

and less capital coming for startups (and their investors),
http://j.mp/cBJkPU.
2010-03-04 19:50:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Bill Bryant (@seattlebill) joins @angellist:

http://j.mp/ahbuNg. Investor in @swypeinc, @opscode and a part-time
venture partner at @DFJvc.
2010-03-04 18:50:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'd like to differ with Marc on this one. There are no
shortage of standard forms out there. @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/asH6TI
2010-03-04 00:00:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Labels suppress thought: VC, entrepreneur, atheist,

christian, republican, democrat, __________.
2010-03-03 23:20:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@ceonyc gathers advice from VCs and entrepreneurs

on running board meetings: http://j.mp/ai62pL. My favs are from
@msuster & @mattblumberg.
2010-03-03 22:15:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks We shy away from (earn-outs) now. We tend to have

pretty generous packages but theyre time-based. Sobota, Google,
http://j.mp/bWkGvR
2010-03-03 21:30:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks THE Ram Shriram joins @angellist: http://j.mp/dvCGqs.

Google board member and investor. Other investments include
Pinkberry, Mint, Tellme.
2010-03-03 20:10:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks @scobleizer I'll try you at 1pm Pacific Thurs.

2010-03-03 19:43:57 (+00:00)
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venturehacks A Don doesn't wear shorts. Carmine Lupertazzi to

Tony Soprano, http://j.mp/9e2eZx. iTunes link: http://j.mp/cWmEsU.
2010-03-03 19:10:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks The best way to find advisors and co-founders is to go

to lots of events. The best startup events in 27 cities:
http://j.mp/bqphIg.
2010-03-03 18:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I once believed optimization was the secret weapon

that could make almost any startup successful. @seanellis,
http://j.mp/92l4dc
2010-03-02 23:55:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lean startup concepts improve your odds of, if not

success, then at least of failing faster. @giffconstable,
http://j.mp/chsuXU
2010-03-02 22:55:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks One good way to weed them out [entrepreneurs] is to

see who can move the needle without many resources. @robmay,
http://j.mp/c21KCV
2010-03-02 21:30:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great advice from a conversation with @msuster: The

appropriate reaction when competitors pop up is, I'm flattered.
2010-03-02 21:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks I spend time reading when I have a great book to

read. @aaronsw, http://j.mp/8Y9o5X (1000% agreed, likewise with
the contrapositive.)
2010-03-02 20:35:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Paley (@epaley) from Founder Collective

(@fcollective) joins @angellist: http://j.mp/c2dsXx. Investor in @hunch.
Tweet him hello!
2010-03-02 20:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm really enjoying this crazy startup blog by an
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entrepreneur with no connections: http://j.mp/agbawc. Funny, blunt,

and mostly correct.
2010-03-02 19:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks All praise @jedc for archiving Marc Andreessen's blog:

http://j.mp/dBtTrU. I've used it many many times. Read it all if you
haven't already.
2010-03-02 19:01:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Instead of optimizing for a minimum feature set a

competitive analysis drives a maximum feature set. @sgblank,
http://j.mp/aVwlBh
2010-03-02 18:40:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks The lean startup is not one-size-fits-all static [or] a

substitute for vision. @robgo, http://bit.ly/dqdJkb
2010-03-01 23:10:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks A guy tries to get 500 people to prepay for a $100

product, giving him the $50,000 he needs now: http://j.mp/8YzL00, by
Nate from @inkling.
2010-03-01 22:40:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm looking for a quote like Make things easier to do

and people will do them more. I can't find it. I thought it was on
Twitter. Anyone?
2010-03-01 22:10:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks We wouldnt be here working. Steve Jobs, on why

Apple doesn't participate in conferences, http://j.mp/bzIyt8 (Good
normative leverage.)
2010-03-01 21:25:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks The top 10 most clich startup ideas:

http://j.mp/cqQ8Hg by @dharmesh. He obviously forgot "online
introductions to angel investors."
2010-03-01 21:05:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks Venture Hacker @naval makes the "smart money" list:

http://j.mp/bTYZah. Many many other good investors on the full list:
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://j.mp/9ewAMt.
2010-03-01 20:10:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks I've been using @solvate to produce interviews on

Venture Hacks and manage my comments. It's outsourcing for
startups: http://j.mp/b5NaTp.
2010-03-01 19:30:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do investors actually block exits? People talk about

itbut does it happen often? @msuster has one example:
http://j.mp/9nHxat. Any others?
2010-03-01 18:41:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks I love @metacritic. Subscribe to an RSS feed of movies

(http://j.mp/cEBNXy) and TV (http://j.mp/d5b0HD) and get the info
media junkies need.
2010-02-28 23:52:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks The more powerful the VC, the more likely they were
to pay close attention, show up on time @cdixon,
http://j.mp/aEz5UZ
2010-02-28 20:25:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good interview with @aweissman from the

@betaworks "incubator" on how they operate: http://j.mp/cI6Rx2. Now
we know (http://j.mp/aOO5v6).
2010-02-28 18:59:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Apple requires stability in the world There are things

much bigger than us that are out of our control. Steve Jobs,
http://j.mp/bzIyt8
2010-02-26 22:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks By its nature, the Internet undermined anyone whose

status depended on a privileged access to information. M. Lewis,
http://j.mp/cGSbwv
2010-02-26 21:55:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Inspirational very NSFW speech of the week:

http://j.mp/diOLAF (video). By @KFUCKINGP, a true champion. /cc
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@ScottEdWalker.
2010-02-26 20:45:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great moments come from great sponsorship.

@stephencolbert, http://j.mp/cRHUkD (video)
2010-02-26 19:29:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just added an @influads ad in the sidebar of

http://venturehacks.com. What do you think? Their other startup
publishers: http://j.mp/av4qR2.
2010-02-25 22:04:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Smart money follows smart money. Thom Ruhe

(http://j.mp/cz3gaS), from our conversation at @KauffmanFDN. Many
meanings to this quote
2010-02-25 18:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks The first startup gets funded through StartupList:

http://j.mp/bmCmT1. And details of our new referral program. A fancy
new blog post.
2010-02-24 19:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks What should I be learning from this interview? An

example customer development interview by @cindyalvarez:
http://j.mp/dmySxL.
2010-02-24 18:25:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dana Oshiro (@SuzyPerplexus) rounds up the carnage

from the Associate wars: http://j.mp/bWQrMI. I left a comment:
http://j.mp/cQPdB2.
2010-02-24 00:27:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good post on Associates by @robgo from

@sparkcapital: http://j.mp/9sROho. Somehow he wrote it all on an
iPhone?
2010-02-23 21:50:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks New investors asking for intros to StartupList startups:

@pejmannozad, @fbishara, @thomask. Apply: http://j.mp/bfSPUX.
Tweet them a hello!
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2010-02-23 20:40:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Simeon (@simeons) is blogging about how to structure

founder agreements: http://j.mp/bg6Dz1. a.k.a. There is no standard
founder agreement.
2010-02-23 19:40:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks [iPad] is the first computing device thats social in the

real world. @naval, http://j.mp/cs3OZ8. By my partner at
@venturehacks.
2010-02-23 18:30:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries As far as I can tell, most Twitter clients don't

support the new Twitter RT (they don't display them). So I don't use
the new RT.
2010-02-23 06:07:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks A cool experiment: Why doesn't every VC firm give

their Associates $25K to invest for the firm each quarter?
2010-02-23 00:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks I got funding at two separate firms by pitching

associates first. @mattmihaly, http://j.mp/9mxUWK
2010-02-23 00:00:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @rabois: The best VCs do not even have associates.

2010-02-22 23:48:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just got an email from a VC who told me about a

blue-chip firm that recently funded a company at a $100M+ pre after
an Associate sourced it.
2010-02-22 23:30:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks New investors asking for intros to StartupList startups:

Rob Lord (@r0bl0rd) and Andrew Parker (@andrewparker). Apply:
http://j.mp/bfSPUX.
2010-02-22 22:30:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks VCs live and die by their power brokers. What do they
get in return? Time, co-investment. Thinking about power brokers:
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http://j.mp/5iDxx3.
2010-02-22 21:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @rabois: I disagree with @venturehacks. Never

pitch associates.
2010-02-22 21:32:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks I like how @mattblumberg is blogging about his

transition from a founder to a manager as Return Path grows:
http://j.mp/aGTV3J. Good advice.
2010-02-22 20:52:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks Associates at VC firms can be your greatest advocates

to partners, not roadblocks. @oesterle, http://j.mp/aDxF6u
2010-02-22 19:35:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Most entrepreneurs and their VCs use financial

models and spreadsheets that actually hinder their success.
@sgblank, http://j.mp/cBfFsL
2010-02-22 18:40:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks My inspiring video of the week: http://j.mp/bIRyRM. Roy

Jones Jr., the Michael Jordan of boxing. Amazing. /cc @scottedwalker.
2010-02-19 21:45:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: New angels: http://j.mp/d8sFn6. @m2jr

(Digg investor), @edsim (Gizmo5 investor), @techventure (Bebo
investor). Tweet them hi!
2010-02-19 20:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Seed funding best practices, http://j.mp/bPu4Ni by

@startupcfo. Quite good. And short. /via @mbartus. P.S. I hate best
practices.
2010-02-19 19:40:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jason Putorti (@novaurora), designer of Mint &

designer at Bessemer, is running a survey about VC:
http://bit.ly/VCsurvey. I took ittry it.
2010-02-19 19:00:23 (+00:00)
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venturehacks List of Y Combinator style incubators, their locations,

and deadlines: http://j.mp/9AUQuE. By @jkaljundi.
2010-02-19 18:10:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Someday, I want to be the X in The X of Y. (Learn

more about high-concept pitches: http://j.mp/4GecEF)
2010-02-18 18:53:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks New referral program for StartupList: Refer a startup

and we pass your name along if we send it to AngelList. Details:
http://j.mp/5iDxx3.
2010-02-17 22:25:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Stupid things we did: Switching bank accounts three

times 4 closings on our financing and 18 investors @jamiequint,
http://j.mp/ce6AG9
2010-02-17 19:25:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to optimize funnels with KISSmetrics,

http://j.mp/9uznKt. A new sponsor interview with @hnshah from
@kissmetrics.
2010-02-17 18:40:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thank you for reading, retweeting, and replying to our

tweets (the 3 R's). We can't always respond but we read them all with
@twitterrific.
2010-02-16 23:45:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm psyched to announce the very first startup that has
been FUNDED from a StartupList intro! It's a YC company. Apply:
http://j.mp/bfSPUX.
2010-02-16 22:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks New investors who got intros through StartupList:

@joseph77b, @jcal7, @annimaniac. Please tweet them hello! Apply
here: http://j.mp/bfSPUX.
2010-02-16 21:45:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Let's try to make the world match our spreadsheet.

@sgblank, on make the plan thinking, http://j.mp/dfxLhe
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2010-02-16 20:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks As a rule, assume that most [law] firms in NYC are

totally fucking clueless when it comes to startups. @mattmireles,
http://j.mp/byYQHP
2010-02-16 19:40:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks New guest post: My experiments in lean pricing,

http://j.mp/dzPfpJ by @ashmaurya. Ash shares the results of his pricing
experiments.
2010-02-16 19:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks THANK YOU to the angels who help us review startups

for StartupList (http://j.mp/bfSPUX): @chrisyeh, @manukumar,
@peterchane, & @davidcohen.
2010-02-15 23:51:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks Many entrepreneurs are in their own brains when

were meeting rather than trying to understand my position.
@msuster http://j.mp/dbTNnD
2010-02-15 23:44:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Welcome Ann Miura-Ko (@annimaniac)

to AngelList: http://j.mp/bBa5ES. Please send her a hello tweet. She's in
Dasient, others.
2010-02-15 21:40:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Welcome Andrea Zurek (@andreazurek)

to AngelList: http://j.mp/cl6H0o. Please send her a hello tweet. She's in
Tapulous
2010-02-15 21:36:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks All HCLs financial performance information is on our

internal Web [to 50,000 employees]. Vineet Nayar, http://j.mp/djo9IN
2010-02-15 20:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks David Skok (@bostonvc) does a 5-whys analysis of a

hypothetical company that misses a revenue forecast:
http://j.mp/bVQqje.
2010-02-15 19:40:03 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Neat idea. RT @mensoh: Using Creative Commons

style icons to clarify a business plan: http://bit.ly/9ZfUMw.
2010-02-14 21:25:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Best advice I've seen on running board meetings:

http://j.mp/aIpGbD by @msuster. You can tell he's been on the other
side of the table.
2010-02-14 20:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Scale sales and marketing after the founders and a

small team have found a repeatable sales model. @sgblank,
http://j.mp/b54za0
2010-02-14 20:05:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks A huge market with customers yearning for a

product requires very little firepower. @Sequoia_Capital,
http://j.mp/ct4u2Z
2010-02-13 21:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great history by the 17-year old Russian founder of

Chatroulette: http://j.mp/cuNcSq. He started with a very minimal
product.
2010-02-13 20:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Publicity is not a meritocracy: Journalists cover

products of people they know and like. @jasonnazar,
http://j.mp/9iMN4u
2010-02-13 19:15:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries I'm sitting at the desk, playing x-tank, when

some thoughtless bastard rings me on the phone. I pick it up.
2010-02-13 09:29:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks All this argument over whether the iPad is too simple
if anything its probably still too complex. @gruber,
http://j.mp/b6yABo
2010-02-12 23:35:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks As long as they're equal to me, of course I'll give them
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equal rights. @stephencolbert, http://j.mp/cdRQQN (droll video)

2010-02-12 22:15:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks A few of the investors who got intros from this week's
StartupList: @mcgd, @robgo, @rchen. Thanks! Startups, apply here:
http://j.mp/bfSPUX.
2010-02-12 21:38:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks New post: He has no clue whether it will be another

Google, yet he has to make promises that only hucksters can make,
http://j.mp/9r7Wck.
2010-02-12 21:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks How we got into the WSJ, http://j.mp/dvvpAh by

@drodio. Simple hacks for effective emails. Also use narrow columns
(Gmail) and txt emails.
2010-02-12 20:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks My partners and I raised a $300M fund in three weeks

during that period. @georgezachary, on the late 90's,
http://j.mp/a1Ijp8
2010-02-12 20:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks The fund I invest in better be investing in the next

Google. @georgezachary, on the conversations of LPs,
http://j.mp/a1Ijp8
2010-02-12 19:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @kevindalias: The leanest, meanest, and most

valuable daily newsletter I get is from @venturehacks. (Get it here:
http://j.mp/4vNyYp.)
2010-02-12 18:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder,

http://j.mp/bmTVZm by @mattmireles. My fav: "Get creative with
compuse the iPhone Payment Plan."
2010-02-12 17:26:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks A company has to pick vesting schedules years

before major events such as product launches. @simeons,
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http://j.mp/ayh6g2
2010-02-12 00:20:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Every time an engineer joins Google, a startup dies.

@cdixon, http://j.mp/a4pt6d (You don't need to start a startup, you can
join one.)
2010-02-11 23:30:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Collected StartupList testimonials with Twitter

favorites: http://j.mp/9dgM5m. First time I've found a use for favs.
What do you use it for?
2010-02-11 22:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Find some CEOs who were fired by the VC. Ive met
some that actually say positive things about the VCs. @msuster,
http://j.mp/9DQ77I
2010-02-11 21:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks A history of your investors (and their investors),

http://j.mp/98Hyjq. A new sponsor post by @georgezachary from
Charles River Ventures.
2010-02-11 19:50:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Follow Venture Hacks on Google Buzz by following me

(Babak Nivi): http://j.mp/aQePbB.
2010-02-11 19:05:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks One investor's pass is another investor's treasure.

Investors: please refer your high-quality passes to StartupList:
http://j.mp/bfSPUX.
2010-02-10 21:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Bipul Sinha (@bipulsinha) joins

AngelList: http://j.mp/cazP2J. He's at @blumbergcapital, investors in
@hootsuite & @sweepery.
2010-02-10 21:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to cold-email me (or anyone else),

http://j.mp/9Y80A0. Sweet post by @angellist investor, @thomask. And
keep it under 150 words!
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2010-02-09 23:35:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks 5 Butt Kicking Companies You (Probably) Never

Heard, http://j.mp/aleJAV. By @eladgil. I love posts like this about
unsexy companies.
2010-02-09 22:35:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Dan Porter (@tfadp) joins AngelList:

http://j.mp/cm1Ehb. He's the CEO of OMGPOP. Building out the team of
angels in NY.
2010-02-09 21:15:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Added a bunch of Twitter testimonials to the

StartupList Wufoo form: http://j.mp/bfSPUX. Thanks @wufoo for
building an awesome product.
2010-02-09 19:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to Get Your First 3 Employees,

http://j.mp/bCHpiZ. Very tactical tips from @eladgil, whose company
was recently acquired by Twitter.
2010-02-09 19:13:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Answer the friggin' phone and do whatever it takes to

make that customer happy." - Paul English http://bit.ly/d02gFZ, RT
@ScottEdWalker
2010-02-09 18:55:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good tips in this cold-calling video that @sgblank

shared today: http://j.mp/aY7m0V. It seems cheesy at first but gets
good quickly.
2010-02-08 23:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great fund-raising tips from @dharmesh:

http://j.mp/aJIqBB. My favorite: Switching Partners Is Hard, Do Your
Homework.
2010-02-08 22:10:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Unbelievably (to me) most people would trade

valuable time in a meeting for social niceties. @sgblank,
http://j.mp/dqlvCd
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2010-02-08 21:05:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Y Combinator is the new Graduate School." @naval,

http://j.mp/9aowu8
2010-02-08 20:20:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks If I was looking for a job today I wouldn't submit a

resume/CV I'd send them a pitch deck. @markson,
http://j.mp/9JbFP9
2010-02-07 20:55:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get it useful before getting users.

2010-02-06 21:40:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks In a board room, somewhere in Silicon Valley, a

founder, a VC, and his Associate negotiate a down round:
http://j.mp/93k5ZL (NSFW video).
2010-02-06 20:22:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks What do your customers do 3 minutes after they use

your product? http://j.mp/aQqI9y. Has anyone tried this technique? /via
@ericries
2010-02-05 22:40:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thank god you can scroll down 300 emails, hit Del
and see what comes back a guilty pleasure." @fdestin,
http://j.mp/b4pdpm
2010-02-05 21:25:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post: Day 1 of StartupList, http://j.mp/cZKIXt.

Were blown away by the support. 10 new investors. 7 startups getting
intros.
2010-02-05 20:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Joshua Schachter (del.icio.us founder)

joins AngelList: http://j.mp/buiet0. Follow him on Twitter @joshu.
2010-02-05 20:33:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks People don't change [but they] can learn to become

better actors. @eric_boyd (channeling Zod Nazem),
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http://j.mp/9KpryL /via @simeons

2010-02-05 19:30:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Silicon Valley has a tradition where entrepreneurs start

angel investing as soon as they can. See our new post:
http://j.mp/cZKIXt.
2010-02-05 18:45:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thank you Jason and all the investors who spread the
word. RT @jason: I'm on this AngelList @venturehacks
http://bit.ly/4xLvUL
2010-02-05 03:44:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks When investors back out of term sheets:

http://j.mp/b9eT75 by @cdixon. Avoid this by closing reputable
investors quickly: http://j.mp/TTAbj.
2010-02-04 22:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: New angels add $4M to AngelList:

@robinklein @crashdev @thomask @dshen @davidsrose @shervin
@pejmannozad @jeremys @joseph77b.
2010-02-04 21:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks They are viewed by the entrenched powers as

curiosities when they should be seen as the new bosses.
@jeffjarvis, http://j.mp/aKEypv
2010-02-04 20:15:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks I want to thank @msuster for some very late-night

last-minute counseling the night before we launched StartupList
(http://j.mp/bfSPUX).
2010-02-04 19:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks StartupList is back up: http://j.mp/9sKGVX. Thanks

kindly to @akkartik (solo) & @mwalters (@crowdfavorite) for the quick
fixes!
2010-02-03 22:24:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@ericries How did you make Season One of Startup

Lessons Learned? http://j.mp/9CVTPI. I want to do the same thing for
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2010-02-03 21:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Launching StartupList, a new way to reach angel

investors: http://j.mp/9sKGVX. But you Twitterers have had the inside
scoop for a while now!
2010-02-03 20:29:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks It was not an optimal use of time and money for me."
@jonsteinberg, Columbia MBA, Polaris EIR, on b-school,
http://j.mp/d34VjG
2010-02-03 01:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Several technical founders turned out to be far

better managers than the professional ones I helped hoist onto them.
http://j.mp/cfNGWb
2010-02-03 00:25:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks No great presentation can be delivered like a

conversation. @msuster, http://j.mp/aa0ZBd
2010-02-02 23:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Added new investor testimonials to StartupList:

http://j.mp/6sAEi4. From @davidcohen, @briannorgard, @finkelstein1.
Apply for this week.
2010-02-02 22:30:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Launching AngelList, a curated list of angel investors:

http://j.mp/c6FgJb. 50 awesome angels have joined. Other angels,
please join!
2010-02-02 21:20:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks New mini-blog post: When youre raising money, the

competition isnt the competition, http://j.mp/dvA8fa.
2010-02-02 20:10:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Social media marketing best practices in action.

@matjohnson, in reply to my Gchat request to vote this up:
http://j.mp/dyaTeo
2010-02-02 19:30:58 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Adding @venturehacks to the <title> of

http://venturehacks.com definitely gets you more @mention's on
Twitter. But how does it affect SEO?
2010-02-02 19:05:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good people usually got good by trying harder. RT

@cdixon: Its always interesting how really important VCs always show
up to meetings
2010-02-02 18:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Apple's Magic Mouse is awesome: http://j.mp/95Yytc.

Get one. I can't believe I'm saying this about a mouse. Multi-touch and
super-precise.
2010-02-01 20:00:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks You need to understand Clay Christensen's theory of

APIs (interfaces). @cdixon has a good intro with an iPad example:
http://j.mp/a2GRg7.
2010-02-01 19:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks You can manage 50 people through the strength of

your personality and lack of sleep. @markpinc, http://j.mp/cp9sv4
2010-01-31 23:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks It has been nearly 10 years since the iPod launched

and competitors still have not caught up. @honam,
http://j.mp/cb8OB4
2010-01-31 22:30:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Mark Suster's (@msuster) series on the psychology of

an entrepreneur is some of the best startup advice I've ever read:
http://j.mp/7xdcZx.
2010-01-31 21:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post: The most inspiring speech ever:

http://j.mp/b3bbmR.
2010-01-31 20:35:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Simeon (@simeons) adds info on firing CEO
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co-founders: http://j.mp/bYqjUF. See rule #10 at the bottom of the

post.
2010-01-30 22:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Big titles can cause many problems when you recruit
or raise money." @simeons, http://j.mp/bYqjUF
2010-01-30 21:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks An expression of another path for computing. Peter

Christensen on the iPad, http://j.mp/c0c5sH
2010-01-30 20:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm amazed at the large amounts of traffic the Venture

Hacks community can direct to good Web sites. Thank you.
2010-01-30 00:20:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Blunt advice for MBAs who want to work at startups:

http://j.mp/dqIAzq. By @ceonyc. Good advice for anyone frankly.
2010-01-29 23:45:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks A startup is an organization formed to search for a

repeatable and scalable business model. @sgblank,
http://j.mp/ae0WBO
2010-01-29 23:25:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I feel sorry for the poor guy at Fujitsu who is going to
be negotiating with Steve directly. A guy who would know,
http://j.mp/9RPqOi
2010-01-29 22:25:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks You're no longer going to be able to tempt users

into installing software that corrupts their computer. @joehewitt,
http://j.mp/bXvLBc
2010-01-29 21:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just used the built-in Alex voice on my Mac to read me

a long blog post: http://j.mp/cTc6cg. Worked 95% great. I'm going to
try it again.
2010-01-29 20:15:05 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Added testimonials from angels @photomatt and

@briannorgard to StartupList: http://j.mp/6sAEi4. They want intros!
Super psyched about that.
2010-01-29 20:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Arrogance and ignorance, in small doses, are powerful

tools that help entrepreneurs execute against overwhelming odds.
http://j.mp/bYqjUF
2010-01-29 19:20:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks A good team is often the closest you can get to a good
business plan. @simeons, http://j.mp/bYqjUF
2010-01-29 18:20:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks We work really hard for 40 to 45 hours a week. Paul

English, CTO of @kayak, http://j.mp/ackfir
2010-01-29 00:30:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks The engineers and I handle customer support. Paul

English, CTO of @kayak, http://j.mp/ackfir
2010-01-28 23:30:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Scott Walker's (@scottedwalker) blog is turning into an

awesome legal resource for entrepreneurs. Company formation:
http://j.mp/9GojTa.
2010-01-28 22:15:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why The Apple iPad Will Revolutionize Education,

http://j.mp/co85F0. By my brother @farbood, founder of @grockit,
backed by @benchmark.
2010-01-28 21:10:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks So yes, PA Semi/Apple chip is actually mostly ARM IP.

Daniela Kustre, http://j.mp/d58Jrz
2010-01-28 20:41:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks When to fire your co-founders, http://j.mp/bYqjUF. A

new sponsor post on Venture Hacks by @simeons.
2010-01-28 20:15:04 (+00:00)
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venturehacks EVENTS are the place for startups to meet investors,

advisors. StartupDigest lists the best startup events in 14 cities:
http://j.mp/dnNRz7.
2010-01-28 19:15:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks VCs often DO urge founders to hire a business guy

who ends up being exactly the wrong type. @vcmike,
http://j.mp/bT9XOh
2010-01-27 23:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups: When Apple was a startup, they didn't launch

on a global stage. They launched at the Homebrew Computer Club:
http://j.mp/bW1zgM.
2010-01-27 23:06:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Added @cmccann7 to our list of startup Power Brokers

because he sends awesome startups to AngelList. Be a Power Broker:
http://j.mp/5iDxx3.
2010-01-27 22:40:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Added testimonials from happy angels and startups

using StartupList: http://j.mp/6sAEi4. Startups: apply for next week.
Please RT!
2010-01-27 21:50:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Conceived, designed, implemented, and released in

two weeks (10 work days). @jasonfried on 37signals Answers,
http://j.mp/9mq3Fp
2010-01-27 20:25:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just ask Overture about Google and how they

competed in international markets. It wasnt all smiles, hugs
@msuster, http://j.mp/7xdc
2010-01-27 19:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks iPad is powered by our own custom silicon Its called

the A4, and it screams. Steve Jobs, http://j.mp/9W0ap6
(paraphrased?)
2010-01-27 18:31:50 (+00:00)
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venturehacks You dont want to raise money from me The first

thing I would do is fire you. Then Id fire the CEO. @msuster,
http://j.mp/7xdcZx
2010-01-27 18:30:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks We're a mobile company We're the largest mobile

device company in the world. Steve Jobs, http://j.mp/bODuxO
(paraphrased?)
2010-01-27 18:11:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Time money. You can't make more of your own time.
RT @jasonfried: Never undervalue your time.
2010-01-27 00:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks My favorite inspiring speech of all time:

http://j.mp/7EkZX5. Actually, two dueling speeches. NSFW. From the
awesome The Thick of It.
2010-01-26 22:25:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Visualize your ownership after multiple rounds with

OwnYourVenture: http://j.mp/7zgF0H. By @bofishback from
@kauffmanfdn.
2010-01-26 21:35:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks The startups we sent to AngelList this week were

amazing. I wish we could share them publicly. Apply for next week:
http://j.mp/6sAEi4.
2010-01-26 20:10:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks [Patent] trolls go after the smaller companies first

small companies cannot afford to be ideological. @bradusv,
http://j.mp/8SeAk7
2010-01-26 19:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Did someone else pull your financial model together

while you did your job? Not good enough. @msuster,
http://j.mp/7xdcZx
2010-01-26 18:30:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post on Venture Hacks: 10 skills I look for
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before writing a check, Part 3: http://j.mp/7xdcZx. An awesome series

by @msuster.
2010-01-26 17:30:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good discussion of our @seanellis interview: Would

you be disappointed if I shut down my blog? http://j.mp/7BJCPV. By
@bradfordcross.
2010-01-26 16:29:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks The top 3 comments of the week on Venture Hacks:

http://j.mp/8KwiK4. On legal fees (@msuster), financial projections, and
fit (@goBalto).
2010-01-25 23:40:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks True Ventures (@trueventures) has a great list of

service providers they recommend: http://j.mp/879cVv. Every VC
should have one.
2010-01-25 22:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Officially launching our new sponsor posts on Venture

Hacks: http://j.mp/5XfnKx. Please RT and pass the word to potential
sponsors.
2010-01-25 21:15:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks People genuinely respond to the statement that

honest feedback helps us avoid building the wrong thing.
@giffconstable http://j.mp/6Wuk7o
2010-01-25 20:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pitching with your customer presentation is a strategy

that often works well for an initial meeting. @simeons,
http://j.mp/4UI0Wj
2010-01-25 18:45:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks After a few pitches, entrepreneurs realize that the

distant future is safer territory than the immediate. @simeons,
http://j.mp/7RK9zZ
2010-01-24 22:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks [With CD] our fear level was actually lower than how
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we used to feel after a staged release. @ashmaurya,

http://j.mp/5Bt6lv
2010-01-24 20:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dedicating up to 20% of the week on releasing

software is incredibly wasteful for a small team. @ashmaurya,
http://j.mp/5Bt6lv
2010-01-24 19:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ive determined that this companys only core

competency is its ability to raise unlimited amounts of capital.
http://j.mp/7IMvpq
2010-01-23 23:35:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tenacity with no inspiration is often annoying with a

little inspiration and charm it can be motivating." @msuster,
http://j.mp/7UDiQU
2010-01-23 22:15:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks The pertinence of forward looking sales projections

depends on the stage of the business. Kassabgi, http://j.mp/8Ynk1B
(Great comment.)
2010-01-23 21:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pitch investors with a record of valuing a teams

ability to execute, over any specific execution plan. @simeons,
http://j.mp/7RK9zZ
2010-01-23 19:55:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@rabois My current thinking is iPod/iTunes was an

existing market, iPhone and Segway weren't, and iTablet won't be.
Open to discussion.
2010-01-22 23:52:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks I understand the appeal of a slow burn, but personally

Im a big-bang guy. Jobs http://j.mp/50E1Tk. Cuz he launches in
existing markets.
2010-01-22 22:55:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Free Terms of Service Generator (http://j.mp/8LtEOU)
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and Privacy Policy Generator (http://j.mp/8ijwdn) for startups. From

Legal River.
2010-01-22 22:00:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do "better" VC firms ask less questions at partner's

meetings? See http://j.mp/7tobKp. What do you think?
2010-01-22 20:50:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks A rosy pitch leads to expectations and fateful

commitments that downplay the variability of the future." @simeons,
http://j.mp/7RK9zZ
2010-01-22 19:55:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks A startup implements @seanellis's suggestions,

redesigns to focus on what people love and watches traffic grow:
http://j.mp/687lRK. Awesome.
2010-01-22 18:15:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks It is critical to have top level command and control

across the entire breadth of efforts [in Haiti]." Sergey Brin,
http://j.mp/7nty0Y
2010-01-22 01:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Theres only so much I can do in the financing

documents to protect founders from their own promises."
@antonejohnson http://j.mp/6cv6vE
2010-01-22 00:55:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I refuse to tell investors numbers beyond a year as

the model still must be proven. Startupguy, http://j.mp/4mWOrn
2010-01-21 23:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just started a list of startup Power Brokers:

http://j.mp/5iDxx3. Folks whove sent us great startups that want to
meet angels on AngelList.
2010-01-21 21:55:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Execution is the main tool under a startups control

but its often under-valued by investors. @simeons,
http://j.mp/7RK9zZ
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2010-01-21 20:55:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks The entrepreneur's dilemma. I like that. RT @azeem:

Awesome post on what i'd term the 'entrepreneurs dilemma'
http://bit.ly/56uAfT
2010-01-21 20:05:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks New sponsor post on Venture Hacks: How to raise

money without lying to investors, http://j.mp/7RK9zZ. By @simeons,
ex-VC at Polaris.
2010-01-21 18:34:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Please add your favorite social startup lawyers to the

comments here: http://j.mp/8hTMFw. Great recommendations are
coming in.
2010-01-21 00:00:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post: How to set up your Facebook fan page
and get fans, http://j.mp/5AsWJi. 667 fans accounting for 5% of our
bit.ly traffic.
2010-01-20 23:30:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Love this description of the VH community (that's you).

RT @pcancelmo: Venture Hacks and their commenters are again
battling info. asymmetry
2010-01-20 22:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Before a partner's meeting, know who is coming, their

views, how they act, their relationships & do they know your market
http://j.mp/6hkmED
2010-01-20 21:55:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks We've started a list of social startup lawyers who

tweet, blog, Facebook, comment: http://j.mp/7RpQGE. Lots of good
startup lawyers.
2010-01-20 20:30:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks My takeaway from @msuster's advice on partner's

meetings: "Agree on a plan with your sponsor on how to play the
meeting," http://j.mp/6hkmED
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2010-01-20 19:30:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks I can't tell you how many times I've arrived home at
night and am at a loss as to what I actually got done that day.
http://j.mp/6CRuQK
2010-01-20 18:51:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks Inspiration is perishable. @jasonfried,

http://j.mp/5FP6aQ. So is motivation. If you're psyched to do
something, do it then no delay.
2010-01-20 18:38:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Send your pitch to the awesome angels on AngelList.

Fill http://j.mp/6sAEi4 and we'll personally connect you if there's a fit
new feature!
2010-01-19 21:50:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks .@cdixon Lean is mostly used in industries

(automotive, fabs) that require billions of dollars to invent and
commercialize technologies.
2010-01-19 20:50:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks I think everyone's missing the most important question

about the Apple Tablet: Will it run all day with a single charge (like a
phone)?
2010-01-19 19:45:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Looking for a co-founder in San Francisco? Check out

Founder Dating: http://j.mp/35teD7. Awesome event by @jalter and
@saarsaar.
2010-01-19 00:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ive had great success this year serving my startup

clients with a monthly flat fee model. Kevin Houchin (a lawyer),
http://j.mp/77kxN8
2010-01-18 23:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Using MailChimp, the sign-up form was online within

30 minutes instead of a couple of hours if we built our own backend"
http://j.mp/8bA64g
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2010-01-18 22:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Unfortunately, academic computer scientists model

their field after the hard sciences instead of social sciences."
http://j.mp/6EBO
2010-01-18 21:40:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Everybody: Use a fucking email client that generates

narrow columns (Gmail), so recipients actually read your messages:
http://j.mp/7JkBT9.
2010-01-18 20:40:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Way too many aphorisms in this interview with

Cristbal Conde, C.E.O. of SunGard: http://j.mp/55junh. Read it. /via
@scottedwalker.
2010-01-18 19:45:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Make sure you negotiate a fixed-fee arrangement with

your lawyers on fund-raising events. @msuster, http://j.mp/4xrbrA
2010-01-18 18:15:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks BD doesnt happen in formal meetings. It happens in

informal coffees, parties, and relationships." @naval,
http://j.mp/8XqZIs
2010-01-17 23:18:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks Financings are not rocket science. Thats why

finding a lawyer who genuinely cares can be more important than the
bio." http://j.mp/6aPzBs
2010-01-17 22:00:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks There is a real disconnect [between] lean startups

with low burn rates, and many large law firms. @antonejohnson,
http://j.mp/7DbpgG
2010-01-17 21:05:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Bram Cohen (@bramcohen), inventor of BitTorrent,

kindly shares his thoughts on hacking HR and sysadmins:
http://j.mp/80BkwR.
2010-01-17 20:05:03 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Check out this 3D picture: http://j.mp/78n5zF. 3D

without glasses. Pretty cool.
2010-01-17 00:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you dont give any guidance you cant complain if

you dont get what you want. @bramcohen, http://j.mp/80BkwR
2010-01-16 23:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great comments to Lawyers cant tell you you cant

do something, http://j.mp/5KzhEq. From @skmurphy @txtechiplaw
@hymanrot @giffconstable
2010-01-16 22:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Since we've been talking about good/bad lawyers, I use

Jorge (http://j.mp/51ozPV) and Tom Thomas (http://j.mp/6jp0kV) from
Pillsbury.
2010-01-16 21:30:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good lawyers identify significant legal problems;

great lawyers provide solutions to those problems. @scottedwalker
http://j.mp/5gY8nm
2010-01-16 20:20:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I've yet to be part of founding a big Internet company,

so you don't have to agree with me. @breckyunits,
http://j.mp/6TSWtt
2010-01-15 23:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ive found that insisting that all [legal] work be done
by partners results in better work for less money. @bramcohen
http://j.mp/7C73PO
2010-01-15 22:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks I've got a sponsor slot open next week:

http://j.mp/74j5pS. Please pass it on. If a buyer mentions you, you get
$100 & $100 goes to Haiti.
2010-01-15 22:20:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lawyers cant tell you you cant do something
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@bramcohen, http://j.mp/7C73PO
2010-01-15 21:45:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Created The Venture Hacks Post with

@shafqatislam's new tool: http://j.mp/8Xjvkw. Aggregates the best
startup advice. Very alpha. Useful?
2010-01-15 21:01:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks The faintest ink is better than the best memory.

Somebody, on taking notes
2010-01-15 20:10:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @lancewalley: In fact, the really good lawyers are

often fun to work with.
2010-01-15 19:10:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lawyers are notorious for failing to prioritize issues.

@scottedwalker, http://j.mp/5gY8nm
2010-01-15 18:15:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Amazed at the positive feedback from lawyers about

Why entrepreneurs hate lawyers, http://j.mp/8iCcKO. From
@joshuamking & @yokum!
2010-01-15 01:05:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It is possible that the organizations targeted in the

Valley attacks have been compromised since July. @segphault,
http://j.mp/4RStzr
2010-01-14 23:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks All I can say is wow. The world has changed.

Everyones threat model now needs to be adapted." Kurtz, CTO of
McAfee, http://j.mp/6ALSVW
2010-01-14 22:50:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Scalable startups aim to provide an obscene return to

their founders and investors using all resources." @sgblank,
http://j.mp/78X2F8
2010-01-14 22:05:05 (+00:00)
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venturehacks The toughest part of executing your to-do's for the day
is literally ignoring people you like. Indefinitely. See http://j.mp/7jkVBe.
2010-01-14 21:10:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @lancewalley: My experience is 2 extremes:

investors are knocking on the door, or not answering calls/emails!
2010-01-14 20:00:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks It happens to be a very happy circumstance that we

can now translate time via social marketing into sales. @bobwalsh,
http://j.mp/6Fuawq
2010-01-14 19:10:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Top 10 reasons why entrepreneurs hate lawyers,

http://j.mp/5gY8nm. A fun new sponsor post on Venture Hacks by
@scottedwalker.
2010-01-14 18:30:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks I think the big killers of newborn startups lurk mostly

inside the heads of founders. @BobWalsh, http://j.mp/6Fuawq
2010-01-14 18:05:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks American venture capital is viewed as a status symbol

by the newly wealthy in other parts of the world Polachi,
http://j.mp/7cwJC8
2010-01-14 00:45:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Almost a third of our portfolio is under attack by

patent trolls. @BradUSV, http://j.mp/8hMwli
2010-01-13 23:25:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @BSierakowski: when I realized no one is going to

fund us, life got a lot easier.
2010-01-13 23:11:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks It is not written anywhere that raising money is the first

step in starting a company. Or any step at all.
2010-01-13 22:40:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Most VCs I talk with: if only all those other idiots
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would stop investing, things would be fine. Bill Burnham,

http://j.mp/7oPPJa
2010-01-13 21:45:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks We are no longer willing to continue censoring our

results on Google.cn. David Drummond, http://j.mp/8JIyFa (Straight
talk from Google).
2010-01-13 20:25:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dont try to do everything myself. @photomatt,

http://j.mp/6TAodY
2010-01-13 19:35:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks I just dreaded getting out of bed in the morning and

was hitting that snooze button over and over again. @zappos,
http://j.mp/4Hd9DD
2010-01-13 18:25:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks I think of myself less as a leader, and more of being

almost an architect of an environment." @zappos,
http://j.mp/4Hd9DD
2010-01-13 01:25:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks There was a lot of resistance to the core values rolling

out it just felt like one of those big-company things to do.
http://j.mp/5jtnYR
2010-01-13 00:20:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt), creator of WordPress, is

26: http://j.mp/5r2b6x. Lesson: It's never too early. Or too late.
2010-01-12 23:45:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Send suggestions to @mbartus (Automattic's lawyer)

RT @mbartus: Going to be writing a couple articles for @venturehacks.
Any suggestions?
2010-01-12 22:55:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks All investors take into account the personal

circumstances of the CEO including age & stage. @msuster,
http://j.mp/5hhtFe
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2010-01-12 21:55:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sean Ellis (@seanellis) updates the promo material for

his startup marketing services: http://j.mp/90CKvy. Read it very
educational.
2010-01-12 20:40:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks This was a validation of our ideas not a negation,

http://j.mp/4PkJuy. @sgblank's best story yet? Reminds me of
http://j.mp/7kVEDH.
2010-01-12 19:36:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Part 2 of our blockbuster interview with @seanellis:

How to bring a product to market after product/market fit:
http://j.mp/5khcBv.
2010-01-12 18:22:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our daily digest of tweets just passed 500 subs:

http://j.mp/4vNyYp. I need a new name for it, Advice Digest? Currently
called Startup News.
2010-01-11 21:57:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to find and hire amazing people,

http://j.mp/5vA9tX. A 4-part series by @xobni founder, @asmith.
2010-01-11 20:55:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Your biggest risk [is] that youll fail to attract even 50
users that love your product." @enkido, http://j.mp/8BJA0p
2010-01-11 19:55:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks So what if IE6 users cant use your appyouve yet to

find anyone that wants to use your useless app anyway. @enkido,
http://j.mp/8BJA
2010-01-11 18:50:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks The biggest surprise is how customized you have to

make your management style with each person. @farbood,
http://j.mp/8scMEA
2010-01-11 01:51:14 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Charge a BlackBerry from 30% to full in about 90

minutes, using nothing but ambient WiFi signals as a power source.
http://j.mp/7IJNHE
2010-01-11 00:50:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to shut down a young startup: http://j.mp/5PYwyh.

By @cdixon. Pay debts. Return capital. Sell IP. Write post-mortem. Start
new company.
2010-01-10 23:25:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Some people walk around the fucking Garden of Eden

fucking moaning about the lack of fucking mobile reception.
http://j.mp/7jW6BU
2010-01-10 22:10:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks How would mom solve the problem? She would start
with a piece of paper @harper on manualation. Manualation:
http://j.mp/379rIh.
2010-01-10 21:15:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks Should every company have a customer-in-residence?

(Courtesy of a brainstorm with @harper, Rackspace's
customer-in-residence.)
2010-01-10 20:15:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup advice in exactly three words:

http://j.mp/5YST62. By @dharmesh. My favorite: Improve employee's
resumes.
2010-01-10 19:10:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks This year we may not be the most aggressive firm

out there chasing new deals @fredwilson, http://j.mp/4A9mSE (Like
the transparency.)
2010-01-10 00:30:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Anonymous asks, How is a start-up company

supposed to afford a great corporate lawyer? My response:
http://j.mp/4tXzr5.
2010-01-09 23:30:23 (+00:00)
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venturehacks New mini-post on Venture Hacks, No ocean boiling

please, http://j.mp/6IdDsB. Thanks to @timbray.
2010-01-09 22:20:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Constraints breed creativity. Innovation is easier when

the alternative is death: http://j.mp/5g1nan by @RafaelCorrales &
http://j.mp/2Jh2kQ
2010-01-09 21:15:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Manualation lets you discover the real problem and

solution. (Courtesy of a brainstorm with @harper.)
2010-01-09 20:20:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Start small, gather user experience before it seems

reasonable. See http://j.mp/6IdDsB.
2010-01-08 23:26:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks 7 MindShifts: From Legal to Ethical From Marketing

to Conversations From Competition to Cooperation" @itscoop,
http://j.mp/5ZM1zo
2010-01-08 22:35:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks I think we made more mistakes because we had more

money. Anonymous entrepreneur (Constraints breed creativity:
http://j.mp/718KA8.)
2010-01-08 21:41:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks When I explained to him that my girlfriend was ready

to leave me, he told me that I need to get a new girlfriend.
http://j.mp/4F0XKl
2010-01-08 20:50:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks There is NO chronological set of events that will lead

you to startup perfection.
2010-01-08 20:10:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks If youre not willing to quit then youre not confident

enough in your own idea and skills. Why should I be? @msuster
http://j.mp/51YNdx
2010-01-08 19:35:13 (+00:00)
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venturehacks My friends (@bragiel and @jimydotorg) have started i/o

ventures. Office space, investment, and coffee shop, all-in-one:
http://j.mp/7iOZdb.
2010-01-07 23:09:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks What should I do with PR emails? Delete? Mark spam?

Is that going to create false positives? There's no one-click block
sender in Gmail.
2010-01-07 22:38:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks [Marc Benioff's] a billionaire and he still works harder

than many startups." @msuster, http://j.mp/51YNdx
2010-01-07 21:35:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Everyone assumed that military leaders were

extroverts [but] they found the opposite to be true. @kevindewalt,
http://j.mp/5202UL
2010-01-07 21:02:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks This game [a deal auction] must be played carefully

and is better handled by someone with experience.
@ScottEdWalker, http://j.mp/4F0XKl
2010-01-07 20:32:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hey, Pitching Hacks is on Amazon now:

http://j.mp/6R2kpl. You can even use Prime. If you like it, please write a
review. Thx @flutesquad!
2010-01-07 20:31:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks There is a new breed of investor that shuns the return

the fund mentality, including First Round Capital." @msuster,
http://j.mp/4p9ElI
2010-01-07 19:33:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks You dont need to build the next Facebook to have a

meaningful and valuable business. @msuster, http://j.mp/5D0uuk
(Great comment Mark.)
2010-01-06 23:08:04 (+00:00)
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venturehacks New Twitter list of our supporters: http://j.mp/7WYNRe.

/cc @pivotallabs @r0bl0rd @abrams @dharmesh @georgezachary
@fdestin @ScottEdWalker
2010-01-06 22:56:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks You think Marc Benioff built Salesforce.com into a

multi-billion company by having a good idea? @msuster,
http://j.mp/51YNdx
2010-01-06 22:25:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks No oceans are boiled, no monster requirements

written. And what do you get? Facebook. Google. Twitter." @timbray,
http://j.mp/582QP6
2010-01-06 21:55:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurs will generally be negotiating with

guys who are are masters at playing on their emotions.
@ScottEdWalker http://j.mp/4F0XKl
2010-01-06 21:36:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks New supporter post on Venture Hacks: 5 New Years

resolutions for startups closing deals in 2010, http://j.mp/4F0XKl. By
@ScottEdWalker.
2010-01-06 19:58:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Another one of our ads gets on the front page of

Hacker News: http://j.mp/7PaoU0 (search for venturehacks.com). Our
ads our content!
2010-01-06 19:49:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks How Apple Does Controlled Leaks to game their

partners, the media, the competition, customers http://j.mp/5F8RKP.
2010-01-06 19:25:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks I nominate @capitolcircle for a Shorty Award in #news

because it looks cool, I like the left/right filters, and @novaurora ate my
sandwich.
2010-01-06 04:38:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks Awesome new mega-post on Venture Hacks by
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@msuster: 10 skills I look for before writing a check (Part 2),

http://j.mp/51YNdx.
2010-01-05 22:14:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Rave review of @techstars by a recent graduate:

http://j.mp/6zvajV. The major value proposition for him was TechStar's
network of mentors.
2010-01-05 21:11:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks It's a lot more fun to talk with users than to stare at
charts and wonder is this data even statistically relevant?
http://j.mp/8Us6ww
2010-01-05 20:30:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks I have been telling all my startups to find a way to last

2 years assuming no revenue. @dshen, http://j.mp/4TnObO (Great
comment David.)
2010-01-05 20:06:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks How have you used our startup advice effectively?

Send me a tweet or an email. I'll tweet and blog the best responses.
Thx!
2010-01-04 21:56:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You work out who you like best and then you pretend
not to like anyone else." Jeremy on love, Peep Show,
http://j.mp/59lBkO (Hulu)
2010-01-04 19:37:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Common objections to raising a lot of money from

@TristanKromer: http://j.mp/6GZLeC. And my response.
2010-01-04 18:51:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Products get better as the designer adds features,

but much more powerful are external forces. @cdixon,
http://j.mp/7xCZWr
2010-01-03 23:48:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks New mini-post on Venture Hacks: How to re-negotiate

with your customers and not lose a single one, http://j.mp/8rFALD.
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Thx to @msuster.
2010-01-03 23:26:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks New post on Venture Hacks: Why VCs are disliked by

entrepreneurs, Part 2, http://j.mp/5I7GVB. By @fdestin.
2010-01-03 22:26:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Choose your VCs with care. Good ones transform your
business, bad ones wreck it. @fdestin, http://j.mp/5I7GVB
2010-01-03 21:30:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks The only way to improve our chances as

entrepreneurs is to develop a working theory of entrepreneurship.
@ericries, http://j.mp/7nTWiU
2010-01-02 20:52:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Everything is different, but the same things are

more moderner than before bigger, and yet smaller it's
computers." Ox, j.mp/7eQJB3
2009-12-31 20:46:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks What's the definition of an angel investor? @bfeld

attempts a definition: http://j.mp/6YPB50. How do you like it?
2009-12-30 23:21:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Instead of trying to be as smart as Bill Gates you

should really try to be as persistent as Sisyphus." @robmay,
http://j.mp/4H1N5P
2009-12-30 22:11:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks You tell yourself you cant release because your brand
might be compromised heres an eye-opener: no one cares.
http://j.mp/4nXi1z
2009-12-30 21:06:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks New mini-post on Venture Hacks: The Billy Mays

method for picking startups, http://j.mp/5FNz9T.
2009-12-30 20:07:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks And there's a Twitter list for all the angels on AngelList:
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@venturehacks/angellist (use http://j.mp/5jqefs if that link doesn't

work).
2009-12-30 19:34:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Andy Sack brings another $500K to

AngelList: http://j.mp/6kCRRR. He's in @fotolog and @coolerplanet.
Welcome @asackofseattle!
2009-12-30 19:29:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Super thoughtful list of 10 Sources I've Come to

Love, by @randfish: http://j.mp/6FREP3. I read 70% of them. Add
@ericries and @seanellis.
2009-12-30 19:07:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jason Calacanis is so good at getting noticed. RT

@jason: $1,000+dinner w/me (in LA,SF,NY) if u refer a developer 2
Mahalo jason at mahalo
2009-12-29 23:23:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks How much seed money should I raise? A new mini-post

on Venture Hacks: http://j.mp/7EozUr, thanks to @cdixon.
2009-12-29 20:56:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I gave up 50%+ of SiteAdvisor to investors in the first

round but in the long run was happy for it." @cdixon,
http://j.mp/5bgeRq
2009-12-29 19:21:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Slow, expensive and crappy: Zune, A9, all of KPCBs

stealth companies, LinkedIn" @jamescurrier (Tickle founder),
http://j.mp/8is9En
2009-12-29 18:43:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Focus is not just about saying no to new tasks. It's

also about saying no longer to old ones. @mattblumberg,
http://j.mp/6I0weV
2009-12-29 00:27:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Folks are asking for a link to the body language book I
recommended: http://j.mp/sNVo7. Our bodies have secret
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conversations every day.

2009-12-28 23:59:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks Atlanta startups should check out Startup Riot:

http://j.mp/5oJKDe. They have a travel fund for out-of-town startups.
Right link this time!
2009-12-28 23:25:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you liked the body language book I recommended a

while back, check out this book on emotions: Emotions Revealed,
http://j.mp/6K60c3.
2009-12-28 21:50:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Atlanta startups should check out this event: Startup

Riot 2010, http://j.mp/131P27. They also have a travel fund for
out-of-town startups.
2009-12-28 20:45:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our top 10 posts of 2009: http://j.mp/5g1lX0. A new

post on Venture Hacks. Catch up on the great posts you missed baby.
2009-12-28 20:08:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I discovered that 80% of the companies that had

asked me to sign their NDA closed deals with me." @schnaars,
http://j.mp/57I2Rg
2009-12-28 19:20:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks New post on Venture Hacks: "The Arrogant VC: Why

VCs are disliked by entrepreneurs" by @fdestin, http://j.mp/5p7k3E. Tip
@techmeme.
2009-12-27 19:30:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks We got 18,000 users in our 4-week private beta by

emailing relevant bloggers demo codes for their readers. Ninite,
http://j.mp/6BzVNS
2009-12-27 19:10:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks New post on Venture Hacks: "When the cost of

acquiring customers exceeds your ability to monetize them,"
http://j.mp/8RpCag. /cc @bostonvc.
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2009-12-26 20:44:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks We do not seek to challenge why we are feeling a

particular emotion; instead, we seek to confirm it. Paul Ekman,
http://j.mp/6K60c3
2009-12-26 20:27:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Want intros to investors? Pick up the phone and *call*

middlemen. Don't send a bunch of emails. See http://j.mp/5f4Gbc by
@cindyalvarez.
2009-12-25 21:40:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Twitter is mostly microbursts of dopamine.

@maxniederhofer, http://j.mp/7SDk1G. Learn about Twitter addiction:
http://j.mp/4Ggl32.
2009-12-25 20:20:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks Should I market my product right after launch?

@NithyaDayal has a good answer: http://j.mp/6jVj5a. From India!
2009-12-25 19:35:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Catch up on all our interviews on the Venture Hacks

Podcast: http://j.mp/5NoVTY. Interviews with @seanellis, @ericries,
@naval, @hnshah
2009-12-25 19:06:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I wonder how well this feedback prompt performs: "Tell

us how TweetPo.st makes you feel..." From http://j.mp/7cUbAj. Gotta be
logged in 2 C.
2009-12-25 17:56:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks MERRY XMAS BABY. Your presents: http://j.mp/7Wew1U

(Very NSFW) & http://j.mp/4ZLUpo.
2009-12-25 17:45:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks How do you set a price once you have product/market

fit? @seanellis has the answer: http://j.mp/6hRzS7.
2009-12-24 23:20:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks It's almost a law that cashed-out entrepreneurs in
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Silicon Valley have to start angel investing. Not years after their exit
right away.
2009-12-24 22:45:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks A picture is worth a thousand words, but an

EXPERIENCE is worth a million. @hnivi. See his experience
accelerator: http://j.mp/8idSOE.
2009-12-24 21:15:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Welcome @robhayes from @firstround:

http://j.mp/6CiljG. Awesome profile. Follow all the angels:
@venturehacks/angellist.
2009-12-24 20:20:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks if your boss tells you, our brand must speak with one
voice, quit. @gapingvoid, http://j.mp/7a7Qbs (I've probably been
that boss.)
2009-12-24 20:02:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great comments to NDAs up the wazoo, especially

this one from @touraj: http://j.mp/8fFPpz.
2009-12-24 19:28:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks How much legal diligence do angels do?

@scottedwalker has the answer in the comments to his latest post:
http://j.mp/5Mw8nu.
2009-12-24 19:05:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks NDAs up the wazoo a short new blog post on

Venture Hacks: http://j.mp/4VEQJT.
2009-12-24 19:05:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Understanding evolves through three phases:

simplistic, complex, and profoundly simple. William Schutz,
http://j.mp/7Io9H9
2009-12-24 18:15:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks

is the most difficult. Goethe (RT @ScottEdWalker)
2009-12-24 01:15:05 (+00:00)
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venturehacks 58% of people who took the customer development

survey are business guys, 42% are coders: http://j.mp/5gmlFR Very
even what does it mean?
2009-12-23 23:30:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Simple messages, great customer testimonials and

products that really worked were Billy [Mays'] forte." David Anderson
http://j.mp/8g7c9b
2009-12-23 22:50:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Experiment: Sponsor our tweets for $49. VCs, lawyers,

startups: use it to promote your blog. Sponsors do quite well:
http://j.mp/6IZt6G
2009-12-23 21:16:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ive recently changed my long held belief that all

startups should charge immediately upon the release of a new
product. http://j.mp/kLglt
2009-12-23 20:55:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks @bitly Did you change the way you're dealing with
periods at the end of your URLs? You used to ignore them. Now my
tweets are screwed. Help!
2009-12-23 20:46:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @hnivi: Nothing can be fool proof, because fools are

so ingenious, they will find a way around it. Mistake proofing:
http://j.mp/5gx0RI.
2009-12-23 19:05:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just added a Happy Meal to our menu of products:

http://j.mp/7knVGe. It's all of our products for $19 (30% offffffffff).
2009-12-22 23:51:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks Anyone out there use the Valuation & Deal Term
Database or Portfolio Company Analysis Tool? See http://j.mp/4n95sb
& http://j.mp/6cuaXU.
2009-12-22 21:25:55 (+00:00)
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venturehacks RT @angellist: Brad Feld joins AngelList:

http://j.mp/131P27. Investor in Zynga, FeedBurner, Harmonix (Guitar
Hero) Welcome @bfeld!
2009-12-22 20:41:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post on Venture Hacks: Angel investors are

becoming the dominant force in consumer internet venture capital",
http://j.mp/60elUG.
2009-12-22 20:18:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We continue to teach our kids French but we don't

teach them Ruby On Rails. Which do you think will help them more?"
http://j.mp/6sD3AN
2009-12-22 19:47:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The temptation is to work on the solution without first

thinking about the problem." Al Ries & Jack Trout, http://j.mp/2iM87
2009-12-22 18:55:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Emotions reveal the quality of our lives." Paul

Ekman, http://j.mp/6K60c3
2009-12-22 17:55:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @TechCrunch: After Near-Death Experience, Grockit

And Its CEO Come Back Strong (Screenshots) http://bit.ly/70cTqh
2009-12-21 19:17:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Seesmic (@seesmic) supports their competitor's

products: http://j.mp/5P9x98. More on thrilling customer service:
http://j.mp/58nH8A.
2009-12-20 23:20:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Syndication is only legitimate in capital intensive

industries and with small funds" @rabois, http://j.mp/7vtifD
2009-12-20 22:11:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks I can't resist: "Every entrepreneur should get Venture

Hacks for Christmas." @fdestin, http://j.mp/7QpdeJ Pass it on.
2009-12-20 21:15:19 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Is your product in stealth or just your marketing?"

@ericries, http://bit.ly/DontLaunch
2009-12-19 23:21:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks When you've got fit and you're ready to polish your
product, read @lukewdesign's book: http://j.mp/6ix1CX. Apple post:
http://j.mp/4CFnsE.
2009-12-19 23:20:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks @mattmireles Look at their portfolio. Ask them what

each startup looked like when they invested (fit, revenue, pricing
model).
2009-12-19 23:16:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "On three occasions I took more than 24 hours to

respond to a customer." @patio11, http://j.mp/59tuOv (Fast service
Thrilling service.)
2009-12-19 22:10:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We forget 50% of what we said at the last board

meeting." @fdestin, http://j.mp/7gl69Y
2009-12-19 21:15:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Specs for my ultimate twitter client: http://j.mp/691fuN.

@hootsuite comes the closest. What do you suggest given my specs?
2009-12-19 20:05:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you offered $1BN to the managers at these seed

stage funds they would go to multi-stage in a remorseless
heartbeat." http://j.mp/4YvPtD
2009-12-19 19:20:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks 166 people follow our Twitter list of investors on

AngelList. Check it: @venturehacks/angellist. AngelList is here:
http://j.mp/6FBtAJ.
2009-12-19 18:31:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Sorry, sorry, sorry." @layarmobile,

http://j.mp/8XuwDT I'm always interested in how companies
apologize. One of my favorites so far.
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2009-12-19 00:46:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks QUESTION: Who does a good job with their Facebook

Fan Page? We want to make ours better: http://j.mp/mrETh. Latest
addition is our tweets.
2009-12-18 23:32:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Rob Go from Spark Capital joins

AngelList: http://j.mp/8Oxh3W. They're in Twitter, Boxee, Tumblr
Welcome @robgo!
2009-12-18 21:37:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Nature abhors a leadership vacuum, and VCs will fill

that gap if you dont." @fdestin, http://j.mp/7gl69Y
2009-12-18 18:40:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In 2010 the decline of the MBA will cut off the supply
of bullshit at source." @lucykellaway, http://j.mp/5JrVsG
2009-12-18 00:47:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks New Twitter analytics tool from ad.ly:

http://j.mp/6BzNGC. I'm glad 87% of our followers are real! Thx
@briannorgard for the heads-up.
2009-12-18 00:04:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we

do." Steve Jobs, http://j.mp/4w8KlL. It's sad to ignore good ideas, but
you must.
2009-12-17 22:36:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great new entrepreneur blog by @giffconstable:

http://j.mp/6JeXwR. I read the first 10 posts and subscribed. I like these
hidden gems.
2009-12-17 21:45:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Did you know that Smule has an evil twin company
called Smort: http://smort.com. They know how to have fun. And
making $ lets you get crazy.
2009-12-17 21:04:27 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "[Tenacity's] not always pretty, but its part of my DNA.

I cant help it." @msuster, http://j.mp/7MrzIt
2009-12-17 20:10:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you want to eat a piece of the exit, be there when

the pie comes out of the oven. See who got paid at Friendster:
http://j.mp/7SbLuQ.
2009-12-17 19:46:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Take guidance from VCs, not orders: http://j.mp/7gl69Y.

A new post by @fdestin on Venture Hacks. Click and you'll be an
instant billionaire.
2009-12-17 18:59:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When I went recruiting at Columbia I highlighted the

risk involved in our recruiting propaganda." @mattmireles,
http://j.mp/8GA4ih
2009-12-17 18:54:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The Marine Corps offers to kick your ass, pay you dirt,
and turn you into a fighting machine." @mattmireles,
http://j.mp/8GA4ih
2009-12-17 18:53:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Angel investors are becoming the dominant force in

Consumer Internet Venture capital." Bill Burnham, http://j.mp/7BH1YF
2009-12-17 18:25:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha introduces

himself to me every time I see him." @arrington, http://j.mp/th7MJ (I
need to do this.)
2009-12-17 02:30:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks When it comes to incorporating customer feedback into

our products, 1 is a point, 2 is a line, 3 is a pattern.
2009-12-16 20:30:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "What Google Analytics does for quant metrics,

http://survey.io does for the qualitative stuff." Nikhilesh Rao,
http://j.mp/59onY7
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2009-12-16 19:26:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks 500 people have subscribed to a daily digest of our

tweets. Never miss a tweet again: http://j.mp/4vNyYp. We call the
digest Startup News.
2009-12-16 18:10:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Dude, whats the point of having billions of dollars if

you still have to be polite?" Fake Steve Jobs (@FSJ),
http://j.mp/7jKh5W
2009-12-16 07:41:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Exponential growth look flat at the beginning if you

zoom out enough: http://j.mp/7PZUpm and http://j.mp/8QEPsB.
2009-12-16 01:11:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks Email is a to-do list that anyone can write on. @sacca
says so. Combine with pmarca's 3x5 index card and you're good:
http://j.mp/6CRuQK.
2009-12-16 01:01:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to measure product/market fit and find the best

grass in your product: http://j.mp/74NZFp. A follow-up to our
@seanellis interview.
2009-12-15 23:01:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Newly minted angel Aaron Patzer joins

AngelList: http://j.mp/64NvNl. Thanks to @jeffclavier for making the
connection!
2009-12-15 21:42:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Freeing yourself of paying customers early on would

seem to allow you to make more radical moves (pivots)." @hispanic,
http://j.mp/7WASGs
2009-12-15 21:39:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Hire founder quality people for as long as you can."

@gharik, Employee #7 at Google
2009-12-15 20:55:36 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Sean (@seanellis) continues to give out tons of free

advice in our comments: http://j.mp/4Pxsab. Ask good questions, I'll
get answers.
2009-12-15 20:52:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks I dont consider the question who will buy this

company when I think about making an investment. @bijan,
http://j.mp/81stEi
2009-12-15 19:56:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you don't have product/market fit, consider acting

like a studio: release several products to find the dry timber.
http://j.mp/6vdzuj.
2009-12-15 18:03:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Whats working well, right now, and how can I do

more of it? Chip and Dan Heath, http://j.mp/5XSOXz (ebook) More:
http://j.mp/7ondBd.
2009-12-15 17:57:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Join us on Etherpad right now and collaborate on our

new raw idea: Woot for startup jobs, http://j.mp/5EWsE4. This will be
fun.
2009-12-14 22:23:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks Should I pay users to take surveys: http://j.mp/4IgRPR.

Great question in our comments from @theschnaz and a great answer
from @seanellis.
2009-12-14 21:45:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Anybody out there have good experiences with the

GOOD COP, BAD COP routine? See http://j.mp/8s3c8y. I'm trying it
today. I'm the bad cop.
2009-12-14 20:59:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks The alternative to pivoting: persistence + runway,

http://j.mp/8RKmBu. Although I prefer this comment by @joelandren:
http://j.mp/5yt7WO.
2009-12-14 20:15:57 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Very rare interview with @seanellis on Venture Hacks:

http://j.mp/8BV3IM. We discuss How to bring a product to market. It's
a must-listen.
2009-12-14 18:37:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: Welcome Jason Calacanis (@jason!) to

AngelList, bringing in another $.4M of dry powder: http://j.mp/4qllDx.
2009-12-13 22:08:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again,
but expecting different results." Author Unknown
2009-12-13 21:40:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Twitter is my continuous deployment tool. Spend a few

minutes building something, deploy it on Twitter as a sneak peak.
http://j.mp/86OoVK.
2009-12-11 23:39:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pitching Hacks, in paperback: http://j.mp/6XWDog. A

sneak peak for our followers. $19. With a very short new section on
Pitching Resources.
2009-12-11 23:34:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Don't keep a schedule; structured procrastination:

http://j.mp/6CRuQK. I use both of these tips from Andreessen all the
time. They work.
2009-12-11 23:15:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @angellist: AngelList pulls in another $.5M+ from

@honam and @altosvc: http://j.mp/4sp0jZ. I also like their blog:
http://j.mp/5c2Fjm.
2009-12-11 19:30:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I have a strong preference for simple terms at the

right price from the outset." @fdestin, http://j.mp/5Sm7fy
2009-12-11 19:10:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Awesome comment by @zeo co-founder @spyrex: "You

dont have a job anymore please write me a check for your
options" http://j.mp/4Xwgeo
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2009-12-11 01:30:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Two great new comments on DEAL COMPLEXITY:

http://j.mp/65n1QC. By @ginsudo and @ScottEdWalker. We have the
best commentors in the web.
2009-12-10 20:51:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Value is not created by arcane legal language but by

nailing business execution and growth." @fdestin, http://j.mp/5Sm7fy
2009-12-10 19:55:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks AngelList pulls in another $1.4M from @aweissman,

@r0bl0rd, and @gharik. AngelList is here: http://j.mp/6FBtAJ. And here:
@angellist.
2009-12-10 18:37:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In startups the cost of making a bad decision is not

nearly as great as the benefit of making a good one." @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/7b6PFi
2009-12-10 18:15:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ford sells it before they build it: http://j.mp/6xlYbs.

"Sell it before you build it" should have been the name of "4 Steps to
the Epiphany"
2009-12-09 23:57:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Shiny new supporter post on Venture Hacks! RT

@danmartell Just Say No: VC terms that can really hurt (Part 2)
http://bit.ly/5gDHcj
2009-12-09 23:22:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks 2 new investors on AngelList today: @bryce (bit.ly,

foursquare) and @photomatt (WordPress). Welcome. AngelList is here:
http://j.mp/6FBtAJ.
2009-12-09 21:26:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I like people who arent worried about social

consequences of doing something theyre not supposed to."
@msuster, http://j.mp/60ZGB3
2009-12-09 20:55:34 (+00:00)
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venturehacks After watching what followers will RT or not, I've

realized I have no idea what will be hit. Apply this to your startup:
http://j.mp/6vdzuj.
2009-12-09 20:37:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm interview @seanellis today. Send me your

questions! If you don't read his blog, do it now: http://j.mp/P4aJQ.
2009-12-09 20:09:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is no such thing as standard terms" @fdestin,

http://j.mp/5Sm7fy (Thx to Atlas for supporting Venture Hacks.)
2009-12-09 19:44:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks 5 game mechanics: points, collecting, feedback,

exchanges, customization, http://j.mp/78z2fS. By @amyjokim &
@mixergy. How many do you have?
2009-12-09 18:42:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you're having trouble getting product/market fit, try a

quick side project. It worked for Odeo. It's worked for others too.
2009-12-09 18:11:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks True or False: The quality of a founder's writing is a

leading indicator of the quality of his startup.
2009-12-09 03:22:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Holy shit, AngelList has $80M of dry powder in 2

weeks: http://j.mp/5bsQdF. Thx @ranjithkumaran for analysis.
AngelList: http://j.mp/6FBtAJ.
2009-12-09 00:03:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Are you in gaming or mobile and looking for a

co-founder in the Bay Area? This is the event for you this Thursday:
http://bit.ly/7BaoQ4.
2009-12-08 23:55:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Professional investors dont want control of your

business, they want a return on their investment." @skmurphy,
http://j.mp/70lZmo
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2009-12-08 22:02:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Your territory ain't gonna mean shit if your product is

weak." Stringer Bell on distribution, http://j.mp/60xiLP (Video NSFW)
2009-12-08 21:45:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I dont think it takes book smart people to build great
companies sometimes its a hindrance." @msuster,
http://j.mp/60ZGB3
2009-12-08 20:55:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our product pages end up looking like direct marketing

(ugly): http://j.mp/90zBDy. Learn more about direct marketing:
http://j.mp/bEpMO.
2009-12-08 20:07:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks Exception to the last tweet: You have monster

execution chops, e.g. you have a team of builders (MIT) and sellers
(http://j.mp/eY3o).
2009-12-08 19:58:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you haven't founded a company with a good exit for

investors, you need market validation, or at least social proof, to raise
money.
2009-12-08 19:20:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks 2 new investors on AngelList today: @satishd (Zimbra)

and @briannorgard (Ad.ly). If you're an angel investor, this is the place
for you.
2009-12-08 19:15:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks People keep asking me if I know where to find startup

events in the Valley. I always point them to Startup Digest:
http://j.mp/4TCn6t.
2009-12-08 18:07:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great comments to 10 skills I look for before writing a

check, http://j.mp/6HbIg7. From @net, @alexcapecelatro, @victusfate,
@hymanroth
2009-12-08 00:24:33 (+00:00)
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venturehacks 1 out of 2 startup dollars would be better spent if it

were set on fire. If you're lucky. Don't look around the roomI'm
talking about you.
2009-12-08 00:07:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks New guest post on Venture Hacks! RT @danmartell: 10

skills I look for before writing a check http://bit.ly/6rQIel /by @msuster
2009-12-07 22:06:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Venture Hacks has a secret Facebook fan page:

http://j.mp/mrETh. 106 crazy people are fans. Get crazy. Today. It's the
future.
2009-12-07 21:45:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope do
you have as an entrepreneur?" @msuster, http://j.mp/60ZGB3
2009-12-07 20:40:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our history is slow, continuous growth. In the race

between tortoise and hare were the slow guy." @craignewmark
http://j.mp/6vbVZ
2009-12-07 20:31:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks 4 new investors on AngelList, our list of angel

investors: http://j.mp/6FBtAJ. Welcome @joshmedia, @peterchane,
@infoarbitrage, and @vcmike.
2009-12-07 19:20:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our daily digest of Startup News reached 300

subscribers in 2 weeks subscribe and learn more: http://j.mp/4vNyYp.
2009-12-07 01:13:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just got great customer service from Amazon. The sig
in their email: We're Building Earth's Most Customer-Centric
Company. Still building!
2009-12-05 22:04:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great comments to Sometimes the feature is the

product: http://j.mp/5UxsqP. By @aweissman, @sharelomer,
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@chudson, and @fdestin.

2009-12-05 22:01:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks VC brands matter for recruiting and subsequent

fund-raising: http://j.mp/5ulnTC by @cdixon. It can also help when
doing certain large deals.
2009-12-05 21:53:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks A new post on Venture Hacks. RT @ericries: Sometimes

the feature is the product, http://tinyurl.com/yac3kos.
2009-12-05 21:08:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks The great comments keep coming in 'VC terms that

can really hurt,' http://j.mp/6kmCFq. Hear from @fdestin @jaberman
@muhammadatt @altgate.
2009-12-05 18:11:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why do investors ask for a liquidation preference? See

http://j.mp/5aFYwA.
2009-12-05 00:37:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm pretty sure we have the only site in the world
where the ads perform better than the content: http://j.mp/6IZt6G.
2009-12-04 20:10:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our first Follow Friday: @venturehacks/angellist. A

Twitter list of investors on AngelList (http://j.mp/6FBtAJ). I read it every
day. #ff
2009-12-04 19:36:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is plenty of capital to finance rapidly growing

new technologies that are addressing large markets." John Doerr,
http://j.mp/7TUIBN
2009-12-04 18:55:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Home improvements on Venture Hacks: Popular posts,

about us, a supporter widget, and a consolidated products page:
http://j.mp/5f7ey5.
2009-12-04 18:18:14 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Killer post by @msuster on raising money from

strategic investors: http://j.mp/7pp2B4.
2009-12-04 18:12:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Over a quarter of our active portfolio companies have

done or are doing HR acquisitions." @fredwilson, http://j.mp/7jgheX
2009-12-04 18:06:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks The #1 reason to charge for your product: It's fun.

Learn more: http://j.mp/59cXSc.
2009-12-04 02:27:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Charging $ for your product isn't a binary decision, it's

a continuum: http://j.mp/4KdcE0.
2009-12-04 02:24:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Startups focus on [brand experience] too early, fine

tuning things that customers dont care about." @seanellis,
http://j.mp/8dFwmw
2009-12-03 22:25:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Over 300 Pizza Box Teams touch Amazons home

page." James Currier, http://j.mp/87qpQx
2009-12-03 21:05:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Added "Product Development Flow" to our bookstore:

http://j.mp/5mBpAk. A very very advanced and unforgettable book on
product development.
2009-12-03 20:35:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks 6 awesome new investors in AngelList,

http://j.mp/6FBtAJ! Introducing, @msuster @rabois @saarsaar @salil
@davidcohen and @davemcclure.
2009-12-03 19:35:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great products distribute themselves... slowly.

2009-12-03 18:31:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The VC is a partner in growing the business and not an

authority who has to be kept happy." @pjozefak (a german VC),
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http://j.mp/87VhpE
2009-12-03 17:47:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In general reverse vesting should apply to less than

100% of stock [and] should not survive exit." @fdestin,
http://j.mp/8sdqv4
2009-12-03 17:32:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great discussion with lawyers, VCs, and entrepreneurs

in the comments to yesterday's "VC terms that can really hurt":
http://j.mp/75uAVm.
2009-12-03 16:38:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The angel funding mechanism is potentially the single

most important funding mechanism in startup land." @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/6FxAqC
2009-12-03 16:27:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Deals run from an angel handing a check to an

entrepreneur to an angel retaining a large, aggressive law firm."
http://j.mp/8xc10z
2009-12-03 00:26:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to build your blog community: http://j.mp/5e8tIY.

By @photomatt. @fredwilson takes a somewhat different approach:
http://j.mp/7EHURX.
2009-12-03 00:11:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "What's the crack that brings you back? For Wordpress,
it's comments and stats." @photomatt on simplified game mechanics
(paraphrased)
2009-12-02 22:38:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Surprised how quickly the word 'pivot' has penetrated

the startup lexicon: http://j.mp/2cJheu. I'm hearing it almost once a
day!
2009-12-02 22:35:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks New post on Venture Hacks: RT @chudson Just Say No:

VC terms that can really hurt: http://bit.ly/8kKSLe (via @fdestin on
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2009-12-02 18:21:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I wasnt buying this until I saw I could use amazon to
pay. In my boxers and wasnt getting up to get my wallet."
http://j.mp/8Jdn60
2009-12-02 01:52:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Anyone that cares enough to contact customer

support is a great source of insight about your market." @seanellis,
http://j.mp/6rOMWU
2009-12-01 23:39:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks Founders, I need your expertise. What do you want to

know about angels on AngelBase: http://j.mp/4TygDr? What isn't on
LinkedIn & Facebook?
2009-12-01 21:58:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Prepare for possible disappointment with its service

and expect to love the [iPhone] anyway." Consumer Reports,
http://j.mp/69UKkW
2009-12-01 20:59:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups embrace 2 ideas that are both wrong and

incompatible: (1) Great products distribute themselves and (2) We
need PR for distribution.
2009-12-01 20:15:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I need the product so much that Im willing to help

them debug it." @seanellis on Extreme Customer Support,
http://j.mp/6rOMWU
2009-12-01 19:24:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks The alphas of angel investing are joining AngelBase:

@jeff @jhong @auren @jcal7 @westcoastbill. AngelBase is here:
http://j.mp/4TygDr.
2009-12-01 17:44:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Every action in a startup increases or decreases

money, time-to-live, and morale.
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2009-12-01 02:08:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks 'Cut and Paste' is the new Ruby on Rails. Learn more
about manualation: http://j.mp/AMZgY.
2009-12-01 01:33:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks New investors on AngelBase: Chris Sheehan

(@c_sheehan), Jeff Fagnan (http://j.mp/8QY73J), and Michael Dearing
(http://j.mp/65mzzg).
2009-12-01 00:10:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "With few exceptions, my most popular posts reveal

something typically kept secret." @asmartbear, http://j.mp/5b3SBq
2009-11-30 23:03:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just added 'The Essential Drucker' to the Venture Hacks

Bookstore: http://j.mp/5mBpAk. This book is filled with aphorisms about
management.
2009-11-30 20:31:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks New interview on Venture Hacks: 'How to pick a

co-founder': http://j.mp/90zBDy. Available in Mini (free) and Pro ($9)
versions. Check it.
2009-11-30 20:02:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Really? Is that why you called? To update me on your

PR? Save it for someone who cares!" @msuster, http://j.mp/7lMRl6
2009-11-30 19:16:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sneak Peak: Interview about 'How to pick a co-founder':

http://j.mp/6L1e5M. Check out the free version. Buy the Pro version.
Send feedback!
2009-11-29 21:32:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks How I Hire Programmers: http://j.mp/7orkbl. Simple,

practical advice by @aaronsw.
2009-11-29 21:08:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sneak Peak: AngelBase is a directory of the top angels

in the Valley, http://j.mp/4TygDr. Very alpha. Recently added:
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@dharmesh, @manukumar.
2009-11-29 19:52:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pitch a new market when you're talking to

investors/employees. Sell the existing market when you're talking to
customers: http://j.mp/zNFOj.
2009-11-28 20:47:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When I read books, I often feel bad for the brilliant
idea buried on page 217. Who will hear it?" @sivers,
http://j.mp/6Jw3kZ
2009-11-28 19:25:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you thought product development was hard, wait

until you try to distribute it.
2009-11-28 18:35:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks We didnt get here by playing the rules of the game.

We got here by setting the rules of the game. Albrecht, CEO HBO,
http://j.mp/5kM58g
2009-11-27 19:15:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Find what's blocking sales with under a day of work:

http://j.mp/7VeO4n. Talk to the 99% of visitors who don't buy. By
@asmartbear.
2009-11-26 21:35:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Show me a site that has great visual appeal, and Ill
guarantee that they dont A/B test." @andrew_chen,
http://j.mp/8GKHJs
2009-11-26 19:55:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks 'Social Media Isnt Social If There Isnt Laughter':

http://j.mp/6WPRkq. I'm enjoying this burgeoning user experience blog
by @thebrainlady.
2009-11-26 18:46:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to share secrets when you're raising money:

http://j.mp/7VlnbE http://j.mp/128c2A http://j.mp/1m1C3M
http://j.mp/6cXDRZ (Thx Atlas)
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2009-11-26 17:52:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to create scarcity: "We are on the road meeting

with investors today and could come over at 4pm." (From an email I
got today.)
2009-11-25 20:50:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks Tim! RT @timoreilly: The @VentureHacks

bookstore lists a couple of really good business books for
entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/62DhYc
2009-11-25 20:11:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous"

Peter Drucker, http://j.mp/4XN7Kk
2009-11-25 19:15:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to share secrets in a negotiation:

http://j.mp/6cXDRZ. New post on VentureHacks. Briefly: "Take a small
risk before you take a big one."
2009-11-25 18:54:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our daily digest of startup news just passed 100

subscribers: http://j.mp/8fzzIR. You get the best of the startup blogs,
once a day.
2009-11-25 17:56:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Naval and I are doing an interview about our "How to

pick a co-founder" post (http://j.mp/2X7K4s) in 30 minutes. What do
you want to know?
2009-11-24 20:25:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Knowledge work is not defined by quantity... [or]

costs. Knowledge work is defined by its results." - Peter Drucker,
http://j.mp/5NVo7t
2009-11-24 19:55:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks My personal blog is back and de-spammed. This is one

of my favs: 'What is Learning', http://j.mp/8sLJG4. I use this model all
the time.
2009-11-24 18:50:47 (+00:00)
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venturehacks The Venture Hacks Bookstore is live:

http://j.mp/7u3YFN. 8 books for entrepreneurs that we refer to
regularly. $13K of books sold to date.
2009-11-24 18:05:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Every CEO was CEO for the first time." Jeffrey Pfeffer,
http://j.mp/8CtO7t
2009-11-24 01:04:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wrong link for the Napoleon quote. I wanted to link to

this guy: http://j.mp/67nIWN. Please excuse the shoddy work.
2009-11-23 23:57:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do you see how paving the paths people walk

(http://j.mp/7I7EHu) relates to the startup pyramid (http://j.mp/23hdE)?
2009-11-23 23:50:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We engage and then we see." Napoleon (?) on

releasing early. Learn more: http://j.mp/379rIh.
2009-11-23 22:46:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fred Destin (@fdestin) wants to know why VCs are so

disliked by entrepreneurs: http://j.mp/6HphxZ. (Thanks to Atlas for
their support.)
2009-11-23 21:32:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Should you bootstrap or raise money? Mark Peter Davis

(@markpeterdavis) from DFJ Gotham has tools to answer the question:
http://j.mp/62kEYP
2009-11-23 17:45:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get the best of the startup blogs. A daily digest from
Venture Hacks. Learn more and subscribe: http://j.mp/8fzzIR.
2009-11-23 16:52:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Just as eBay monetizes the stuff in your attic, we

monetize your extra space." @airbnb's high-concept pitch,
http://j.mp/7e4tfv
2009-11-23 00:20:42 (+00:00)
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venturehacks My dad is teaching a Systems Thinking workshop in

San Francisco on Wed. Free. I'll be there. Bust out of your specialty:
http://j.mp/7roMp5.
2009-11-22 22:00:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks 3 must-read customer development case studies, on

Venture Hacks: http://j.mp/6I1xJY. These 3 really helped me "get"
customer development.
2009-11-22 21:17:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Awesome summary of @fdestin's recent post from

Venture Hacks on "Ignorant VCs": http://j.mp/7TMWyz. Original post
here: http://j.mp/4p9nmt.
2009-11-22 20:50:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to fake confident body language:

http://j.mp/4RbCzS.
2009-11-22 00:05:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks When you cold-call or ask for help, ask people for their
"expertise", not their "advice" or to "pick their brain". Thanks to Grant
@weotta.
2009-11-21 23:39:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks These days, I care less about people's products and

more about the relevance of the metrics they use to measure success:
http://j.mp/6Qh77K.
2009-11-21 22:54:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "To succeed in business, you have to have a genuine

interest in profitability. And most people don't." @sivers,
http://j.mp/5rhxN2
2009-11-21 18:27:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks We culled our most popular tweets and put together

some weekend reading for you: http://j.mp/92BaVk. A new post on
Venture Hacks. Do enjoy.
2009-11-21 18:11:23 (+00:00)
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venturehacks I don't think you need operational experience to be a

good VC but @msuster's great new post illustrates the difference:
http://j.mp/4i777p.
2009-11-20 19:25:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We dont want to be smarter than the market we are

entering." Fred Destin @fdestin, http://j.mp/4p9nmt (Thx to Atlas for
their support.)
2009-11-20 17:35:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sean Ellis (@seanellis) is a sultan of startup marketing.

Just as helpful as @sgblank and @ericries. Read his blog ASAP:
http://j.mp/2CgDT4.
2009-11-19 19:50:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Every entrepreneur has every right to get pissed off

when people dont want to invest in their vision." @fredwilson,
http://j.mp/43mygd
2009-11-19 18:45:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Walk forward in your customers shoes from before

purchase; from pre-realization. How do you get to you?"
@brantcooper http://j.mp/45ngpp
2009-11-19 01:16:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Access to the beta program is $20." John Gruber

(@gruber), http://j.mp/1A0CLo (This is the new way and I like it.)
2009-11-18 23:01:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fake Steve (@FSJ) always has better analysis than WSJ,
NYT, TechCrunch, Economist, and your mom combined:
http://j.mp/3XBTuZ. Tip @techmeme.
2009-11-18 21:55:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A read-only API is not an API." Fred Wilson

(@fredwilson), http://j.mp/4rDlKN (Fred is the new Tom Kleiner:
http://j.mp/11O3j)
2009-11-18 20:50:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks The point of growing quickly isn't to grow quickly. It's
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to get lots of people to experience your great product. Inspiration:

@seanellis.
2009-11-18 19:51:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Before you criticize the VCs without operational

experience, spend some time with the entrepreneurs who have
operational experience.
2009-11-18 18:50:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Founders can't tell what's good startup advice or bad

startup advice. Most don't even know there's a distinction. Or a need
for context.
2009-11-18 18:19:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The search continues joyfully." Anon

2009-11-18 17:45:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks New "off-topic" post on extrapolating computing at

Venture Hacks, by Naval (@naval): http://j.mp/zQA9V.
2009-11-18 17:45:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks First comes the team, then product, then

product/market fit, then distribution. They move forward sequentially.
And simultaneously.
2009-11-17 21:15:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks I had a good discussion with Steve Blank (@sgblank) on

his and Eric Ries' (@ericries) customer development overlay here:
http://j.mp/3oXWi8.
2009-11-17 21:04:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Exploit your unfair advantages. Hard to be an

entrepreneur without some: salesmanship, like-ability, technical
acumen, access to talent
2009-11-17 18:55:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks We seek the truth through hypotheses, conjecture. And

bold statements of unsupported fact.
2009-11-17 17:51:09 (+00:00)
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venturehacks I'm liking ad.ly. They put ads in your tweets. Good ads
so far and they pay well. Clearly marked. Full control. Try it:
http://j.mp/1OYhIj.
2009-11-17 16:37:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Please send feedback about the Twitter widget in the

sidebar: http://j.mp/oRl8d (scroll down). Do you like the one on top or
bottom?
2009-11-16 22:49:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Speaking of legal resources, Yokum's (@yokum)

Startup Company Lawyer is also a favorite: http://j.mp/b55mX.
2009-11-16 19:55:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Scott Edward Walker's (@walkercorplaw) blog is great

resource when you want to know the rules of the game, i.e. the law:
http://j.mp/1TegCA.
2009-11-16 18:55:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks The 'customer development overlay' is a new model by

Steve Blank (@sgblank) and Eric Ries (@ericries). My thoughts:
http://j.mp/3oXWi8.
2009-11-16 18:16:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tell people about your cons after they already like you:
http://j.mp/1m1C3M. Suster (@msuster) applies this to startups:
http://j.mp/128c2A.
2009-11-15 21:05:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Why do you think people go to the trouble to make

money in the first place? ... Because they want to spend it." - FSJ,
http://bit.ly/2ldcnY
2009-11-15 20:57:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks GraphEdge (@graphedge) gives you very cool Twitter

analytics: http://graphedge.com. My favorite so far:
http://twitpic.com/pf1z7. Try it.
2009-11-14 22:05:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks I get more PR spam than real spam. Startups, please
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ask your PR people to stop sending PR spam. Make a NO PR SPAM

pledge.
2009-11-14 21:30:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Pitch yourself, not your idea," by @cdixon:

http://j.mp/3IoAi. You are a builder, a learner, likeable, confident,
integrous.
2009-11-14 19:10:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks A dozen of the best start-up pitches on the Web:

http://j.mp/1lHyOV. By Jon Bischke (@jonbischke).
2009-11-14 18:30:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Standing on the shoulders of giants leaves me cold,

leaves me cold. A mean idea to call my own." R.E.M.,
http://j.mp/3DvOMF
2009-11-14 02:37:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks The random arrival time of email and Twitter makes it

more addictive: http://j.mp/4Ggl32. Great post via Hacker News
(http://j.mp/ey6X6).
2009-11-13 19:25:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup advice isn't a matter of opinion. It is a matter of

cause-and-effect. Related droll video: http://j.mp/1q3ncZ (NSFW).
2009-11-13 18:40:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The [lessons learned] presentation didnt have a

single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development."
@sgblank, http://j.mp/3mqChB
2009-11-13 00:15:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Thrilling people pays much larger marketing dividends

than it used to." @seanellis on experiences like Zappos, Apple,
Dropbox.
2009-11-12 23:45:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks If they need a salary to get started, they're not a

co-founder.
2009-11-12 22:56:53 (+00:00)
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venturehacks The long tail of VCs on Twitter (pic):

http://j.mp/45N1qo. 217 VCs on Twitter. 10 of them get most of the
attention. New post on VH.
2009-11-12 21:25:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurs don't get stuck in Catch-22's. They bust

through them.
2009-11-12 19:30:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to pick a co-founder: http://j.mp/2X7K4s. A new

post on Venture Hacks by Naval Ravikant (@naval).
2009-11-12 18:50:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Rob Lord (@r0bl0rd) introduced me to the Camel guys:

http://j.mp/1oVhmA. Like Farecast for Amazon. Investors, ping me if
you want an intro.
2009-11-12 15:54:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks YC News folks: Consider adding "via @venturehacks"

when you post our tweets. Talking about http://j.mp/Zbrc5 and
http://j.mp/2jImXe. XOXO.
2009-11-12 03:42:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tip @Techmeme: The long tail of VC blogs:

http://j.mp/kiV2Z. And tweets: http://j.mp/45N1qo.
2009-11-12 03:30:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks I've won the ovarian lottery: http://j.mp/1SY2S4.

2009-11-11 23:44:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks @andrew_chen: Does inserting your Twitter name into

your blog title help? Have you measured it? You do it at
http://andrewchenblog.com. Thx.
2009-11-11 19:35:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our bio: "Advice for startups. By @nivi and @naval

we are investors (Twitter), founders (Epinions), students (life), advisors
(billions)."
2009-11-10 22:05:22 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Technical Co-Founders: The author of one of the best

customer development case studies is looking for a co-founder:
http://j.mp/3y89sS.
2009-11-10 21:25:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks We need to revise Andreessen's "The only thing that

matters is getting to product/market fit." It should be "The FIRST thing
that matters"
2009-11-10 18:44:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Many startups quickly launch awareness building

initiatives generally this is a complete waste of money." @seanellis,
http://j.mp/27Qoeo
2009-11-10 18:37:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Establish some early traffic but then the focus should
quickly shift towards measuring P/M fit before anything else."
http://j.mp/4qF6pW
2009-11-10 18:28:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Mark Suster (@msuster) maps out the good times and
bad times to start raising money: http://j.mp/48sQWt.
2009-11-10 18:25:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "None of us have ever been bankers." Founders

Collective (@fcollective), http://j.mp/ewDv5. But they're not unlike an
ATM. :P
2009-11-09 22:21:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks The long tail of VC blogs: http://j.mp/kiV2Z. A few VC

blogs capture most of our attention. The rest slog it out in the long tail.
New post.
2009-11-09 18:50:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks 50 blog posts you should read before raising money:

http://j.mp/2axURe. By Jon Bischke (@jonbischke). Great list.
2009-11-09 18:30:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks Naval's (@naval) blog, Startup Boy, is back:
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http://j.mp/1XI3j9. And it's off to a great start. A new post on Venture

Hacks.
2009-11-09 17:34:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks ROI is a marketing parameter, not the end goal. The

goal is exposing the right people to your awesome product experience.
RT @seanellis.
2009-11-08 22:18:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Uncharted 2: no game yet has provided a more

genuinely cinematic entertainment experience." Seth Schiesel,
http://j.mp/42gZ5K
2009-11-08 21:40:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Profit for purpose. Pass it on." RT @farbood

2009-11-08 19:45:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Need a business model? Check out the business

models that TechStars (@techstars) startups use: http://j.mp/tEzWD. By
@davidcohen.
2009-11-07 22:37:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "SF Bay Area only, w/ technical founders, building new

technology, no media/social/ads." @k9ventures Twitter bio,
http://j.mp/1fYOun.
2009-11-07 00:34:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Before product/market fit, you must be a saint to raise

money. After product/market fit, many many sins are forgiven.
2009-11-06 23:27:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Reid does not shoot from the hip. Ask him a question
and he doesn't immediately launch into an answer." @davidhornik,
http://j.mp/3htpFc
2009-11-06 00:23:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Awesome tweets from students attending our online

workshop: http://j.mp/3Pd0Cy. They're boiling the lessons down to
single sentences.
2009-11-05 19:55:39 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Ill see you on the web." Don Dodge (@dondodge),

http://j.mp/3VAcI2
2009-11-05 03:08:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks First review of our workshop (http://j.mp/1eidWZ). RT

@footnote_it: Just had a great 'Y combinator meets Skype' meeting
absolutely awesome
2009-11-04 20:45:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good marketers become great with the right product

(RT @seanellis). Learn more at http://j.mp/4eMak3.
2009-11-04 20:29:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Joel Spolsky (@spolsky) embraces distribution and

scaling in the name of competitive survival: http://j.mp/4BzTfA.
2009-11-04 19:15:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks VC Mark Suster doesn't like most board observers.

Why? They have too much influence. See http://j.mp/1sgEU4.
2009-11-04 18:15:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Best of the startup blogs: http://j.mp/2b3wpD. We read

the startup blogs so you don't have to. Thank you. You're welcome.
2009-11-04 17:12:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Celebrity investors] begin to embrace entrepreneurs

once they think they are going to be successful anyway." @honam,
http://j.mp/3z9X1t
2009-11-03 21:54:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No matter how big your board they will NEVER
produce the quantity or quality of leads your own team will produce."
http://j.mp/3z9X1t
2009-11-03 21:53:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Simple CAP TABLE for early stage startups:

http://j.mp/3WCsC1. By us. $9. One-click checkout. Check out the video
tour and testimonials.
2009-11-03 20:08:31 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "All the worst problems we faced in our startup were

due not to competitors, but investors." Paul Graham,
http://j.mp/4l2cxr
2009-11-03 19:39:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks @sgblank explains how to eliminate startup risks *in

the right order*: http://j.mp/nElxZ. A new guest post on Venture Hacks.
2009-11-03 16:34:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to make email intros by @fredwilson:

http://j.mp/3hizEh. This is exactly how I do my email intros @naval
taught me.
2009-11-03 16:14:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to hire Employee #1: http://j.mp/35lDUT. Practical,

tested advice from @asmartbear.
2009-11-02 22:14:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Can you help us spread the word about our tweets?
Please tweet: "I follow @venturehacks for links like this: [insert a
recent fav]." Thanks!
2009-11-02 21:30:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Cover it up, rationalize the failure away, or redefine

success." @ericries, On typical reactions to bad news,
http://j.mp/2lBU18
2009-11-02 19:30:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks When they're raising early money, entrepreneurs are

evaluated on how well they sell their vision, not how well they listen to
customers.
2009-11-02 19:20:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A customer advisory board that has the ear of the
companys directors acts as a kind of appeals process for decisions."
http://j.mp/2lBU18
2009-11-02 18:55:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks The long tail of VC blogs: http://j.mp/1p8ttU (pdf
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graph). Where are you on the graph? Based on the VC blog directory:
http://j.mp/1DQUzD.
2009-11-02 18:35:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Customer development by the book:

http://j.mp/2mOGMd. A new blog post on Venture Hacks. Please do not
operate heavy machinery after reading.
2009-11-02 17:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Google will pay you to use their mobile OS."

@bgurley, http://j.mp/1widw5
2009-11-01 21:29:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Make no mistakes. Engineers are average joes with

tight time deadlines. They are mostly not PhDs." Adam Bosworth,
http://j.mp/2cABab
2009-11-01 21:23:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Patrick Bateman was watching what people did and

trying to work out the right way to behave." Mary Herron,
http://j.mp/vhVPn
2009-11-01 19:19:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

Gandhi, on the Slow movement, http://j.mp/pEghF
2009-11-01 18:33:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The Truth is, much of the time, I DON'T KNOW why I
pass." @fdestin, http://j.mp/Twwd7
2009-11-01 18:30:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "For The Future Of The Media Industry, Look In The App
Store" by @edosegal: http://j.mp/3osYKw. An excellent guest post on
@techcrunch.
2009-10-31 22:00:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thank you Sachin! RT @sachinag Srsly, folks, read

@venturehacks. I'm surprised at how many people go "this is great"
when I send them a link
2009-10-31 20:20:24 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Thanks! RT @jeffreymstern: @venturehacks is already

on 89 Twitter lists. Because I never feel my time is wasted after
clicking their links.
2009-10-30 20:30:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The problem with VC motivation" by Fred Destin:

http://j.mp/cMZ5E. New post on Venture Hacks. Thanks to Atlas for
supporting us this month.
2009-10-30 18:50:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Venture Hacks author @naval is BLOGGING AGAIN:

http://j.mp/382wkZ. His old posts on VC were the inspiration for
Venture Hacks.
2009-10-30 18:24:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I just invested in a Y Combinator company and was

reassured to see Sequoia co-investing" @cdixon, http://j.mp/2ugAmS
2009-10-30 18:10:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks We've been added to 89 Twitter lists! Thanks to

everyone who's added us to their lists. How can we help? And please
send list suggestions.
2009-10-30 01:50:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our customers did a lot of stuff that I would never do.
Lesson learned: I am not my customer. We think differently."
http://j.mp/3j0IIo
2009-10-29 23:27:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We want people to see the effect of their work, so that
we don't have to tell them what to do." Allen C. Ward,
http://bit.ly/U1Vu
2009-10-29 19:40:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

http://bit.ly/2Xe9OV (Ad by ad.ly)
2009-10-29 18:47:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The mindset on day 1 of a bootstrapped startup is:
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Make Money. The mindset on day 1 in a funded startup is: Spend

Money" http://j.mp/1V187K
2009-10-29 18:16:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Notes from Startup School 2009 by Mark Bao. A new

post on Venture Hacks: http://j.mp/1SBODM. Over-ripe with knowledge
and juices.
2009-10-29 18:11:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We engage and then we see." Napoleon (?) on

minimum viable products, http://j.mp/379rIh
2009-10-29 03:34:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks Customer development works backwards from the

user. Product development works forward from the product. Both
teams listen to the customer.
2009-10-28 21:45:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks @edufire's Twitter background is a collage of profile

pics from their community. Smart. It's not about the company, it about
the community.
2009-10-28 20:55:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Searching for the next Google? We're not. We're here
to help every startup succeed.
2009-10-28 20:05:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks PITCHING HACKS: I'm teaching an online class on how

to pitch investors at eduFire: http://j.mp/3GYIMn. 2 hours. $98. Just like
Wal-Mart. RT!
2009-10-28 19:31:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks I let HubSpot founder @dharmesh talk me into buying

his book: http://inboundmarketingbook.com. See how he convinced
me: http://j.mp/E4yXK.
2009-10-28 18:20:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most of all, [serial entrepreneurs] ooze confidence and

make everyone better around them." @fredwilson, http://j.mp/2Joaaz
2009-10-28 16:26:12 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Fred Destin on "The problem with VC motivation":

http://j.mp/cMZ5E. New post on Venture Hacks. Thanks to Atlas for
supporting us this month.
2009-10-28 16:25:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We had also heard of the merits in listening to your

users the only problem was we didnt know how to listen." Ash,
http://j.mp/371uH3
2009-10-28 03:39:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I could be investing in cleantech, but backing Smort

was an investment in our planet and our species." David Cowan,
http://j.mp/3vTJru
2009-10-27 22:49:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Never hire somebody who is going to relocate for your

job unless theyre young, single and have no attachments." Suster,
http://j.mp/3P5CR2
2009-10-27 19:10:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Dont raise money, raise prices." Jason Fried,

http://j.mp/1UCmqS
2009-10-27 18:22:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks CloudFire applies customer development with insane

rigor: How I built my minimum viable product, http://j.mp/3RlgUo (via
@ericries).
2009-10-27 17:33:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks 9 examples of minimum viable products:

http://j.mp/379rIh. A stuperlative new blog post on Venture Hacks.
2009-10-27 17:24:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Work in small batches: http://j.mp/2xA0EY. The

minimum viable product is simply the smallest batch that will teach
you something.
2009-10-27 02:49:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Also true. RT @fdeth: Oh come on, you make people
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lose hope with this. Positive thinking is *the* fuel at pre-angel stage.
2009-10-27 00:56:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Larry and Sergey had a product and traction _before_

they got their first check from an angel.
2009-10-27 00:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Dress like a loser and it's easy to act like one. Dress
like a man who makes things happen, and you fall into that role."
Anonymous
2009-10-26 23:28:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Are you a solo "business founder" who needs help

creating a website? Check out 37signals' Haystack: http://j.mp/YKfXH.
It scrolls forever.
2009-10-26 22:43:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If youre worried about threats to the survival of your

company look in the mirror." Paul Graham, http://j.mp/zmnzf
2009-10-26 21:00:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks How did you meet your CO-FOUNDER? Please take our
survey and help future founders meet their co-founders:
http://j.mp/VH7lx.
2009-10-26 20:55:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups need more 'marketing engineers': people who

get Steve Blank, Eric Ries, Sean Ellis and practice what they teach.
2009-10-26 20:15:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hypothesis: The #1 barrier to entry in most startups is

the founders. They make things happen. I don't know how to copy that.
2009-10-26 19:50:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Find someone whose job description matches your

problem" Sean Fioritto, http://j.mp/w0EJU (A great tactic for finding
earlyvangelists.)
2009-10-26 19:43:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our top 5 links from Twitter this week. And the top 4
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comments we foisted upon on other people's blogs:

http://j.mp/2UgHcu. Fun stuff baby.
2009-10-26 15:50:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The Americans would be less dangerous if they had a

regular army." British General Frederick Haldimand, 1776,
http://j.mp/101YW
2009-10-26 02:58:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I cant imagine anything more annoying than hearing

one of your investors refer to [your] business as 'his company.'"
http://j.mp/4e0trh
2009-10-26 02:10:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I believe that taking senior people from industry and
assuming that theyll do well in a startup is a farce." Suster,
http://j.mp/3P5CR2
2009-10-25 19:05:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Weve given away over $30 million so far obviously

small in terms of our, um, theoretical wealth." Sergey Brin,
http://j.mp/4gplq4
2009-10-25 18:44:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries There's no list of jobs available on joblink.tw,

so I "made" one: http://j.mp/2BjPHm.
2009-10-24 20:35:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks How do you raise money if you're a very early stage

companies with no product, traction, or track record? Some thoughts:
http://j.mp/Uy0iR.
2009-10-24 19:21:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Build value for your yourself, your customers, and

your first round of investors [and] VCs will come knocking" Troy,
http://j.mp/4cw0sz
2009-10-24 19:05:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Finally updated my personal website:

http://j.mp/wUsgc. What do you think? Feedback is helpful. My music:
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http://j.mp/4m0hka. The best.

2009-10-23 20:18:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you want to be a founder, but youre going to be an

employee for now, should you join a startup or non-startup? See
http://j.mp/XTpYr.
2009-10-23 19:45:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks An oldy but goody from ex-VC Bill Burnham:

"Understanding Why Your VC Is Acting Crazy", http://j.mp/1nswtZ.
2009-10-23 16:43:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Chris Turner (http://j.mp/4dUCbV) took my entire

TWEET ARCHIVE (http://j.mp/3X8vzE) and turned it into this:
http://j.mp/3plh9U. Awesome.
2009-10-23 16:00:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Real wealth creation will take founding, seniority, or

staggeringly large exits." Aaron Cohen's advice to employees,
http://j.mp/2CypaP
2009-10-22 21:34:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just used Backupify (http://j.mp/362pMy) to download

all my tweets. Here's the XML: http://j.mp/3uh0pS. Anyone want to
make it pretty?
2009-10-22 21:03:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Dont listen too much to one-hit wonders and

self-appointed entrepreneur gurus." Rob May (@robmay),
http://j.mp/1MXY5U
2009-10-22 20:25:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks Streamlined the checkout experience for our 'Pitching

Hacks' e-book. Learn how to pitch investors. Buy a 100 copies:
http://j.mp/1tg3qF.
2009-10-22 19:30:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Does Y Combinator taking Sequoia money hurt YC

companies? My thoughts: http://j.mp/1Iytwx.
2009-10-22 18:33:51 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Great products don't distribute themselves Apple

has the best products in the world and they've still built 274 stores to
distribute them.
2009-10-22 17:50:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks THANK YOU for reading, replying, and retweeting our

tweets. We don't always reply but we always read and appreciate what
you have to say.
2009-10-22 17:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Users will be able to attach DVD players or even

other computers, to the iMacs display." Jason Snell, http://j.mp/1IlYlw
2009-10-22 16:25:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks @jasonfried Best green and white tea in America is at

Upton Tea: http://j.mp/2jIAtu. You'll like their old-timey catalog:
http://j.mp/4726x6
2009-10-21 21:37:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why create a new market if you can resegment an

existing market? See http://j.mp/e7wnN.
2009-10-21 20:42:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "10 Disturbing Similarities Between Dating & Raising

Capital" by SEOMoz founder, Rand Fishkin. Video: http://j.mp/1WfnSv.
Thanks @zoransa.
2009-10-21 17:47:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Startup Triad: product, customers, organization

all moving forward. A new model: http://j.mp/3ggHwS (pdf). Please
send feedback.
2009-10-20 22:55:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Be wary of 'comfort work.' We all tend to see

challenges in terms of our own skillset." Scout (@scoutapp),
http://j.mp/3remro
2009-10-20 20:57:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Meet a CO-FOUNDER at Founder Dating in the Bay
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Area: http://j.mp/35teD7. Great idea, great name.

2009-10-20 20:34:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[An MVP] is really a series of MVPs." Eric Ries

(@ericries), http://j.mp/1Eqp9
2009-10-20 20:18:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks @cdixon @caterina: Why even create a new category?

Why not get positioning information from your users? See
http://j.mp/e7wnN.
2009-10-20 20:02:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup Pivots: same product with different Customers;

different Problem with same customers; or fewer Features. See
http://j.mp/2cJheu.
2009-10-20 19:09:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries says good startup advice is actionable,

test-able in batches, measur-able, and based on coherent principles:
http://j.mp/2WOvyX.
2009-10-20 19:03:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks to ATLAS VENTURE for supporting Venture

Hacks this month. There's two twitterers on their team: @fdestin &
@maxniederhofer. Check em.
2009-10-20 18:47:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Great products don't take care of their own

distribution. Sad news. And a great learning.
2009-10-20 18:13:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good startup advice is based on significant data sets,

scientific, repeatable, and actionable. Everything else is hypothetical.
2009-10-20 17:48:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Never miss another tweet from us via RSS

(http://j.mp/cd4fc) or email (http://j.mp/1bWT9j). No more than one
email/day; unsubscribe anytime.
2009-10-20 17:37:09 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Body Language: Our bodies are having secret

conversations with each other every day. Read this awesome book
right now: http://j.mp/sNVo7.
2009-10-20 17:20:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Startups punish effort that doesnt yield results."

Eric Ries (@ericries), http://j.mp/qI5FE
2009-10-19 20:45:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks STARTUP EVENTS in the Bay Area, a comprehensive list

by Chris McCann (@cmccann7): http://j.mp/3JKpHB. Wow.
2009-10-19 20:41:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our top 5 tweets of the week, according to you. And

one editor's choice: http://j.mp/3fYewJ.
2009-10-19 20:12:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Community turns a commodity web product/service

into something that is unique and irreplaceable." RT @seanellis,
http://j.mp/3WldBG
2009-10-19 20:05:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Ries' latest post has me thinking about the 'Startup
Triad': Product, Customers, Organization. All moving forward:
http://j.mp/qI5FE.
2009-10-19 17:45:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you present to me and the CEO cant drive the demo
or the financial model themselves it is a BIG RED FLAG" Suster,
http://j.mp/3OEeKN
2009-10-16 20:14:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks VC-backed foursquare uses Google Docs to collect

customer feedback: http://j.mp/3Y9QLL. No code, no maintenance.
Keeping it minimal baby.
2009-10-16 18:16:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "VC is not about grabbing the largest slice of the pie.
It is about getting involved with very big pies." Fred Wilson,
http://j.mp/1dBRHF
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2009-10-15 19:29:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We're often told that there are no shortcuts to

success There are always shortcuts and loopholes." Paul Buchheit,
http://j.mp/2PLlcY
2009-10-14 21:12:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Once youve achieved product/market fit, most

startups will grow faster with a business model." Sean Ellis,
@seanellis, http://j.mp/kLglt
2009-10-14 20:15:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Chris Dixon on the problem with taking seed money

from big VCs: http://j.mp/2BHIPe. Some solutions: http://j.mp/4hFSsL.
2009-10-14 19:59:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Shared office space for startups in New York. Goes by

the name of SoHo Haven. Looks nice: http://j.mp/17ZeKN. Anyone out
there tried it out?
2009-10-14 18:45:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Your next feature won't save you. But product/market

fit, acquisition optimization, and creative distribution might. See:
http://j.mp/23hdE.
2009-10-13 20:08:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Put your tweets on your blog. The results of our epic
Twitter survey: http://j.mp/3DWQRp.
2009-10-13 19:34:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sell your product with fake screenshots. Read

http://j.mp/1vTIxI.
2009-10-12 19:50:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hilarious interview with Walt Mosspuppet:

http://j.mp/19oImw. Why are fake tech pundits more intelligent than
the real ones?
2009-10-10 18:41:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Turns out, having eight people touching the burrito is
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a LOT more efficient than only having three." Bill Flagg,

http://j.mp/1LeHK3
2009-10-09 20:36:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The idea that anyone at all would build a business

around funding startups is the remarkable thing." @pkedrosky,
http://j.mp/10ICTQ
2009-10-09 20:15:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The big moment in the history of TACODA was when

they went from charging customers to paying customers." Fred
Wilson, http://j.mp/QPmix
2009-10-09 18:40:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks "This is how IBM operatesjust like Tony Soprano. And

that is how the mainframe still exists in 2009." Fake Steve Jobs,
http://j.mp/ynhE2
2009-10-09 18:40:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Change in orientation from prevention to fast

response. Many problems are catastrophic only if allowed to fester."
Ries http://j.mp/6GW77
2009-10-08 22:38:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lean Startup Master Class in NY: Spend a day learning

from Eric Ries, http://j.mp/GJ6UB. Use SPHACK to get a 20%
discountworth every penny.
2009-10-08 18:21:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Shark Eats Entrepreneur Alive". Entrepreneurs, here's

a deal you shouldn't do: http://j.mp/3FUxpq.
2009-10-08 18:12:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get drunk with the top Boston VCs and help charity at
the same time. We're giving away free tickets: http://j.mp/hBqOQ.
Please RT. #tugg.
2009-10-08 17:31:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I joined on as co-founder of a new startup after

quarter-timing it for a few months. This hack works." RT
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@ericnakagawa http://j.mp/bbQiM
2009-10-07 21:03:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm posting this Twitter survey on the Venture Hacks

blog. Any feedback before I post it? See http://j.mp/L6pmF. Thanks for
your thoughts.
2009-10-07 21:00:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks CO-FOUNDER HACK: Prospect has a startup already?

That's fine. Have him work on yours part-time, until he drops his idea.
Thx @davidporter.
2009-10-07 20:45:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks STARTUP development theories from Steve Blank, Eric

Ries, and Sean Ellis, all in one page. Useful? Right? Wrong?
http://j.mp/e5EKH (pdf)
2009-10-07 20:15:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks In business, personality matters. Unfortunately.

Fortunately.
2009-10-07 18:50:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks HR myths: Bob Suttons (Stanford) Top 10 List of

Flawed, Suspect, and Incomplete Assumptions about Managing People.
See http://j.mp/3SDrBg.
2009-10-07 17:40:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get drunk with Boston VCs and help charity at the
same time. For free. We're giving away free tickets: http://j.mp/hBqOQ.
Please RT. #tugg.
2009-10-07 17:39:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks USABILITY testing: fivesecondtest turns usability

testing into a free game. I played it and had fun: http://j.mp/f6GI5. Via
@ericries.
2009-10-06 20:55:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you can't sell to 1 in 1000, why market to a million?"

Seth Godin, http://j.mp/40Budl
2009-10-06 18:42:05 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Charity Party in Boston: FREE tickets ($150) to the best

3 ideas for donating the money. $40K raised last year:
http://j.mp/kWvFK. Use #tugg
2009-10-06 17:54:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks FACEBOOK fan page for Venture Hacks. We've got one.
Moist and chewy. Try one now: http://j.mp/mrETh.
2009-10-06 16:59:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Freemium profit model by Andrew Chen

(@andrew_chen): http://j.mp/MUxDd. An oldie but a goodie. I just went
through it line-by-line.
2009-10-05 23:33:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "How do you persuade your prospects of the quality of

your product? Show the work that went into creating the product."
http://j.mp/PG2Wl
2009-10-05 20:16:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No-brainer pass." David Cowan on eBay,

http://j.mp/Ar4SS
2009-10-05 19:49:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A tweet should be highly focused and not try to make
multiple points." Jakob Nielsen, http://j.mp/b0tBL
2009-10-05 18:01:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Boston startups: An exhaustive list of people, events,

and resources: http://j.mp/QwCSX. Add Atlas Venture to the list:
http://bit.ly/3pN0f3
2009-10-05 17:31:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Before product/market fit, don't worry about finding

more customers, worry about making happier customers. How? See
http://j.mp/DqA3S.
2009-10-02 17:30:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You shouldt be burning money, you should be

investing money with the goal of growing your business."
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Dharmesh Shah, http://j.mp/1YMpJg

2009-10-02 17:07:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks NY Meetup was awesome. 100 people showed up.

Thanks for coming and spreading the word. See what I learned and
who I met: http://j.mp/5LyfZ.
2009-10-02 16:29:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Oops, we passed 1000 tweets with no balloons,

rainbows, or cupcakes. There are many many gems in the archives.
What's your favorite?
2009-10-01 21:50:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks New York Venture Hacks meetup is today. Thanks to

everyone who spread the word. We've got a great group RSVP'ed. See
http://j.mp/KX389.
2009-09-30 18:35:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks The correct link for on-demand administrative

assistants is http://j.mp/3TN5r. Company is called Solvate. I'm
solivating to try it.
2009-09-30 18:22:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks On-demand administrative assistants. My friend just

launched Solvate. Automate your busywork: http://j.mp/131P27. Very
cool -- I'm psyched.
2009-09-30 17:20:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks 2%-5% of my followers click on links I share here.

Sometimes it gets up to 8%. But what % of my followers see each
tweet? What do you think?
2009-09-29 21:12:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We figured each $50,000 ad deal was like getting

another angel investor." Ted Rheingold, CEO of Dogster,
http://j.mp/UqC1C
2009-09-29 18:48:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to do customer development with just a "Notify

me when you release" signup page. A new blog post on Venture Hacks:
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http://j.mp/4mlhVu.
2009-09-29 18:10:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks The old question: Who is the VC's customer: LPs or

startups? LPs are the customer. Startups are the raw materials coming
into the factory.
2009-09-29 17:50:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Don't just ask for emails look for earlyvangelists."

Kevin Dewalt (@kevindewalt), http://j.mp/4mlhVu
2009-09-29 16:37:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Reminder: Our first meetup in NY is tomorrow:

http://j.mp/KX389. Thanks to everyone who spread the word. Now we
need a sponsor. Suggestions?
2009-09-29 15:11:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks He forgot there was a number lower than one

percent." Derek Sivers, http://j.mp/Uu8Di
2009-09-28 21:15:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The problem in education is not standardized tests.

Its the system design itself." Farbood Nivi, http://j.mp/3gc6DY
2009-09-28 20:45:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[This email] gets a HUGE 30% response rate because

it's short, personable, and feels handwritten" Bill Flagg,
http://j.mp/a1F1G
2009-09-28 18:20:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "While there are some good and useful angel groups,
there are plenty of bad ones." Brad Feld, http://j.mp/3p6UD6
2009-09-28 18:12:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wonderful lessons from Josh Silverman, the founder of

Evite, now the President of Skype. See http://j.mp/LMEgT.
2009-09-28 18:01:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If I cant get my job done in 60 hours then I have

failed to prioritize and may be failing my team as well." Silverman
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http://j.mp/LMEgT
2009-09-28 17:55:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Venture Hacks meetup in New York. This is our first

meetup ever. Please spread the word and help us make it a success:
http://j.mp/KX389.
2009-09-28 15:21:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks New must-read customer development slides from

Sean Ellis. Sean is a king of customer development. See
http://j.mp/4291hE.
2009-09-27 19:10:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You cant outsource the understanding of key

financing and other legal documents to lawyers." Chris Dixon,
http://j.mp/9IjxE
2009-09-24 21:45:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Have a Hollywood pitch. Nivi of Venture Hacks came

up with ours he said 'cool Tripit for expenses'." Parand Darugar,
http://j.mp/a2ikE
2009-09-24 21:05:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Youre not here to write code; youre here to ship

products." Jamie Zawinski, http://bit.ly/3B3rO2
2009-09-24 20:35:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hypothesis: Most of the theory we're discovering about

startups is old news to big companies, e.g. http://j.mp/iRd2e,
http://j.mp/VFS4e.
2009-09-24 20:04:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks All in all [Steve Jobs] looked like a filing clerk who
spent his days sorting manila folders Mike Moritz,
http://j.mp/18oPmv
2009-09-24 19:50:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Selling with Sports Scores." One of Steve Blank's best

posts ever. Read the whole thing. See http://j.mp/stlEt.
2009-09-24 18:21:08 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Save the New Billion Dollar Market positioning for

the investors, not customers." Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/NcvnT
2009-09-24 17:40:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Oh that [customer development] stuff was real

interesting, but were too busy building the prototype." Steve Blank,
http://j.mp/UYhV7
2009-09-24 17:40:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most startup code ends up on the floor." Steve

Blank, http://j.mp/11cAg3
2009-09-23 20:16:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jet lag cure: stop eating? Has anyone tried this? See:
http://j.mp/2uTjd5.
2009-09-23 19:48:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tuning up an entrepreneur's term sheet. New blog post

on Venture Hacks: http://j.mp/10kZBl.
2009-09-23 19:18:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Startups will never be run from a spreadsheet or

checklist inside your building." Steve Blank, http://j.mp/17i5Or
2009-09-23 18:17:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Events often overtake companies." Fred Wilson,

http://bit.ly/eRWii
2009-09-23 17:02:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks My last tweet was a test from a friend's new company:

http://ad.ly. In-stream advertising. P.S. I actually like the show they
advertised.
2009-09-23 17:01:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Community w/ @JoelMcHale & Chevy Chase got great

reviews Thurs. If you missed the 1st show, check http://bit.ly/r3Yk2 (Ad
by Ad.ly)
2009-09-23 15:44:56 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Sorry about all those repeat tweets everyone. My

Twitter client went bananananananas.
2009-09-22 21:29:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Sequoia Capital partner Roelof introduces himself to

me every time I see him, and asks if now is a good time to talk."
http://bit.ly/th7MJ
2009-09-22 21:08:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dell optimizes their e-mail campaigns and increases

their sales 7x. Cool whitepaper via Matt Johnson: http://bit.ly/twgZp.
2009-09-22 21:08:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "At a certain point seduction is over and force is

actually being requested." Don Draper, http://bit.ly/7tcl0
2009-09-22 18:27:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks Body language communicates what we're really

feeling, what we hesitate to put into words. This is an awesome book:
http://bit.ly/sNVo7.
2009-09-22 17:23:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Ill tell you the honest truth: listening to customers is

gruesome, uncomfortable, and painful work." Eric Ries,
http://bit.ly/wLT6W
2009-09-18 20:39:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There was certainly a few times when I regretted

how public we were with our interest in Foursquare." Fred Wilson,
http://bit.ly/1UxGt7
2009-09-16 23:30:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ever wonder how Steve Jobs leaves the indelible

impression that Apple's products are just plain awesome? See
http://bit.ly/FasND.
2009-09-16 20:41:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks There is no right answer to yesterday's quiz. My answer

is to be 'master of your destiny', i.e. cash flow positive. See
http://bit.ly/eoIdE.
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2009-09-15 22:08:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I now believe that non-enterprise targeted startups

should only charge once you have achieved product/market fit."
http://bit.ly/kLglt
2009-09-15 20:31:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you died tomorrow would you be happy with the time
you spent on this planet?
2009-09-14 21:59:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Positioning: How to write a positioning statement and

refine it based on customer feedback. See http://bit.ly/r0Yu3.
2009-09-14 21:28:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks Quiz: There's only one thing that matters in a startup.

What is it?
2009-09-14 20:34:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups and CEOs who blog are almost always wasting
their time.
2009-09-14 20:22:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The product development model treats all startups

like they are in an Existing Market." Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/zNFOj
2009-09-14 17:33:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks You can improve the business without improving the

product. See http://bit.ly/rYO6J.
2009-09-14 16:40:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Steve Jobs does customer development, Part 2:

Improving the business without improving the product;
http://bit.ly/rYO6J.
2009-09-11 17:54:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Usually if [you] sell a lot of something, you want to tell

everybody." Steve Jobs, http://bit.ly/P4t8G
2009-09-10 21:49:00 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Theres not a drop of flash on this website [iTunes

Store], from the rotating banners to the music preview player."
http://bit.ly/Wjqmh
2009-09-10 19:47:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Steve Jobs does customer development:

http://bit.ly/2JXuv6. Yes, even Steve Jobs. The first new blog post on
Venture Hacks in quite a while.
2009-09-10 17:48:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "How can you tell the difference between an Ice Cream
Glove and a Snuggie? You cant. Only your customers can." Ries,
http://bit.ly/82tOo
2009-09-03 22:02:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hypothesis: Most consumer internet startups fail

because they build products they want to use. And that's also how the
huge ones succeed.
2009-09-01 20:26:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The one number you should know about your equity
grant" by Chris Dixon, http://bit.ly/v1KZO. My comment:
http://bit.ly/2OYZBf.
2009-08-31 20:10:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Give me five minutes to talk away my ugly face and I

can bed the Queen of France." ?, http://bit.ly/YTPNx (Good advice for
entrepreneurs)
2009-08-31 18:36:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Namaste, Jimi Hendrix. I wish you were alive today. I

also wish we could use your image in our advertising." FSJ,
http://bit.ly/40cmnc
2009-08-31 18:20:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks People want to be told what to do, so badly, that

theyll listen to anyone. Don Draper, http://bit.ly/7tcl0
2009-08-27 22:43:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jakob Nielsen makes his tweet more "punchy, credible,
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and viral through 5 rounds of redesign." See http://bit.ly/b0tBL.

2009-08-27 16:07:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Do you have lower back pain from sitting at your

computer all day? Go see Psoas in San Francisco. See my full review:
http://bit.ly/Ryggi.
2009-08-26 20:48:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "They made mistakes, of course." Warren Buffett,

http://bit.ly/exkKj
2009-08-22 22:04:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Inside Apple's board meeting yesterday:

http://bit.ly/16L7p6.
2009-08-20 01:41:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wonderful customer development case study and

success story: http://bit.ly/w0EJU.
2009-08-19 19:09:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks I am sorry Its a little word, I know, but it is true.

Jason Getsy (before he was put to death), http://bit.ly/S6AQh
2009-08-19 17:26:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It seems so obvious: if you want to develop software

thats useful to people, youve got to talk with them."
http://bit.ly/3RDaRN
2009-08-19 16:54:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Friends, Nivi needs a favor. Who has the best list of
champagnes in New York city? I'm thirsty.
2009-08-11 00:32:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Very thoughtful slides from Netflix on how they

manage their business: http://bit.ly/16PPyQ. Compare to
http://bit.ly/HBem.
2009-08-04 22:47:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "These things are assembled by seven-year-old

children in China. It's a miracle that any of them work at all." FSJ,
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http://bit.ly/XnjZ
2009-08-04 20:54:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "She doesnt hire anyone without taking them out to a

meal first because its like a little microcosm of life." Ephron
http://bit.ly/fQJEg
2009-08-03 20:03:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Paint your roof white and youll save more carbon
than you would driving a Prius." Vinod Khosla, http://bit.ly/1Q9eaa
2009-08-03 17:32:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The strongest human instinct is not survival, it is to do

what is familiar." Viginia Satir (?), http://bit.ly/aqcEm
2009-07-31 20:45:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We never set out to build a world-class

engineering-training process. Five Whys simply helped us [build] one."
Ries, http://bit.ly/4ce46
2009-07-29 22:03:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wonderful new presentation on Minimum Viable

Products from Eric Ries: http://bit.ly/3wVz0. If you don't know MVPs
inside-out, watch it now.
2009-07-29 00:32:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sean Ellis brings us a huge leap in our understanding of

startups: http://bit.ly/23hdE. A must-read for all entrepreneurs.
2009-07-28 20:48:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When people have difficulty achieving regular releases

of dopamine they will often seek a shortcut." Kurzweil,
http://bit.ly/AA2wD
2009-07-23 20:11:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks When should I incorporate my company? Yokum has

the answer: http://bit.ly/3ttCXd.
2009-07-22 04:55:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It's really tempting to settle. And it's really
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embarrassing to not settle." Mann (Director of Public Enemies),

http://bit.ly/XXNcR
2009-07-13 22:31:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Flow] is quite simply the most advanced product

development book you can buy." Eric Ries, http://bit.ly/g04WS
2009-07-13 21:40:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Prioritizing in a vacuum is a leading source of waste."

Eric Ries, http://bit.ly/K6Be1
2009-07-11 06:07:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Many founders don't like to hear that visionary

customers are as smart, maybe even more so, than they are." Ries,
http://bit.ly/2wcjn6
2009-07-10 23:01:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks What's the legal difference between a startup and a

small business? Read this great series of articles: http://bit.ly/b98v4.
2009-07-10 20:05:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fans of Eric Ries, Steve Blank, customer development,

and agile should buy this book now: http://bit.ly/xnzi. Note: it is very
challenging.
2009-07-10 20:05:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Im in favor of a clean fulfillment center, but why are

you cleaning? Why dont you eliminate the source of dirt?
http://bit.ly/14hvf
2009-07-07 20:52:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Constraints matter. You can sit in your office for 16

hours and not write a word." Merlin Mann, http://bit.ly/nVDKH
2009-07-06 20:35:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Check out VentureBeat's coverage of our recent talk:

"Ten unconventional wisdoms for funding startups," at
http://bit.ly/JFpaP.
2009-07-02 20:18:58 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "More troops will be trained as unmanned airplane

operators than as fighter or bomber pilots combined."
http://bit.ly/Y4R9R
2009-06-30 21:16:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The answers are not in the book." Malcolm McNair,

Harvard Business School, http://bit.ly/JF8sQ
2009-06-29 19:06:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The Apple way: better nothing at all than something

less than great." Gruber, http://bit.ly/DBy2M (Note: This isn't the
startup way).
2009-06-26 21:17:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We compete on cultural fit and shared vision/values

we don't compete on price, terms, 'value add'" Fred Wilson,
http://bit.ly/OYk2k
2009-06-22 20:21:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Show success before asking for help." Derek Sivers,

http://bit.ly/cMiKG
2009-06-17 21:26:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Join me at the Iranian election protest in San

Francisco's Union Square today 6pm. I hope it goes something like this:
http://bit.ly/TxbRj.
2009-06-16 18:30:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Peep Show is on Hulu! If you like The Office, watch

Peep Show over and over again: http://bit.ly/1Xc9i.
2009-06-13 22:39:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Zeo closes the sleep feedback loop: http://bit.ly/HAV62.

Looks cool and well executed. Check out their board: http://bit.ly/iJ4m5.
2009-06-10 21:14:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a

good chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is behind it." Brin,
http://bit.ly/yfmQr
2009-06-08 21:16:36 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Our current contractor agreement is one page long. I

wrote it then showed it to our lawyers. They said it was fine."
http://bit.ly/hUtz3
2009-06-08 20:54:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks 37signals asks, "What does a community manager do?"

A great response: http://bit.ly/VzqVT.
2009-06-04 21:39:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Fourteen years ago I was stabbed in the throat after

my unsuccessful murder I wasnt unhappy for an entire year."
http://bit.ly/Ea3LK
2009-06-04 18:50:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting

everywhere." Regina Brett, http://bit.ly/JHgLe
2009-05-30 20:04:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Dont be surprised if a VC asks you for your

http://survey.io results." Sean Ellis, http://bit.ly/2GiSB
2009-05-22 19:41:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Visible Tweets creates beautiful visualizations of your

tweets: http://bit.ly/15H9HQ. Wow! Very pretty.
2009-05-21 22:02:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wow, my FriendFeed subscribers have doubled!

Subscribe here http://bit.ly/14x0l. FriendFeed aggregates your tweets,
comments, posts try it!
2009-05-21 21:18:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most."

Dwight Schrute, http://bit.ly/Ngjem (There's a better way:
http://bit.ly/UIus.)
2009-05-20 22:09:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks @BarackObama Get the Better Basketball DVDs:

http://bit.ly/aVONm. Everyone else, these guys are the Venture Hacks
of basketballbut better.
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2009-05-20 21:27:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Want to see what I'm sharing on Google Reader? Then

go here and do not delay: http://bit.ly/tDHpR. Are we having fun yet!?
2009-05-20 18:35:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Something is elegant if it is two things at once:

unusually simple and surprisingly powerful." Matthew E. May,
http://bit.ly/Y52Vi
2009-05-19 20:15:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Find someone to be successful for." Obama,

http://bit.ly/P0yYF
2009-05-19 16:21:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks Use BackType to subscribe to the comments I leave on

blogs: http://bit.ly/RmDlM. There's good stuff in there. Einstein would
be proud.
2009-05-18 22:30:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good word: inveigle, 1. to convert, convince or win

over with flattery or wiles, 2. to obtain through guile or cunning
http://bit.ly/13Zmvg.
2009-05-18 21:19:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Niftynosh looks at their product and wonders "What

could we have left out?" http://bit.ly/xgf2J. Learn about the MVP:
http://bit.ly/sioJC.
2009-05-18 20:33:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Steal the logos of Cisco, Google put them on your

strategic partners page and measure the difference in sales volume."
http://bit.ly/Niz62
2009-05-18 18:20:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Fliggo team releases TwitVid: http://twitvid.io. It's

like Twitpic for video. Go @danielrhodes and @chrysb!
2009-05-17 00:18:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks I love this word: "whaling". It's phishing for whales (rich
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people). Learn more: http://bit.ly/YY7Bs.

2009-05-16 06:49:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wonderful bootstrapping advice from the guys at

Urbanspoon (acquired by IAC): http://bit.ly/UNNnF. A lot of it is about
eliminating waste.
2009-05-15 20:28:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Enjoy British comedies like The Office? Then get your
hands on Peep Show, Alan Partridge, The Thick of It, and Saxondale.
What am I missing?
2009-05-15 19:46:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Bootstrapped companies don't have any pri-twos."

Adam Doppelt, http://bit.ly/UNNnF
2009-05-15 19:31:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Buy a big whiteboard. Don't use calendaring, bug

tracking or project management software. Put it all on the whiteboard"
http://bit.ly/UNNnF
2009-05-15 19:29:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get primary video of Obama via YouTube

http://bit.ly/2aBMf, iTunes http://bit.ly/159WNg, or Hulu
http://bit.ly/Q5xch. I watch and learn.
2009-05-15 18:39:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "View every interaction as a chance to recruit a new

salesman What can I do here that would be literally remarkable?
http://bit.ly/18KwQy
2009-05-15 16:50:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I am pleased to report our first failure." Brant

Cooper, http://bit.ly/k9pzg
2009-05-14 21:24:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If youre not upsetting yourself, then youre not

challenging your [product/market] assumptions." Brant Cooper,
http://bit.ly/k9pzg
2009-05-14 21:23:20 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Social media is all about mixing personal and

business. Those who do it best win." Fred, http://bit.ly/qeiA5. More:
http://bit.ly/hrMU6.
2009-05-14 21:20:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Yokum gives us a heads-up on significant tax savings

for startups in Obama's budget proposal: http://bit.ly/Mh2IF. Yokum,
keep it coming!
2009-05-14 21:14:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Ive never given funding to an entrepreneur who had a

business plan with him when he walked into my office." Fagnan,
http://bit.ly/M9jyR
2009-05-14 19:28:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you reduce every problem to 'somebody needs to

try harder,' then you're going to get disappointing results." RT
@corey_ladas
2009-05-13 23:40:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks La vie passera comme un rve. (Life goes by in a

dream) Gilles Jacob, http://bit.ly/eJIW9
2009-05-13 22:27:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Using "5 Whys" to write user stories: http://bit.ly/LsPgk.

Cool! Jump to the section titled: "Business value and MMF". RT
@TimothyFitz.
2009-05-08 01:58:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Vision is the intersection of what we want and what's

possible. (Inspired by Eric Ries, http://bit.ly/nlhby at 51:55)
2009-05-06 18:56:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Lean results in less work because you eliminate the

biggest source of waste building something nobody wants." Ries,
http://bit.ly/nlhby
2009-05-06 17:18:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Only work for people that you like. If you have a
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choice never have a job. Some people are toxic avoid them." Glaser,
http://bit.ly/qERM5
2009-05-04 19:44:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wonderfully cogent weekly address from Obama about

the swine flu: http://bit.ly/1aavX1 (video). My favorite weekly address
yet.
2009-05-04 17:01:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "OK, fail fast, but fail smart!" Brant Cooper,

http://bit.ly/Iop7j
2009-05-02 18:09:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks A flight simulator for businesses: http://bit.ly/10mkxC

(video). Learn how to run a company like pilots learn how to fly. My
dad's company!
2009-05-01 20:25:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In Silicon Valley, we only have one word for startup.
That's the cause of a lot of failures." Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/4rFHR
(36:25)
2009-05-01 18:29:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fail early or fail late. Either way you fail. But fail early
and you live to fight another day. More from Ries & Blank:
http://bit.ly/4rFHR.
2009-05-01 18:20:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If they love it, they won't care how many bugs there
are, in fact, they'll defend it to other people." Blank,
http://bit.ly/4rFHR (32:30)
2009-05-01 18:19:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I don't think I ever wrote a business plan I got up to

12 PowerPoint slides and that was it." Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/4rFHR
(23:20)
2009-05-01 18:09:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We are using Microsoft Visio to reduce our market risk
by building clickable web demos for prospective customers."
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http://bit.ly/cZVC8
2009-05-01 17:54:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries @chadaustin Maybe we should start using

the term "technical inventory". Readers, learn more about inventory:
http://bit.ly/I83qf.
2009-05-01 17:35:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Have all due diligence ready to go on demand."

Antony Brydon, http://bit.ly/hPEzc
2009-05-01 05:16:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks Butt-spanking new blog post: "How to close a term

sheet quickly," http://bit.ly/TTAbj. Includes special bonus track at the
end.
2009-04-28 17:51:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most graduate programs in American universities

produce a product for which there is no market." Mark C. Taylor,
http://bit.ly/NipIq
2009-04-27 21:59:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Take the "2009 Startup Executive Compensation

Survey" and get access to the collected data: http://bit.ly/MH3X0.
2009-04-27 18:06:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Journalism will be the whole human thought."

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, http://bit.ly/r9its
2009-04-26 22:21:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Direct marketers produce ugly, cheesy, long-winded

stuff that CONVERT better." Bill Flagg, http://bit.ly/bEpMO
2009-04-26 18:17:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wonderful interview with the founder of AND 1

(multi-$100M apparel co) on changing plans, marketing, and
positioning: http://bit.ly/3dgC6.
2009-04-25 22:46:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Secretary of State Clinton provides Congress with
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wildly intelligent and coherent answers to their questions:

http://bit.ly/eaqlo (video).
2009-04-23 21:10:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Dont invent the problem, invent the solution." Mike

Speiser, http://bit.ly/xhKOQ
2009-04-23 20:54:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Wilson Sonsini releases their term sheet generator.

Like Quicken for term sheets. Answer questions, get a term sheet:
http://bit.ly/R2DVQ.
2009-04-23 20:08:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "They're encouraged to look like they know the answer,

whether they know it or not." Patniak, http://bit.ly/15ePQN, on
b-school students
2009-04-23 18:06:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When I screwed up, not only did I own up to it, I asked
for help." Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/jF4mk
2009-04-23 17:53:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Success doesn't come because you did everything, it's

because you did the important things." Jason Cohen,
http://bit.ly/UoXW4
2009-04-22 22:29:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant

struggle." George Orwell, http://bit.ly/EKOGy
2009-04-22 21:27:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks A good friend and badass MIT EECS Ph.D. will be on the
market soon. Contact me if you want an intro and include a link to your
company. Thx!
2009-04-22 20:18:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most startups spend way too much time obsessing

over their clueless competition." Sean Ellis, http://bit.ly/18xNxX
2009-04-22 19:26:23 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Business has no correct timetable." Jason Cohen,

http://bit.ly/UoXW4
2009-04-22 17:59:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Confidence is a faade. Strong statements are useful

literary devices; hedging and vacillation are tedious." Cohen,
http://bit.ly/UoXW4
2009-04-22 17:58:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks The fifth class of Steve Blank's customer development

course: http://bit.ly/rexwt. His book should be called "Sell it before you
build it."
2009-04-22 16:22:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Ries argues that revenue is a proxy variable in a

startup. The real goal is "validated learning." See http://bit.ly/ENd8p.
2009-04-22 15:23:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We always look for products that solve a common

problem." Anthony Sullivan, TV Pitchman, http://bit.ly/DWzPk (Great
demo video.)
2009-04-21 19:42:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks My talk on "How to pitch your startup" at Stanford:

http://bit.ly/4ihDI. Includes audio and slides!
2009-04-21 19:00:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The most organic, rhythmically accurate and natural

simulation of any team sport I have seen." http://bit.ly/ZzlBE Read
this NYT article.
2009-04-21 18:33:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Creative recruiting by the JobAlchemist team: "Intern

for the Summer, Get Paid for a Year," http://bit.ly/da988.
2009-04-20 21:53:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get our tweets via RSS: http://bit.ly/cd4fc. Now

includes clickable URLs. Thanks for the feedback @gojomo.
2009-04-17 20:24:18 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "The court said we were organised If youre going to

convict us, convict us of disorganised crime." Peter Sunde,
http://bit.ly/YPVC2
2009-04-17 20:11:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Link relations are a way to explain why you're pointing

to another page 'I'm pointing to this other page because...'"
http://bit.ly/4TBX5
2009-04-17 20:09:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Everything is obvious once it is demonstrated."

David Cowan, http://bit.ly/hnvRY (via Nikhilesh Rao, http://bit.ly/1sVH2)
2009-04-17 18:56:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Nice introduction to customer development by

Nikhilesh Rao: http://bit.ly/1sVH2.
2009-04-17 18:32:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[And] revision is worthless without vision." Michael

Cyrulnik, http://bit.ly/K75F In reference to http://bit.ly/jc9WO
2009-04-16 20:37:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ideas are worthless without execution. And execution is

worthless without revision.
2009-04-16 19:25:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Cooliris has a lot of potential but it makes me seasick.

What do you think? Do you find it useful? http://www.cooliris.com
2009-04-12 18:42:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ericries I prefer Reinertsen's "most economical

moment." "Last reponsible moment" is a good practical proxy.
Thoughts? In 140 characters?
2009-04-12 18:32:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Subscribe to the @venturehacks Twitter stream via

RSS. Never miss another stupendous tweet again: http://bit.ly/cd4fc.
Hallelujah!
2009-04-11 22:13:38 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Apple's revenues from '92 to '08: http://bit.ly/2zVMUS.

The hockey stick is flat for a long time. (Link fixed thanks for the bug
reports!)
2009-04-11 00:18:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks @mdrcode And thanks to the App Engine team for

building the motherloving thing in the first place! (Now with Fortran!)
2009-04-10 23:41:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Getting in between an entrepreneur and an exit they

want to do is not a recipe for success in the venture business."
http://bit.ly/13ffOW
2009-04-10 23:31:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks @Sequoia_Capital Awesome that you're on Twitter.

Don't use it to issue "press releases." Use it to post great stuff like
http://bit.ly/V500R
2009-04-10 23:10:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "My advice was to start a policy of making reversible

decisions before anyone left his office or before a meeting ended."
http://bit.ly/aTDF
2009-04-10 22:56:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks Awesome quote from Peter Drucker on NOT predicting

the future: http://bit.ly/zaRy. Too big for the Twitter machine.
2009-04-10 21:14:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks How the Whitehouse used Google App Engine to build

an app that peaked at 700 hits per second! http://bit.ly/h8KJ Amazing.
2009-04-10 21:13:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks From the LOL department: VC Wear does it again! "The

untapped VC market that will at LEAST DOUBLE OUR REVENUE:
PANTS." http://bit.ly/2LV0
2009-04-10 20:31:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Seldom has the president sounded so much like the

host of a late-night infomercial." The New York Times,
http://bit.ly/sGz5M (Sweet!)
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2009-04-10 20:14:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We've got trillions of assets that have bid/ask

spreads that are so wide we don't have functioning markets." Fred,
http://bit.ly/HAqm4
2009-04-10 19:47:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Told an entrepreneur today to stop thinking about

product development milestones and start thinking about customer
development milestones.
2009-04-10 19:14:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[The] technical problems that most of us who are

engineers spend our time fixing are only symptoms." Eric Ries,
http://bit.ly/Jps2L
2009-04-10 18:31:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks With knowledge being universally accessible, there

will be no excuses for non-performance. Peter Drucker,
http://bit.ly/5NN5C
2009-04-10 18:07:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The best marketing is education." Steve Jobs,

http://bit.ly/8ups (video)
2009-04-10 17:42:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks @ev Is Twitter the first social network where the

second derivative of one's connections is positive?
2009-04-09 23:02:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just summarized some great excerpts from Bo

Peabody's "Lucky or Smart," http://bit.ly/4m1DC9.
2009-04-09 22:41:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks If youve never missed a flight, you spend too much

time in the airport. ?, http://bit.ly/mtSup
2009-04-09 22:04:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If we tried to get our heads around all the rules, I think
it would have totally killed a lot of the innovation." http://bit.ly/mtSup
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2009-04-09 22:03:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Venturehacks.com is the only blog where I subscribe

by RSS to the user comments and find them useful." @andrew_chen
(http://bit.ly/eg0qr)
2009-04-09 20:17:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Taleb's "Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world,"

http://bit.ly/87Cpr. Maybe right, maybe wrong, but definitely amusing.
2009-04-09 18:58:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Learn not to use markets as storehouses of value:

they do not harbour the certainties that normal citizens require."
http://bit.ly/87Cpr
2009-04-09 17:57:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post (perhaps the best ever written by a

carbon-based life form): "The Startup MBA," http://bit.ly/5uC1.
2009-04-09 17:05:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm thinking about creating a Facebook fan page for

Venture Hacks.
Would this be useful to you? Here's a rough draft:
http://bit.ly/10au0.
2009-04-09 15:59:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Type of market is as important as size of market.

Compare http://bit.ly/168NyR and http://bit.ly/urVaq.
2009-04-08 21:12:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks LOL pitching clip from 30 Rock: "My latest business

venture. One word: coffee. One problem: where do you get it?" Go
http://bit.ly/tuj5.
2009-04-08 20:20:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks A virtuous new blog post: "We teach entrepreneurship

like every vertical market has the same set of rules," http://bit.ly/V3rd.
2009-04-08 19:32:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks How Gmail works offline on the iPhone:
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http://bit.ly/zgYA1. Pretty awesome.

2009-04-08 19:11:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Customers dont ask for your transcript." Steve

Blank, http://bit.ly/TANq
2009-04-07 17:55:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Customers dont ask for your transcript." Steve

Blank, http://bit.ly/TANq
2009-04-07 17:55:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Almost all of these [exit] analyses are total baloney."

Brad Feld @bfeld, http://bit.ly/NlB2R
2009-04-07 01:52:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks sententious: (1) Terse and energetic in expression;

pithy. (2) Abounding in aphorisms. (3) Given to aphoristic utterances.
2009-04-06 21:17:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks What's more incredible? The fact that people upload

500 GB of photos to FB daily? Or that those photos fit on my laptop?
http://bit.ly/MDPOr
2009-04-06 20:37:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If Im helpful to you, you can pay me back by being

helpful to another first time entrepreneur." Brad Feld,
http://bit.ly/iYYC1
2009-04-04 19:16:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks The founder of del.icio.us shows us how to listen to the

Venture Hacks Podcast in half the time: http://bit.ly/3uqeNj. It works!
2009-04-03 21:21:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our latest blog post will cure most cancers: "How we
encourage word of mouth for Pitching Hacks," http://bit.ly/13T2xP.
2009-04-02 19:14:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I have a simple question. Why are profitable

companies laying off people?" Mark Cuban, http://bit.ly/z8SDb
Read the whole post.
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2009-04-02 00:36:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Consistency is bad marketing. Some inconsistency (and

good marketing): http://bit.ly/1SKod2.
2009-04-01 21:54:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Every lean transformation documented in books like

Lean Thinking took place in the midst of serious external threats."
http://bit.ly/12CaB
2009-04-01 20:45:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Keep 'em out of the board room and keep their
ownership ideally below 10pcnt. Don't give them a ROFR or a ROFO."
http://bit.ly/YbkOS
2009-04-01 19:37:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I've seen many an entrepreneur make a mistake by

picking a great firm and getting a crappy partner on the board."
http://bit.ly/BKMKS
2009-04-01 19:32:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The minimum viable product remember this for your

next *big idea*" RT @chrissharp, http://bit.ly/d1XXN
2009-04-01 19:24:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post that will certainly halt your incipient
baldness: "Its very easy to underprice your product,"
http://bit.ly/Q2Kz1.
2009-04-01 18:18:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks In Paris France, they call it the produit viable

minimal. See http://bit.ly/1DZm4q.
2009-03-31 20:23:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Negative sell: "So, why are you interested in working

for us / investing in us / taking our investment / buying our product?"
2009-03-30 18:54:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In God we Trust, everyone else brings customer data."

Steve Blank, @sgblank
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2009-03-30 17:54:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks I've met two startups that (1) search Twitter for people
with the problem they solve and then (2) tweet them. Twitter b-model?
TwitterWords.
2009-03-30 16:51:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its split testing that teaches us what to build We are

able to delight an audience whose tastes are not our own."
http://bit.ly/1CxYA
2009-03-29 18:34:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Restrictions fuel creativity restrictions feel like clues,

and actually make the question easier to answer." Mathes,
http://bit.ly/1burr
2009-03-29 18:16:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Chessmasters simply dont see the bad moves."

Joe Mathes, http://bit.ly/1burr Is this true?
2009-03-29 18:15:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Excellent positioning: "Simple content management for

simple websites" http://bit.ly/hVwM0. Key benefit and key
differentiation in 6 words.
2009-03-28 18:27:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fun-tastic new blog post: "Sell it before you build it,"
http://bit.ly/7yrV. No theory, just a real world example.
2009-03-28 17:38:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Could we possibly see a disc-less PS4 from Sony?"

Mitch Lasky, http://bit.ly/3DxRD
2009-03-28 04:33:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks The BackType team showed me a complementary way

to track yourself on Twitter: http://bit.ly/cep0A. Cool!
2009-03-28 00:41:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks kindly to everyone who reads, replies, and

retweets us. The 3 R's. We read all of your tweets here:
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http://bit.ly/16Rnc0.
2009-03-27 20:33:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Amazon's] focus on frugality means that the company

has to be highly innovative." Ian Sefferman, http://bit.ly/7k9T1
2009-03-27 18:42:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks The latest Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneurs Report has a

new excerpt from Pitching Hacks and Q4 2008 financing trends:
http://bit.ly/brk9.
2009-03-26 18:02:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ladies and gentlemen, a new blog post: "Opening

board meetings to the entire company," http://bit.ly/6VYW. The
pleasure is all mine.
2009-03-25 16:46:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to use a minimum viable product to build a $100M

semiconductor product line with 5 people and FPGAs:
http://bit.ly/oY19l.
2009-03-24 19:32:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks Y Combinator is like a personal trainer for your startup,

http://ycombinator.com.
2009-03-24 19:12:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks Watch Brant Cooper and company build a lean startup

online: http://bit.ly/kmDau, http://bit.ly/18QZgF, and http://bit.ly/Yu7dS.
2009-03-24 19:06:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Use "manualation" or "flintstoning" to build a minimum

viable product. Learn more: http://bit.ly/AMZgY.
2009-03-24 18:35:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post: The next two classes of Steve Blank's
customer development course are now up on Venture Hacks:
http://bit.ly/3Q1yA.
2009-03-24 16:45:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tweets that ask for a product like yours, or showering
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praise upon it, are becoming a standard part of every startup's pitch.
2009-03-23 20:22:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you don't give them an overwhelming reason to say

yes, investors tend to look for reasons to say no.
2009-03-23 18:27:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post: What is the minimum viable product?

http://bit.ly/sioJC. The MVP can often be a Google ad, PowerPoint slide,
or landing page.
2009-03-23 16:22:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Want more followers? Write tweets that help people.

Crank up the signal to noise. Use good grammar, punctuation, and
spelling. The end.
2009-03-21 20:29:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In a startup, second-hand facts are almost as useless

as opinions. Decision-makers need to hear the facts first hand."
http://is.gd/olWN
2009-03-21 20:25:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I made two customer calls a week mandatory for

everyone, including my secretary." Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/NHYrV
2009-03-21 20:23:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks Jon Bischke puts together a definitive list of resources

on customer development: http://bit.ly/YlXZD.
2009-03-21 18:26:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post: "Dont launch? But the New York Times
is on the phone!" http://bit.ly/10UehK Thoughts on the "Don't launch"
meme.
2009-03-20 21:29:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Unless you go to business school in the top 10 or so,

getting an MBA reduces your lifetime income." Bob Sutton,
http://bit.ly/22c41G
2009-03-20 20:27:11 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Steve "The Mouth" Blank (@sgblank) starts a blog! 30

years of Silicon Valley war stories. Perhaps the greatest mentor to
entrepreneurs ever.
2009-03-20 17:01:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks How is anybody going to tell anybody about your

product if you can't describe it in a few words?
2009-03-19 19:54:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Sacrifice valuation for a clean security." Matt

Blumberg, http://bit.ly/16QmpP We say, "Valuation is temporary,
control is forever."
2009-03-19 19:53:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The loud launch made the option of switching

strategic direction a very tough one." Cem Sertoglu, http://bit.ly/FHcy
2009-03-19 19:14:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If newspapers converted every online user today to a

subscription model, the newspaper industry would be still dying."
http://bit.ly/14BN3p
2009-03-19 18:38:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks An entrepreneur's response to competition from

Google? "Thank you." http://bit.ly/11tWty. He might be wrong but he is
still compelling.
2009-03-19 18:27:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Eliminating waste and the equally important respect

for humanity are the foundation of the Toyota production system"
http://bit.ly/11KE5B
2009-03-19 17:36:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Can anyone recommend a good Twitter scheduler?

Unfortunately, Twuffer and FutureTweets are not reliable.
2009-03-19 03:25:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Even Steve Jobs does customer development:

http://bit.ly/GN5M1 (video). Build it and they will come that's what
Jobs does, right? Wrong.
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2009-03-18 23:49:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Another great example of a minimum viable product:

launching *anything* on AT&T's cellular network! The iPhone didn't
wait for Verizon.
2009-03-17 22:51:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks Uh oh. Steve "The Mouth" Blank, the king of customer

development, is on Twitter: @sgblank. Stop by and say hi.
2009-03-17 19:12:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Wrapping agile development in another outer loop

called Customer Development makes a ton of sense to me." Jim
Murphy http://bit.ly/zA2Ba
2009-03-17 01:49:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Ries, the lord of lean startups, is now tweeting:

@ericries. Follow him and tell him to stay on topic!
2009-03-16 23:25:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks I just subscribed to Sean Ellis' awesome startup

marketing blog: http://bit.ly/P4aJQ. He understands customer
development inside-out.
2009-03-16 23:18:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post on Venture Hacks: How to be an angel

investor, http://bit.ly/3NJx. Includes audio and slides.
2009-03-16 17:47:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Don't launch, release. The saying is "release early and

often." Not "launch early and often." Eric Ries lays it out:
http://bit.ly/UgcnM.
2009-03-14 19:26:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Just dont be yourself. New Yorker cartoon,

http://bit.ly/19AEqV
2009-03-13 21:11:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Im thinking of sending the check today anyway if it

sits on their desk they might just cash it." Jason Calacanis,
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http://bit.ly/49Ak3N
2009-03-13 20:15:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its incredibly rare that Ive actually regretted saying

no, but I dread my yess all the time." DHH, http://bit.ly/hARj
2009-03-13 18:22:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks A wonderful summary of the marketing book,

"Positioning": http://bit.ly/gwjA. You can buy the book on Amazon here:
http://bit.ly/2iM87.
2009-03-12 22:07:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You can only pretend that you're already dead and
thus free yourself to focus" Donovan Campbell, Marine,
http://bit.ly/ltlaq
2009-03-12 20:37:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Most VCs] exist to satisfy demand among fund

managers for venture capital as an asset class." Paul Graham,
http://bit.ly/aLAy
2009-03-12 17:08:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Marriage, as a human institution, depends on the

concept of first being better than the best." Positioning,
http://bit.ly/2iM87
2009-03-12 04:49:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our long-avowed goal is to be the buyer of choice

for businesses." Warren Buffett, http://bit.ly/ONriv
2009-03-11 21:21:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If Apple can launch a smartphone without Find or

Cut-and-Paste, what can you cut out of your product requirements?"
http://bit.ly/PTdPr
2009-03-11 20:46:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The "four P's" Product, Price, Place, and Promotion."

Philip Kotler, http://bit.ly/2iM87
2009-03-11 20:26:34 (+00:00)
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venturehacks The Kindle iPhone app is a great example of a Minimum

Viable Product (http://bit.ly/VFS4e). For example, you can't buy books
from the app.
2009-03-11 20:24:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You never want a board to have to tell you how to run
your company. When that happens it's time to update your resume"
http://bit.ly/1t4lRL
2009-03-11 20:23:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks My friends are running a b-plan competition for

startups with a female founder. Winner gets a meeting with Mike
Moritz: http://bit.ly/hOpi.
2009-03-11 18:07:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A phrase like customer service has decreased

leaves those responsible for the decisions mysteriously unidentified."
http://bit.ly/GabY0
2009-03-10 23:38:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "During my undergrad, I created Instiki, Rails,

Basecamp, and got on the path to being a partner at 37signals."
DHH, http://bit.ly/yscRU
2009-03-10 23:35:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Does Google make AdWords intentionally hard to use?

If yes, why?
2009-03-10 18:07:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Liz Hart's new blog is like Venture Hacks for San
Francisco office space: http://bit.ly/eIAq6. Check it out. Or just hire her.
2009-03-09 21:55:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Scott Scheper reviews Pitching Hacks and calls it "a

refreshingly action-oriented guide." The full review: http://bit.ly/ejh4H.
2009-03-09 17:25:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Buying a printer remains the last confusing part of

modern computing Sounds like an industry awaiting a revolution."
http://bit.ly/3Wn625
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2009-03-08 22:01:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post. The Venture Hacks Podcast:

http://bit.ly/QYR9R.
2009-03-06 22:01:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Understand your Twitter followers with a tag cloud of

their bios: http://bit.ly/40bhKz. Super cool product. Our cloud:
http://bit.ly/151OT.
2009-03-06 19:25:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Buy into a company that even a moron could run,

because one day, one will." Charlie Munger, RT @naval
2009-03-06 18:05:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks My partner at Venture Hacks, @naval, is tweeting

again. Follow him and encourage him to tweet. He is the brains. I am
the mouth.
2009-03-05 23:51:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Schmidt calls Twitter a "poor man's email."

Entrepreneurs know that's a compliment. See http://bit.ly/1dzD1A.
2009-03-05 18:30:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Try to burn up your intellectual capital before looking

for significant outside capital." Steve Barsh, http://bit.ly/Flx5v
2009-03-05 18:01:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Everybody's entitled to an opinion, you know what I'm

sayin', they like Escalades, everybody got one." T.I.,
http://bit.ly/4WEot (music)
2009-03-05 05:41:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @Odegard: "Ultimately what counts is what values

*you* want to achieve in *your* life."
2009-03-05 05:33:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks RT @spellrus: "Nature organizes itself along the lines of

creating value for participants, humans borrow the concept."
2009-03-05 05:32:32 (+00:00)
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venturehacks It's amazing that we've all decided to organize our lives
around the principle of creating value for other people.
2009-03-05 00:23:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks The dog food is usually dog shit.

2009-03-05 00:21:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Telling knowledge workers what to do is one of the

biggest causes of mistakes that I've ever seen." Eric Ries,
http://bit.ly/54lnE
2009-03-04 21:48:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Benchmark's Mitch Lasky on how *closed* video game

platforms lead to higher quality games: http://bit.ly/MKQC.
2009-03-04 17:46:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I also like bootstrapping because it forces you to start

the sales and learning process sooner." Greg Gianforte,
http://bit.ly/QTr8O
2009-03-04 15:42:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post. Take a course from Steve Blank, the
king of customer development, exclusively on Venture Hacks:
http://bit.ly/1a01wq.
2009-03-03 18:50:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Stanford professor Bob Sutton makes a thoughtful

"Case Against Cutting the Bottom 10%". See http://bit.ly/zYiBQ. Not the
way to do layoffs.
2009-02-28 21:39:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A derivative is when you don't invest in a thing, but

you invest in a thing like the thing you're investing in" Tidwell
http://bit.ly/GRfQy
2009-02-27 22:38:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Benchmark's Bill Gurley analyzes the dynamics of

selling ads on online video and shares his "Holy Grail" ad idea:
http://bit.ly/HD9Of.
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2009-02-27 22:09:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sean Murphy posts a detailed review of Pitching Hacks:

"This book has already been boiled to the essentials." See
http://bit.ly/qEMeA.
2009-02-27 18:05:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There were very few decisions of such significance

that we couldn't
recover from one that was poorly made." Meyer, http://bit.ly/SbFb5
2009-02-27 17:06:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Twitter is a great way to track the real-time reaction to

a launch. See what people are saying about Pitching Hacks:
http://bit.ly/lSVxS.
2009-02-26 22:30:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Try making your customer service not merely good,

but surprisingly good." Paul Graham, http://bit.ly/x65sg
2009-02-26 20:08:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks We've launched our first book, Pitching Hacks:

http://bit.ly/1tg3qF. 83 pages. Passages by Andreessen, Cowan, and
Feld. Check it.
2009-02-26 18:23:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks I have never been embarrassed to ask people for

money. Steve Blank, http://bit.ly/1t4lRL
2009-02-26 18:00:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "How the hell should I know if it's a good idea. I'm not a
customer.
My opinion is interesting but irrelevant." Maples, http://bit.ly/UZ9sT
2009-02-26 01:12:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The second mistake that I see them make is all they
have is an idea." Mike Maples, http://bit.ly/UZ9sT
2009-02-26 00:13:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The first mistake that I see people make when they
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approach us is
they don't really have that big of an idea." Maples, http://bit.ly/UZ9sT
2009-02-25 22:27:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Hilarious video: "We live in an amazing amazing world

and it's wasted
on the crappiest generation." Louis C.K., http://bit.ly/Vq0lf
2009-02-25 22:17:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Positioning is not what you do to a product its what

you do to the prospects mind." http://bit.ly/JNpiD
2009-02-25 20:00:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks What happens if the CEO doesn't show up to work?

Nothing. What happens if the rest of the team doesn't show up to
work? Nothing.
2009-02-25 18:44:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its hard to think youre a player and not play. Jim
Pitkow, http://bit.ly/2Qf3n (A good way to sell: remind prospects they're
players.)
2009-02-25 18:11:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks Your opinion, although interesting, is irrelevant.

Mike Maples, http://bit.ly/UZ9sT (On making decisions based on facts,
not opinions.
2009-02-25 18:00:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Deals fall through so we learned to treat deals as

background processes that we should ignore till they terminated."
http://bit.ly/x65sg
2009-02-25 17:11:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks How boards need to change after an IPO to protect the

company from hedge funds and other investors: http://bit.ly/18cJgr.
2009-02-24 20:00:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Andreessen Horowitz: It could be a venture capital

firm or a law firm we might also have a tow truck." Andreessen
http://bit.ly/15mABM
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2009-02-24 19:14:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks New blog post on Venture Hacks: "How IMVU learned

its way to $10M a year": http://bit.ly/3qsvJ. Please ReTweet a great
talk by Eric Ries.
2009-02-24 18:08:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks It is easier to divorce your wife, kids, and dog than it is

to divorce your investors. See http://bit.ly/qszIS.
2009-02-24 18:00:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tip @Techmeme "A Note About Sabeer Bhatia's

Interview" from Founders at Work. By Jessica Livingston from Y
Combinator: http://bit.ly/3BNNK
2009-02-24 05:33:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We cannot successfully address any of our problems

without addressing them all." Obama, http://bit.ly/77VEv But the
root causes are few
2009-02-23 19:00:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The iPhone, when it landed, was beamed in from

five years in the future." Marc Andreessen, http://bit.ly/2gJhj
2009-02-23 18:00:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I see pairing work so well that I consider my career

prior to my current job to have consisted mostly of wasting time"
http://bit.ly/JUDpQ
2009-02-22 20:00:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Whether were slightly ahead or slightly behind

Google in core relevance is not a game changer in search" Yahoo,
http://bit.ly/bqD4m
2009-02-22 05:19:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If they're not making money today, they easily could."
Marc Andreessen, on YouTube, http://bit.ly/mTQLL
2009-02-20 23:03:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If Facebook just turned on the spigot for normal
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advertising today, it would be doing over $1B in revenue." Andreessen,

http://bit.ly/mTQLL
2009-02-20 22:50:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Marc Andreessen on Charlie Rose last night:

http://bit.ly/mTQLL.
2009-02-20 22:47:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks If we learn one thing from customer development, it is

this: Sell it before you build it. Or while you build it. More:
http://bit.ly/1t4lRL.
2009-02-20 22:36:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Im not pro-recession but, to quote Rahm Emanuel,

never waste a crisis." John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronics Arts,
http://bit.ly/zjo3N
2009-02-20 22:32:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Success is about being able to fall asleep at night

without your mind racing with new ideas." Chris Wanstrath,
http://bit.ly/ZGg7c
2009-02-19 23:12:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our users won us a Crunchie, pay my salary, got me

this keynote, bring us new users, and have made our site what it is"
http://bit.ly/ZGg7c
2009-02-19 23:11:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We find it very odd to hear every [VC] firm state how
different they were in exactly the same way as everyone else."
http://bit.ly/19J9M2
2009-02-19 18:55:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Great ideas have never suffered from a lack of capital

availability." Bill Gurley, http://bit.ly/TzDOa
2009-02-19 00:16:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks M&A Hack: It seems some big companies try to steal

your co-founders if you refuse to sell to them. Guess who.
2009-02-18 22:00:44 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "When I hear it used in an early-stage company I

question the competence of all involved." Steve Blank, on BizDev,
2009-02-18 22:00:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We treated each round of financing as a bridge to

profitability, not as a bridge to the next round." Ries,
http://bit.ly/8Fh0N
2009-02-18 20:00:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Severance hacks: http://bit.ly/ypioH. Apparently, any

business activity can be hacked.
2009-02-18 19:00:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup Myth #2: People care about your business.

Myth #3: Being threatened is a bad thing. More myths:
http://bit.ly/75G57.
2009-02-18 18:00:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks Primer: A great film for entrepreneurs, engineers, and

nerds. Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/7IOD. Google Video: http://bit.ly/uVbYs.
2009-02-17 18:00:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If the president doesn't come to work, it's not a big
deal. But if the tellers don't show up, it's a serious problem.''
http://bit.ly/WhRAx
2009-02-16 23:33:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Startup ideas are not million dollar ideas, and here's
an experiment you can try to prove it: just try to sell one."
http://bit.ly/X9hI
2009-02-15 22:53:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "He who argues for his limitations gets to keep them."
Richard Bach (See the studies that support this: http://bit.ly/lE6wk)
2009-02-15 21:22:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Every time you repeat a task, make progress on

automating it. It doesnt have to be big It just has to be progress."
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http://is.gd/jtBL
2009-02-13 23:12:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Pushing through '4 Steps to the Epiphany' has really

helped me understand the black holes in our b-plan." @leleu,
2009-02-13 07:00:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Executive presents PowerPoint eulogy at mother's

funeral." http://bit.ly/VYkBD
2009-02-13 06:56:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "My back is a weapon I use to destroy my opponents."

Mr. Universe, http://bit.ly/Y57SV (Everything you need to know about
pitching.)
2009-02-13 06:55:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Bonforte's detailed tips for producing beautiful

PowerPoints: http://bit.ly/G5rWl. The details: http://bit.ly/Butwj and
http://bit.ly/649CL.
2009-02-13 06:39:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks for swinging by the office @timraleigh

@amyjokim @jasunshine1011. And thanks to everyone who reads,
replies, and retweets. The 3 R's.
2009-02-13 05:36:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is an inexhaustible supply of bad management

out there." RT @GoRonGo, http://bit.ly/DfMPC (I see it in the mirror
every day.)
2009-02-13 05:30:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Don't start customer development conversations with

the CEO. Start with the janitor. He'll give you the phonebook."
2009-02-13 02:55:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Eric Ries and I collaborated on this "Hacker's guide to

markets." See http://bit.ly/urVaq. It is really a draft. What do you think?
2009-02-12 20:38:20 (+00:00)
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venturehacks A day without a tweet is like a day out of office. This

*is* my office. Thanks for being here with me. Knock on my door and
say hi.
2009-02-12 20:35:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Why is marking up a book indispensable? Reading is

thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words." Adler,
http://bit.ly/17Zg12
2009-02-12 07:48:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to read a book in multiple modalities:

http://bit.ly/aKWhs.
2009-02-12 07:34:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks And read "Getting to Yes": http://bit.ly/VApxv. Or at

least these summaries: http://bit.ly/qDS2c, http://bit.ly/kqic6,
http://bit.ly/diLcY.
2009-02-12 06:43:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks I've said it before, I'll say it again. If you negotiate, read
Bargaining for Advantage. I use it in every negotiation:
http://bit.ly/HZwdW.
2009-02-12 06:25:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Best Buy to their employees: "Dont be stupid and take

care of each other. See http://tinyurl.com/cx3jms.
2009-02-11 23:43:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks M&A hacks. An interview with the guys you pay to help
you when your acquirer wants its money back: http://bit.ly/sQlF.
2009-02-11 21:06:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "After youve raised money, shut up, put your slides
away, stop selling, and start listening to your customers." Blank,
2009-02-11 07:37:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "On average we deploy new code fifty times a day."

Timothy Fitz, http://bit.ly/4u82
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2009-02-11 06:09:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our conclusion there was no reason to have code

that had passed the integration step but was not yet deployed." Ries,
http://bit.ly/7OMw
2009-02-11 06:08:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Execution *is* planning.

2009-02-10 23:16:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "New ventures are undertaken with a high ratio of

assumption to knowledge." Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan,
http://bit.ly/26bcow
2009-02-10 23:07:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to read a book "synoptically": http://bit.ly/Z4NA.

My comment: http://bit.ly/18Uasx.
2009-02-10 22:50:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Advice is only useful if we understand the advisor's

business, its environment, and its objective. See http://bit.ly/1ZiN.
2009-02-10 22:37:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Teach high school students probability and statistics

instead of calculus. See http://bit.ly/Fu0z.
2009-02-10 22:33:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Tufte's presentation tips: "Clearly tell the audience:

What the problem is, who cares, and what your solution is." More:
http://bit.ly/Lut9.
2009-02-10 22:26:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Make early and meaningful contact with the customer.

See http://bit.ly/1KgHzk.
2009-02-10 18:58:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Obama (and you) need to read "Made to Stick." Make

your ideas simple, unexpected, concrete, credible, emotional stories.
http://bit.ly/Jt5S
2009-02-10 18:40:42 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Video: "Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That

Doesn't Fucking Work" http://bit.ly/dhzi, via @gruber
2009-02-10 18:15:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No problem is problem." Toyota, http://bit.ly/PK1I

2009-02-09 10:38:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Risk is [not] managed by being smart before you

start." Don Reinertsen, http://bit.ly/F6yc
2009-02-07 20:52:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks A hammer is not a best practice for peeling potatoes.

The concept of "best practices" is insidious. "Best" for what? See
http://bit.ly/keIY.
2009-02-07 06:56:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks I love how FriendFeed + BackType aggregate the long

tail of my public life: http://bit.ly/8zjy. Next: help me aggregate my
private life.
2009-02-07 05:28:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Zementa is a Firefox extensionit is hard to get people

to try it out. A screencast is great. Even better, a web demo:
http://bit.ly/i2gW.
2009-02-06 22:54:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The economic view of product development is quite

different from chasing after whichever proxy variable is popular."
http://bit.ly/GKAH
2009-02-06 21:19:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks The results of our logo poll. New: 6, Old: 4, Other: 2.

Which one do you prefer? New http://bit.ly/Lvsg or Old
http://bit.ly/zIhd?
2009-02-06 18:08:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Have you tried selling a PowerPoint slide to your

customers? Slides are cheap and fast. And easier to change:
http://bit.ly/3gZ9X.
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2009-02-06 17:38:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks A good teacher will turn an unknown unknown into a

known unknown; and what you know, into what ain't so. Here's one:
http://bit.ly/1t4lRL.
2009-02-06 00:36:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Play the point, not the score This is such a powerful
metaphor for business (and life)." Brad Feld, http://bit.ly/1npyjE
2009-02-05 23:58:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Memo to entrepreneurs: VCs invest in the markets that

entrepreneurs tell them to invest in. Not the other way around.
2009-02-05 21:13:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Engineers: Business issues will yield to the same

careful thought you apply to your productsthey will not acquiesce to
conventional wisdom.
2009-02-05 21:06:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks Your market is the easiest part of a startup to change

and improve. Think bigger: http://bit.ly/L6d2 http://bit.ly/X9hI
http://bit.ly/vPrw.
2009-02-05 06:29:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We kept to minimum feature spec it is hard to

determine what to do until you launch." Immad Akhund,
http://bit.ly/HVD0
2009-02-05 05:01:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Poll: Do you prefer the new Venture Hacks logo:

http://bit.ly/pLib? Or the old one: http://bit.ly/zIhd? P.S. They're both
prototypes really.
2009-02-05 03:46:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you're an entrepreneur, I have good news for you.

Fat and happy [customers] are in short supply these days." Ho Nam
http://bit.ly/US4K
2009-02-05 00:42:48 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "If you want to make a lot of money, pick the richest
and most highly paid people you can find to set your salary."
http://bit.ly/jW5L
2009-02-05 00:38:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why incentives are irresistible, effective, and likely to

backfire. See: http://bit.ly/RLJv. By the authors of "Made to Stick".
2009-02-05 00:12:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks My thoughts on Jason Fried's "Learning from failure is

overrated": http://bit.ly/njVo.
2009-02-04 19:40:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Talking about one year venture returns is like talking

about the score in one inning of a baseball game." @fredwilson,
http://bit.ly/bwYF
2009-02-04 06:09:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When theyre confused, humans do what their

business cards say, instead of what they should be doing." Steve
Blank, http://bit.ly/1t4lRL
2009-02-04 05:34:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[A marine] views war as a domain of inherent

uncertainty, where the side that can best exploit uncertainty will win."
http://bit.ly/1KgHzk
2009-02-03 07:01:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is Wal-Mart more enlightened than your startup? They

incent learning, decentralize decisions, explain expectations. See
http://bit.ly/OQKf.
2009-02-03 05:28:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Marines view warfare as a domain of unexpected

obstacles and fleeting opportunities." http://bit.ly/xnzi. Sounds like a
startup.
2009-02-03 02:00:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The path to success is iterative and the stepping

stones are called failures." Bob Parson, GoDaddy, http://bit.ly/3e0R
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2009-02-03 00:23:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks A new definition of strategy: how we "plan to plan". See

http://bit.ly/BKXG and http://bit.ly/101YW.
2009-02-03 00:07:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It is in the best of interest of all venture capitalists to

say that they are doing new deals even when they are not."
http://bit.ly/oPNF
2009-02-03 00:01:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A good learning feedback loop trumps even the best
execution of a linear plan." Eric Ries, http://bit.ly/JFSV
2009-02-02 23:53:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "VCs look increasingly to management fees instead of

carry for compensation. This breaks the alignment between LP & GP."
http://bit.ly/wC09
2009-02-02 23:51:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "At first, they kicked us out. But we kept going back
again and again." Steve Jobs, on negotiating with record labels,
http://bit.ly/ZJmIH
2009-02-01 02:00:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Schumpeter said the world never stops long enough

for a perfect market to develop." Thomas Donaldson, http://bit.ly/JjD6
2009-01-31 20:38:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Told a startup CEO today that "You need to act more
like an employee, and your employees need to act more like CEOs."
2009-01-31 00:04:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks @timoreilly Thanks kindly for the link! New followers,

thanks for reading! Catch up on our greatest hits so far:
http://bit.ly/12h1d.
2009-01-30 23:19:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us
into trouble. It's the things we know that just ain't so." ?,
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http://bit.ly/4xClN8
2009-01-30 23:14:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I don't believe in letting history get in the way of the
future." Sumner Redstone, http://bit.ly/Cpi3
2009-01-30 09:02:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's

built on
frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe. http://bit.ly/26rukA
2009-01-30 09:00:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I got so depressed in Vietnam that I decided that I

didn't want to live anymore." J. Craig Venter, http://bit.ly/Cpi3
2009-01-30 08:59:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks Isn't it nice to have politicians you can learn from? See
http://bit.ly/3YMR, http://bit.ly/14FIG, http://bit.ly/tTC2,
http://bit.ly/vXTgh.
2009-01-30 08:45:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Discovering how to stamp steel well uses the same

mental process as discovering Newton's laws." Allen C. Ward,
http://bit.ly/U1Vu
2009-01-30 06:36:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Weve got to think of this holistically the faster we

get at the root causes, the more impact were going to have."
http://bit.ly/KYEwp
2009-01-30 04:43:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Could you build a portfolio of consistently successful

startups? See http://ff.im/NKaB.
2009-01-30 03:09:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Academic Earth" is the Hulu of college lectures. Great

interface. Content from MIT, Harvard, Stanford. I'm impressed!
http://bit.ly/3SHhBP
2009-01-30 01:42:21 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "PHP is a fantastic language for gradually turning static

pages into functional ones in an ad hoc way." Luke Crawford,
http://bit.ly/C1gG8
2009-01-30 01:26:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Angel groups generally are worthless." Paul Graham,

http://bit.ly/H4hS. I wouldn't put it that way but I agree with the
sentiment.
2009-01-30 01:23:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We are facing the greatest financial crisis since last
week." Stephen Colbert, http://bit.ly/LlD2
2009-01-30 00:57:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dear startup CEOs, you are supposed to take the

blame for everything and the credit for nothing.
2009-01-30 00:48:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Most startups spend too much time acting and not
enough time reflecting. Learning requires both activities.
2009-01-30 00:47:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks My thoughts on Gabor Cselle's "How engineering

decisions get made": http://bit.ly/vQIy.
2009-01-29 20:40:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks The number isnt what we originally wanted, but Im

really proud that we closed a VC fund in this environment. Fagnan
http://bit.ly/QkFt
2009-01-29 19:41:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Speed should refer to the rate at which we learn."

Allen C. Ward, http://bit.ly/U1Vu
2009-01-29 06:09:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Greatness is never a given. It must be earned."

Obama, http://bit.ly/XzAZ
2009-01-29 05:00:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We want people to see the effect of their work, so that
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we don't have to tell them what to do." Allen C. Ward,

http://bit.ly/U1Vu
2009-01-29 03:13:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Matt Cutts on feedback loops in organizations. See:

http://bit.ly/gZx0.
2009-01-29 02:37:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is it possible to build a portfolio of consistently

successful startups? See: http://bit.ly/lmgN.
2009-01-29 02:34:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks Creative ways to avoid layoffs: http://bit.ly/EZ93.

2009-01-28 23:11:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Reading "Managing to Learn". It's about using the

scientific method for management. Sample: http://bit.ly/oIlS. More:
http://bit.ly/xIgq.
2009-01-27 03:52:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Films are always abandoned, they're never finished"

David Simon, http://bit.ly/L3KO
2009-01-26 04:32:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The truth often resists being written down or

transmitted over a wire, and will only be told to your face." @gruber,
http://bit.ly/qrHB
2009-01-25 00:37:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We have blundered in the control of a delicate

machine, the working of which we do not understand." Keynes,
http://bit.ly/9oM3
2009-01-24 10:01:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Asking customers to adopt new priorities is an uphill

death march through knee-deep mud." Clayton Christensen,
http://bit.ly/1dzD1A
2009-01-24 06:42:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks My friends at Atlas Venture had a 53% increase in
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investments in Q4 2008?! That's the largest increase of any firm. See

http://bit.ly/72Ks
2009-01-24 04:09:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Entrepreneurs get blinded by firm reputations they

don't do their due diligence on partners." via Jeff Bussgang,
http://bit.ly/Wkfx
2009-01-24 04:04:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Consider spending less time talking, and more time

prototyping, especially if you're not very good at talking."
http://bit.ly/aHLd
2009-01-22 22:36:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The first version of Gmail was literally written in a day.

It wasn't very impressive but it was live." - Paul Buchheit,
http://bit.ly/aHLd
2009-01-22 22:35:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ive read our plan, but I dont know if our customers
are going to read our plan. Steve Blank (His must-read book:
http://bit.ly/1t4lRL)
2009-01-21 05:07:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks Profit offsets all sins. Without it, you are a sinner in the
eyes of shareholders.
2009-01-19 20:58:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks Watch Steve Jobs' pitch NeXT, now updated with a

simultaneous transcript. Very cool. Nice work by YouTranscript:
http://bit.ly/2yJgFt.
2009-01-17 06:53:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ive learned that there is a lot more hidden talent

and potential in your employees than you think. Tony Hsieh,
http://bit.ly/SpGe
2009-01-15 22:58:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks From Venture Hacks: (A bit of) Decision-making for

startups, http://bit.ly/AZEL.
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2009-01-15 18:51:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Does anyone know how to make a domain-specific

language for business? Or management, leadership, psychology, or
negotiating?
2009-01-15 07:08:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks Contentment is wanting what you have. Ambition is

wanting what another has. Progress comes from wanting what nobody
has http://bit.ly/ksTT
2009-01-15 02:11:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks That's another flaw with performance-based rewards:

They are easy for one of your competitors to top. Joel Spolsky,
http://bit.ly/FTZb
2009-01-15 01:40:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Apple believes compensation for executives should be

pretty much totally based on stock performance. Dustin Curtis,
http://bit.ly/23DBQ7
2009-01-15 01:17:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Steve Jobs, http://bit.ly/ztxO. Get better Steve!
2009-01-15 01:06:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks Were looking for testers for our new book, 'Pitching
Hacks'. Want to help? See: http://bit.ly/QsCp. Gracias!
2009-01-14 19:45:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks When the Education Bubble Finally Pops:

http://bit.ly/d8yK.
2009-01-14 08:20:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It is astonishing what foolish things one can

temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone." Keynes,
http://bit.ly/3S4XUH
2009-01-14 07:29:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Written instructions are seldom adequate personal
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involvement is essential. David Packard, http://bit.ly/7jVJ

2009-01-14 06:27:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We need to judge decisions not only on the results,

but on how they were made." Robert Rubin, http://bit.ly/10cPH.
2009-01-14 05:01:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks Send me your revisions for this post I'm currently

calling "Mistake Muscle Memory": http://bit.ly/jKEm. Hit me up on
Twitter or FriendFeed!
2009-01-14 03:29:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Classifying organizations into for-profit and non-profit

obscures the shades between them.
2009-01-14 01:31:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A company should be an amplifier for the personalities

of the people that work with it." @toddsampson, http://bit.ly/mJ8t
2009-01-14 01:24:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Venture Hacks Content Distribution Network:

http://bit.ly/3U0CDx. I'll make a better version if anyone is interested.
2009-01-14 00:22:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks If your startup is built to learn from feedback,

customers will solve your #1 problem: figuring out what people want:
http://bit.ly/KwtZ.
2009-01-13 22:46:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ask VH: How do I launch a product? Read Calacanis:

http://bit.ly/11Ye0. And before you launch read Blank cover-to-cover:
http://bit.ly/JRes.
2009-01-13 22:09:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lowering the water level: Do bad economies spur

innovation? From Venture Hacks: http://bit.ly/2Jh2kQ.
2009-01-13 19:06:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "To name a thing correctly is often the same as to

create it." John A. Fries, Facebook Profile: http://bit.ly/bL2F
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2009-01-13 18:01:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Build low, sell high. Todd Rose, http://bit.ly/aNT2

2009-01-13 03:35:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Another great legal post by Yokum, Should a company

allow early exercise of stock options?: http://bit.ly/YDOZ.
2009-01-12 18:07:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks My summary of How To Demo Your Startup by Jason

Calacanis: http://bit.ly/qy7C.
2009-01-12 09:25:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks From Venture Hacks: The Human Equation. How to

organize people for profit, http://bit.ly/HBem.
2009-01-12 09:16:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks End-to-end is further than you think Kent Beck,

http://bit.ly/OenKe
2009-01-12 00:18:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks On its first appearance, you should assume a VC's

startup advice is as useful a mutual fund manager's startup advice.
2009-01-11 21:36:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks If I had a dollar for every million-dollar idea I've had,

I'd be rich. - Greg Meyer?, http://bit.ly/XEDM
2009-01-11 10:25:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pirates of Silicon Valley is a must-see for every

entrepreneur. Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Great script. Inspiring. DVD:
http://bit.ly/nlxe.
2009-01-11 08:27:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks The guy sees what he believes, not the other way
around. Bill Gates on Steve Jobs, Pirates of Silicon Valley,
http://bit.ly/LXO4
2009-01-11 07:28:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks I never had a problem with the Altair. Until I tried to
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use it. Steve Jobs, Pirates of Silicon Valley, http://bit.ly/LXO4

2009-01-11 03:24:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Reading Hack: Use Google Book Search to find a book's

greatest hitsand read them first. How? "Popular Passages", e.g.
http://bit.ly/M3pH.
2009-01-10 19:43:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Balancing two ideas often yields neither of their

benefits and both of their drawbacks. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2SZysg
2009-01-10 12:10:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No operating policy has contributed more to HP's

success than the policy of management by objectives." David
Packard, http://bit.ly/7jVJ
2009-01-10 09:48:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks HP's co-founder, David Packard, on people who work

only for money: http://ff.im/yseM.
2009-01-10 09:37:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Books are cheap. Reading them is expensive." -

Hossein Nivi (Dad), Bio: http://bit.ly/Laok
2009-01-10 09:36:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Successful innovators are conservative... They are not

risk-focused; they are opportunity-focused. Peter Drucker,
http://bit.ly/Ux
2009-01-09 21:35:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "People think entrepreneurs are risk-loving. Really

what you find is successful entrepreneurs hate risk." - Jeff Bezos,
http://bit.ly/1jqS
2009-01-09 21:33:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks My thoughts on the benefits of bad economy:

http://bit.ly/W7i4.
2009-01-09 19:51:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "At a certain point, seduction is over and force is
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actually being requested." Don Draper, http://bit.ly/ugPfN Good

advice for deals?
2009-01-09 12:12:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks @fredwilson is the new Tom Kleiner. Compare

http://bit.ly/rvuc & http://bit.ly/11O3j. How do they compare for
pithiness & contrarian wisdom?
2009-01-09 10:27:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Video of Vinod Khosla speaking about black swans and

myriad other topics: http://bit.ly/rLvG -- I always enjoy listening to
Vinod.
2009-01-09 10:12:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Old-school economist John Maynard Keynes on the

spontaneous optimism that drives economies. See: http://bit.ly/12Pht
2009-01-09 06:22:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The way management treats the associates is exactly

how the associates will treat the customers." Sam Walton,
http://bit.ly/2WeeL7
2009-01-09 05:54:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks We must lose the pernicious assumption that pay

should be the basis for management systems. Inspired by:
2009-01-09 04:25:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks We don't pay you to work here. We pay you _so_ you
can work here. Inspired by: http://bit.ly/NTj6
2009-01-09 04:22:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Be an outlier." Jim Pitkow, Bio: http://bit.ly/2G8JQL

2009-01-09 04:18:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Ignore outliers." Naval Ravikant, http://bit.ly/xRA6

2009-01-09 03:38:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks What should I do before I quit my job and start a

company? See Yokum's epic post: http://bit.ly/GcHr
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2009-01-09 00:37:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good video demonstrating the difference between flow

& batch processing: http://bit.ly/11KxX P.S. Flow is not the "best", but
often better.
2009-01-08 20:55:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Firms should not pay high executive salaries merely to

find leaders who can copy what others are doing." - Pfeffer,
2009-01-08 09:59:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It is almost impossible to earn above normal,

exceptional economic returns by doing what 'everyone else' is doing." -
2009-01-08 09:35:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Southwest... actively encourages nepotism and has

820 couples who work for the company." - Hidden Value,
http://bit.ly/NTj6
2009-01-08 07:47:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks If Toyota can avoid layoffs by halting production, why

can't startups? See http://bit.ly/18B6Gk
2009-01-08 05:12:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks From the VC Humor Department: "VC Wear" launches

the $100 fund. See http://bit.ly/d6Hw
2009-01-08 04:58:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A raise is only a raise for thirty days; after that, it's
just your salary." David Russo, http://bit.ly/NTj6
2009-01-08 00:16:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "JIT... has probably had more impact on... business

economics than anything that has happened since the assembly line." -
http://bit.ly/nZY8
2009-01-07 03:34:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Lean startups are built from the ground up for learning
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about customers." Eric Ries, http://bit.ly/cLyI

2009-01-06 01:37:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Colocation is the closest thing to fairy dust that we

have to improve
communications on the dev team." - Reinertsen, http://bit.ly/nZY8
2009-01-02 20:00:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Forget about shortcuts. Run a business as if it's

forever." - Norm Brodsky, http://bit.ly/BNR1
2008-12-30 17:56:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The life plan has to come before the business plan." -
Norm Brodsky, http://bit.ly/BNR1
2008-12-30 17:55:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks The 6 types of influence amplify themselves. Authority

breeds more authority. Likability breeds more likability. See
http://bit.ly/eY3o
2008-12-30 16:32:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Learn as if you would live forever." Gandhi,

http://bit.ly/WNwz
2008-12-27 21:24:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Strategy is for amateurs; execution is for

professionals." Bob Sutton, http://is.gd/dGkW
2008-12-27 11:46:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our business is based on human potential." George

Zimmer, Founder of Men's Wearhouse, http://is.gd/dx6z
2008-12-26 08:54:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most business practices repress our natural tendency

to have fun and socialize." Zimmer, Founder of Men's Wearhouse,
http://is.gd/dx6z
2008-12-26 08:53:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Management theories are not "theory" because they

can't predict the future. They are ideas that guide action,
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understanding, and judgment.

2008-12-26 08:09:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Shift power & financial accountability to the folks who

are
bringing in the beans, not the ones who are analyzing them."
http://is.gd/dwNK
2008-12-26 07:37:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. Colin

Powell?, http://is.gd/dwNK
2008-12-26 07:34:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you're thinking about raising money, raise money

right now before the end of the day." Marc Andreessen,
http://bit.ly/K3QG
2008-12-26 02:00:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A business plan that doesn't require a wonderful

economic environment in order to succeed is a good idea all the
time." http://bit.ly/W43P
2008-12-26 02:00:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Be so good they can't ignore you." Steve Martin,

http://bit.ly/fM19 (The contrapositive: If they ignore you, you're not so
good.)
2008-12-26 01:51:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Generally I pour a lot of ridicule on people who think

they can predict the economy." Marc Andreessen, http://bit.ly/q6ep
2008-12-26 01:38:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks There are no poor startups. There are only ignorant

ones. (Inspired by Peter Drucker: http://is.gd/dqXh)
2008-12-25 11:17:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks $170M company with no titles other than "plant"

manager: http://is.gd/dqzX
2008-12-25 09:29:03 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Lean thinking at American Apparel: (1) Integrated QA

(2) Concept to product in 8 days (3) Cross-functional teams and more:
http://is.gd/dqvJ
2008-12-25 09:09:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks We're not software people, marketing people, sales

guys, recruiters, or accountants. We're all customer people.
2008-12-25 04:29:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When they pass the hors d'oeuvres around, take two."
Eugene Kleiner?, http://is.gd/dlSY
2008-12-24 20:31:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Apple doesn't make four billion semiconductors. Apple

is only its ideaswhich is only its people." Steve Jobs,
http://is.gd/df78
2008-12-24 03:25:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks Brand new, re-organized archives of 142 articles on

Venture Hacks. Now with 100% DEET, repels even the toughest
mosquitos. http://is.gd/dboX
2008-12-23 19:53:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The venture business is very cyclical... but I don't feel

that its possible... to attempt to time these cycles." Fred,
http://is.gd/cWvv
2008-12-22 23:48:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We've always invested through thick and thin. In fact,

we prefer to invest in thin." Mike Moritz, http://is.gd/cUMf
2008-12-22 17:52:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Agile development gets you what you don't want,

faster." Ken Schwaber (paraphrased), http://is.gd/cYlL
2008-12-22 17:37:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Cheap and rapid iteration allows us to substitute

experience for planning." - Artful Making, http://is.gd/cYcZ
2008-12-22 17:25:18 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "To call an essential step toward success a failure

merely tortures language." - Artful Making, http://is.gd/cYcZ
2008-12-22 17:22:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There are many words that characterize Apple under

the second reign of Jobs... Id add one more to that list: fearless."
http://bit.ly/fOyh
2008-12-19 22:11:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks @gruber "My life only goes in one direction: forward."

Don Draper, Mad Men, http://bit.ly/eSFj
2008-12-19 01:05:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Intelligence is the ability to acquire knowledge... an

individual's rate of learning, not how much one knows." - Ackoff,
http://bit.ly/eRNo
2008-12-18 23:04:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Organizations are starting to value learning as much as

action. There is no OODA loop or scientific method without it. But it will
take time
2008-12-18 22:58:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Morons! I know there's nothing out there. That's why I

want to build the railroad!" Dean Kamen channeling J.P. Morgan,
http://bit.ly/dtQT
2008-12-18 21:48:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks Video: Hacking a car purchase, http://bit.ly/JZOl. A lot

like venture hackingexcept investors are craftier than car salesmen.
2008-12-18 21:31:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks Believing that something will happen, and convincing

others that it will be so, increases the odds that it will come true.
http://is.gd/cmH5
2008-12-18 18:56:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Do something new every three years. You're now

expert at what you set
out to master. Great. Now go do something else." - http://bit.ly/7NjF
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2008-12-17 16:46:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We want to find people who dont code to code but
code to build." - Dave Fetterman, http://bit.ly/yUFJ -- Learn more:
http://bit.ly/XyXk
2008-12-16 21:04:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "People who [succeed at FB] can build, test, support

and get BD and legal to understand what youre doing" Dave
Fetterman http://bit.ly/yUFJ
2008-12-16 21:02:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There's plenty of money out there for high quality

venture opportunities." Fred Wilson (@fredwilson), http://bit.ly/tKop
2008-12-13 00:51:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Bring in investors you think can go the distance with

you." Stuart Ellman and Eric Wiesen, http://bit.ly/K6Pa
2008-12-12 20:53:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "VCs are mercenaries." Anonymous VC

2008-12-12 08:44:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks Preview: I'm working on a post on how to solve

problems better than the scientific method. Read the background
material: http://bit.ly/5Ktv
2008-12-12 07:33:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks Business blogs are disrupting business schools, books,

and papers. See http://bit.ly/XBhB http://bit.ly/8Fh0N http://bit.ly/121z1
& others.
2008-12-12 07:17:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks to everyone who retweets Venture Hacks. See

your retweets and meet your retweeting cohort here: http://bit.ly/rS6N
2008-12-11 23:54:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks The longer it has been since you've learned something

new from a book you're reading, the further away the learning will
probably be.
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2008-12-11 08:21:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks In manufacturing, inventory hides problems. In

startups, money hides problems. Learn more: http://bit.ly/10TFu
2008-12-11 08:11:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Avoid an investor who thinks he knows your industry

better [than you do]." Georges van Hoegaerden, http://bit.ly/j29R
2008-12-11 06:31:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks We're getting some hate for our comment moderation

guidelines. I think the guidelines are thoughtful. What do you think?
http://bit.ly/c19P
2008-12-10 23:20:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Facebook traffic to http://venturehacks.com is up since

I set up Twitter to update my FB Status. See the graph at
http://bit.ly/RQmR
2008-12-10 21:03:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks Poll Results: Amazon destroys Google 9 to 1! We'll go

with Amazon. See the votes (including mine): http://bit.ly/VADg and
http://bit.ly/Een3
2008-12-10 18:43:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ignore the competition or learn from them? Ignore

themand learn from your customers: how they do their job with and
without your product.
2008-12-10 09:32:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks Alternatives are the most effective leverage. But

without them, you still have leverage. Start reading here:
http://is.gd/aXW3
2008-12-10 09:30:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Valuations are down because investors want them to

be down. Because, really, what else could it possibly be?
2008-12-10 07:45:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Well seize on depressed valuations, definitely." Bob
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Ackerman, Allegis Capital, http://bit.ly/8tK5 (by @peHUB)

2008-12-10 07:43:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks What's the difference between a defect and a missing

feature? See http://bit.ly/CAfW (by @mattmcknight)
2008-12-10 06:57:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks An iterative approach to building bridges (with

pictures): http://is.gd/aXhh
2008-12-10 06:54:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why raising money is like finding a black swan. See

http://is.gd/aWT1
2008-12-10 05:40:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks Poll: Tweeters, do you like it better when we link to

Amazon or Google Book Search? Let us know and thanks for reading!
2008-12-10 01:31:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "What is our business is not determined by the

producer but by the consumer." - Peter Drucker, http://is.gd/aT8P
2008-12-09 20:22:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The longer it takes to close a deal, the further away

the close date will probably be." - Rob Di Marco, http://is.gd/aSTj
2008-12-09 19:53:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is nothing wrong with a company that great

product cannot solve." - Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan, http://is.gd/aMEv
2008-12-09 02:57:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Some blindness to the odds or an obsession with their

own positive Black Swan is necessary for entrepreneurs to function"
http://is.gd/aLOJ
2008-12-09 00:57:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Lose small to make big." Nassim Nicholas Taleb,

http://is.gd/aLOJ
2008-12-09 00:52:41 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "The hard part is building stuff, not thinking it up." -

Evan Williams, http://is.gd/af1p
2008-12-04 19:24:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "More than a century of studies show that long-term

useful worker output is maximized near a five-day, 40-hour workweek."
http://is.gd/a7vG
2008-12-03 22:54:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Balance is a bad word. Work-life balance: what does

that mean? Don't balance work and lifeintegrate them. See
http://is.gd/a0a4
2008-12-03 06:12:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It's the attention to detail that really defines great

business delivery." - Richard Branson, http://is.gd/9ZDh
2008-12-03 04:37:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The Mac team decided each issue among themselves,

invariably going for the option that might amuse a user the most." -
http://is.gd/7QtF
2008-12-03 04:28:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Epic post by @guykawasaki on how to use Twitter to

promote your business. See http://is.gd/9Y3S -- it inspired this tweet:
http://is.gd/9Zwx
2008-12-03 04:21:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to share your Greatest Hits from Twitter: (1) Do a

Twitter Search for "RT venturehacks" (2) Twitter the results, e.g.
http://is.gd/9Z2r
2008-12-03 03:17:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its better to have army of committed nobodies than a

few drive-by somebodies." - Guy Kawasaki, http://is.gd/9Y3S
2008-12-03 02:04:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I have come to realize that VCs are willing to accept
idea risk much more than execution risk." - Fabrice Grinda,
http://is.gd/9Xxe
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2008-12-02 23:37:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most entrepreneurs... typically overestimate the

competitive threat and completely underestimate the execution risk." -
http://is.gd/9Xxe
2008-12-02 23:37:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our Sponsor, Charles River Ventures: "Probably the

busiest 2-3 week period I have ever had since 1995 in venture." See
http://is.gd/9Xjc
2008-12-02 23:08:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The [board]... has to set aside the desires of their

specific class of shares and do what is best for all shareholders."
http://is.gd/9Xif
2008-12-02 23:07:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Naming something that people already believe in is

very smart marketing." - Seth Godin, http://is.gd/9RWi
2008-12-02 21:30:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks Kaizen is the continuous improvement of our processes

(efficiency). What is the word for the continuous improvement of our
effectiveness?
2008-12-02 20:37:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Benchmark Capital: Open For Business." - Bill Gurley,

http://is.gd/9RAB
2008-12-02 10:42:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Build one to throw away. See: http://is.gd/9Rau

2008-12-02 09:11:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks To build a working business you need to work on the

business.
2008-12-02 04:42:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks The "Execution Gap" is the space between the

astronomical opportunities before us and our ability to grasp them.
2008-12-01 02:17:14 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "'If it were all my money... thered be some big

changes around here.' Were making those changes now." - Glenn
Kelman, http://is.gd/9B0K
2008-12-01 01:01:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In tough times, you need a board you connect with
more than a board with connections." - Glenn Kelman, http://is.gd/9B0K
2008-12-01 00:59:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "According to the NBA, about half the teams are using
the video game [EA Sports NBA] as part of personnel evaluation." -
http://is.gd/9ExB
2008-12-01 00:49:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks In a changing world, consistency is a recipe for falling

behind.
2008-11-30 20:48:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fund-raising is a black swan process.

2008-11-30 20:47:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Establish dashboards and metrics that allow everyone

to help steer." Sean Murphy, http://is.gd/9CQx
2008-11-30 20:02:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "One thing I am surprised we are not seeing more of is

four day work weeks instead of layoffs." Sean Murphy,
http://is.gd/9CQx
2008-11-30 20:02:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good game theory for dealing with exploding job

offersmostly applies to dealing with exploding investment offers too:
http://is.gd/9cLI
2008-11-27 02:31:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Your market is the most important part of a startup. It's

also the easiest part to change (and improve).
2008-11-26 19:45:57 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Corporations have become educational institutions...

more education is taking place in corporations than in schools." -
http://is.gd/8TgE
2008-11-25 21:25:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Intelligence is the ability to learn, not a measure of

how much one has learned." - Ackoff, http://is.gd/8TgE
2008-11-25 04:10:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "For [greek philosophers], education was a lifelong

process of drawing forth... the full potential that lay within..." -
http://is.gd/8TgE
2008-11-25 03:36:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I think most big errors are errors of omission rather
than errors of commission." - Jeff Bezos, http://is.gd/8NVd
2008-11-24 16:26:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks The only people in Silicon Valley who show up on time

are lawyersguess why.
2008-11-22 02:46:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks Playing chess with half the pieces: How small startups
beat the big guys. See http://tinyurl.com/6zjrx5
2008-11-21 01:10:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks @guykawasaki has kindly included Venture Hacks in

Alltop. What else do you like on Alltop? http://tinyurl.com/59y5kq
2008-11-20 19:35:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks PostRank is the winner for filtering Seth Godin's blog.

Here is the feed for PostRank's "great posts" by Seth: http://is.gd/8e6F
2008-11-20 03:06:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks It's better to be effective than it is to be right.

2008-11-20 02:05:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Is there anywhere to get the "best of the week" articles

from Seth Godin and Scott Adams' blogs? They are great but they post
too often.
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2008-11-19 23:12:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "People, ideas, and hardwarein that order!" John

Boyd, http://is.gd/83Mo
2008-11-19 21:26:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Specialization is for insects." Heinlein,

http://tinyurl.com/5npsqx
2008-11-19 19:42:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sick prices on previous gen matte MacBooks Pros from

Amazon ($1444). I just bought one. Support VH by using this link:
http://is.gd/88Bs
2008-11-19 18:55:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Strategy is merely a scheme for creating and

managing plans." Chet Richards, http://is.gd/83Mo
2008-11-19 04:47:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is nothing wrong with planning... generate and

discard many of them as you cycle within your OODA loops." -
http://is.gd/83Mo
2008-11-19 03:57:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The Americans would be less dangerous if they had a

regular army." British General Frederick Haldimand, Boston, 1776,
http://is.gd/83MR
2008-11-19 02:01:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "An opponent who cannot make decisions to employ

his forces effectively is defeated before the engagement begins." -
http://is.gd/83MR
2008-11-19 01:52:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you give people reasons to avoid your products...

while a competitor does not, people will quit buying yours..." -
http://is.gd/83Mo
2008-11-19 01:51:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Too often... methodology has been opposed to the
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notion of people as the first-order factor in project success." -

http://is.gd/81BM
2008-11-18 21:30:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Iterative development is to frequently produce

working versions of the final system that have a subset of the required
features" is.gd/81BM
2008-11-18 21:27:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In software, construction is so cheap as to be free all

the effort is design." - Martin Fowler, http://tinyurl.com/4k6uez
2008-11-17 22:29:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Marketers taught to us amplify our wants, since needs

arent a particularly profitable niche for them." - Seth Godin,
http://is.gd/7P6T
2008-11-17 16:51:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to get started with 5 whys. See

http://tinyurl.com/5glq43
2008-11-17 16:09:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The CEO should be the product manager for at least

the first year of the company." Jason Goldberg,
http://tinyurl.com/5af4t7
2008-11-17 02:32:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Spending our cash is the same as spending our

equity." Jason Goldberg, http://tinyurl.com/5af4t7
2008-11-17 02:32:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "VC money should only be taken when you are certain
that you are poised for a homerun." Jason Goldberg,
http://tinyurl.com/5af4t7
2008-11-17 02:31:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Business lessons from Obama's favorite TV show, The

Wire: http://tinyurl.com/5otk5o
2008-11-15 19:37:51 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "For every dollar spent in failure, learn a dollar's worth

of lesson." Jesse Robbins on 5 Whys, http://tinyurl.com/5jtxp5
2008-11-15 00:26:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks Build an immune system for your startup with 5 whys.

See http://tinyurl.com/5tgtdn
2008-11-14 21:09:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you run into a technical problem, have a couple of

anecdotes ready to go." - Calacanis, http://is.gd/7rXO
2008-11-14 08:04:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We dont care, we can talk about [your

bio/market/competitors] later if your product is any good." - Calacanis,
http://is.gd/7rXO
2008-11-14 08:01:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Folks are going to come up with moniker for your

service if you dont." Jason Calacanis, http://tinyurl.com/6gjmn8
2008-11-14 07:57:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is only one Steve Jobs and there is only one
Apple. Youre never going to build something as cool as Steve." -
Calacanis, is.gd/1l1C
2008-11-14 02:56:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A lot [of] whats written about Silicon Valley... is

actually part of a sales pitch... for the venture ecosystem." -
http://is.gd/6O3y
2008-11-13 20:14:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "90% of the salespeople out there are below average

because performance is a curve, not a line" Seth http://is.gd/7aqV
Applies to any group!
2008-11-13 18:21:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Your company culture and your company's brand are

really just two sides of the same coin." - Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO,
http://is.gd/79Uu
2008-11-13 17:22:06 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "At Kayak, we raised $230 million to date although we

turned profitable after burning just $15 million." Steve Hafner,
http://is.gd/7i6Z
2008-11-13 04:58:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pivotal Tracker: The iPod of project management

software. See http://tinyurl.com/58stkp
2008-11-13 04:56:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Using Disqus for my blog comments... has been a

life-transforming experience." - Roger Ehrenberg,
http://tinyurl.com/637jb5
2008-11-13 03:16:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks Either raise money full-time, call in all your favors, and
get it done in a 2-3 monthsor don't do it at all.
2008-11-13 03:12:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you can't figure out how to pitch investors, how are
you going to figure out how to pitch recruits? Or your customers? Or
anyone at all?
2008-11-13 03:10:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Common sense is... the highest praise we give to a

chain of logical conclusions." Eliyahu Goldratt,
http://tinyurl.com/6qz7su
2008-11-13 01:32:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There is never time to do it right, but there is always

time to do it over." Bertrand Meyer, http://tinyurl.com/5tane2
2008-11-13 01:30:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Where did Silicon Valley come from? And why didn't it
end up in Boston? See http://tinyurl.com/6ctxv5
2008-11-12 02:35:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Bracket for just a few minutes your skepticism about

the value of the totally obvious." David Foster Wallace, http://is.gd/I3j
2008-11-12 00:59:22 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "A mediocre blog is worse than no blog." Tim Ferriss,

http://tinyurl.com/5phwjr
2008-11-11 22:40:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[When] you start your company... [if] TechCrunch

mentions you... I'll break your arms." Steve Blank,
http://tinyurl.com/5bu38a
2008-11-11 21:57:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Brian and I are really pleased to have raised over $4

million dollars in *common stock financing*." - Mark McGuire,
http://is.gd/737v
2008-11-11 19:15:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "To hell with your competitors; compete against

perfection by identifying activities that are waste and eliminating
them." http://is.gd/6Zjk
2008-11-11 04:43:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Break the 'union mindset' of specialization. Ask

everyone to attack the bottleneck wherever it is." Bernie Thompson,
http://is.gd/6X57
2008-11-10 21:22:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Obama is] a person who saw the world and the status
quo as malleable." - Marc Andreessen, http://tinyurl.com/6oz74o
2008-11-10 18:01:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you define success as making a lot of money quickly

you should go into sales and cut out the middleman." Sean Murphy
http://is.gd/6O3y
2008-11-09 21:10:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks Those who figure out how to change to a system of

independent agents operating under an appropriate set of rules
[prevail] http://is.gd/6GoM
2008-11-08 07:20:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you want to build an online service, and you don't
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test it with... fake AdWords... ahead of time, you're crazy." Ries,

http://is.gd/6F8w
2008-11-08 00:50:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks and welcome to our first sponsor at Venture

Hacks: Charles River Ventures. See http://tinyurl.com/6nxc9h
2008-11-07 17:35:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks VCs who aren't busy with their portfolios seem to be

the busiest they've been in quite a while, making investments at
bargain prices.
2008-11-07 03:52:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks @sacca Agreed. A clear pitch to investors is evidence

that you can communicate clearly to users, recruits, customers,
employees, your mom...
2008-11-07 01:15:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to use an audience to get your way when you're

negotiating. See http://tinyurl.com/6eau7x
2008-11-06 23:34:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks A _very clear_ pitch leaves an impression on investors.

Just as important, it shows them that you can think and communicate
clearly.
2008-11-06 23:10:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Revenue... first... then... traction... is the safest way to

grow a business but also the hardest move to make." - Fred,
http://is.gd/6tWE
2008-11-06 20:25:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks Don't start a company if you're not willing to start

another one if this one fails. You can't land on the moon with one shot.
2008-11-06 17:16:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Your initial purpose in meeting customers is... to find

customers for the product you are already building." Blank,
http://is.gd/6t8d
2008-11-06 05:51:12 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Dharmesh Shah on "Everything I Know About Startups".

See http://tinyurl.com/5l5ja7
2008-11-06 04:34:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In defense of the modest outcome." - Dharmesh Shah,

http://tinyurl.com/6mpxb3
2008-11-06 03:25:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Write a blog, not a business plan." - Dharmesh Shah,

http://tinyurl.com/6mpxb3
2008-11-06 02:32:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks In fund-raising, the exam comes before the lesson.

Exam = Term sheet. Lesson = The multi-year consequences of the
deal.
2008-11-05 22:11:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup compensation studies from 2008 (abridged)

and 2007 (full). Use a fake email address. IT: http://is.gd/6rc4 Bio:
http://is.gd/6rc9
2008-11-05 21:49:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks IMVU: Charged from day 1. No press releases. Shipped

20 times a day. $10M in revenue before raising money from VCs. See
http://is.gd/6nLw
2008-11-05 07:12:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Low burn by design, not crisis." Steve Blank and Eric
Ries, http://tinyurl.com/5ebr82
2008-11-05 07:01:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Team = Product", Software for Your Head,

http://tinyurl.com/6nxdcd
2008-11-04 23:57:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks When you want intros to investors, get on the *phone*

with everyone you know. It's easier to send a lot of emails but the
results are worse.
2008-11-04 23:32:19 (+00:00)
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venturehacks What does the office of a lean startup look like? See
http://tinyurl.com/5h4zda
2008-11-04 21:09:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "For me, its team, team, team. Others might say,
people, people, people--but Im interested in the team as a whole." -
Doerr?, is.gd/6dU7
2008-11-03 18:45:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[VCs and entrepreneurs] both want to make as much

money as possible. If that means screwing each other... so be it." -
http://is.gd/5COG
2008-11-03 05:21:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Instead of trying to cut costs internally, I recommend

you start renegotiating supplier contracts on Monday." Kolb,
http://is.gd/5OtR
2008-11-03 05:13:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Talk about what youve done, not what youre going to
do." - Jason Calacanis, http://is.gd/1l1C
2008-11-03 04:08:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The better the product the LESS time it takes to

demo." - Calacanis, http://is.gd/1l1C
2008-11-03 04:07:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Show your product within the first 60 seconds and if

you dont have a product to show dont take the meeting." Calacanis,
http://is.gd/1l1C
2008-11-03 04:05:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks Coming Soon: Pitching Hacks, The Book. See

http://tinyurl.com/5r3ecx
2008-11-03 00:51:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I applaud Facebook for not being afraid to fail." Mike
Speiser, http://tinyurl.com/6yxlmb
2008-11-01 23:28:43 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "EIR = Entrepreneur in Restraints" - Anonymous

entrepreneur and investor
2008-10-31 16:27:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks Epic post on how to demo from Wufoo. See

http://tinyurl.com/5t3rsy
2008-10-30 19:26:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why startup pitches fail. See http://tinyurl.com/6prpes

2008-10-30 18:04:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "It was not until... 29 years after its founding that
Disney purchased Pixar for $7.4 billion." - Mike McCall,
http://tinyurl.com/3mc98j
2008-10-30 03:20:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Blogging about our revenue, costs and selling price

scared away everyone who was seriously considering buying
DropSend." http://is.gd/57ZT
2008-10-30 01:07:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Things broke on launch day, naturally. If you have a

flawless launch you're doing it wrong."- Chris Wanstrath,
http://is.gd/1bCb
2008-10-30 00:48:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We would have been unable to 'add another box' had
traffic spiked. But that's fine. Getting users was more important."
http://is.gd/1bCb
2008-10-30 00:46:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Steve] Jobs advised them that killing bad ideas isnt
that hard... what is really hard is killing a lot of good ideas."
http://is.gd/58cl
2008-10-30 00:43:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good quotes from Peter Drucker and Barnett Helzberg

in this presentation from Altos Ventures: http://tinyurl.com/6ejajp
2008-10-28 19:37:17 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Enjoying Bill Flagg's blog. He's an entrepreneur and

investor in Boulder, CO. See http://billflagg.blogspot.com
2008-10-28 19:30:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In 25 years, I had at least 20 serious career-ending

failures." Seth Godin, http://tinyurl.com/5qrwr8
2008-10-28 15:36:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Starting a business is far easier than making it

successful." Seth Godin, http://tinyurl.com/5qrwr8
2008-10-28 15:36:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks I'm continuing to enjoy Matt McCall's (from DFJ

Portage) blog: http://vcconfidential.com
2008-10-28 15:35:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks Thanks to everyone who has ever sent us a message

@venturehacks. We don't respond 99% of the time but we read and
appreciate them all.
2008-10-28 01:50:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks 33% layoffs increase your runway by 50% (if most of

the burn is from headcount). Are layoffs under 33% an excuse to get
rid of deadwood?
2008-10-28 00:36:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lawyers make sure you don't break the law/contracts

and propose options whose pros/cons you must weigh yourself. That's
itI think.
2008-10-27 23:50:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Start selling before you found the company. When

people really want to buy your product, start the company." Stephan,
http://is.gd/4Wg8
2008-10-27 23:35:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The best business plan is to sell people the things they
want." Stephan Schmidt, http://tinyurl.com/5lj59z
2008-10-27 23:33:15 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Your next-door neighbor can likely give you business

advice as well as your lawyer can.
2008-10-27 23:26:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to measure your lawyers: (1) How quickly do they

turn things around? (2) How many mistakes are in the product? Forget
other metrics.
2008-10-27 23:24:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I have never (yes, never) heard a CEO bemoaning the
fact that he/she reduced his/her burn too soon." Matt McCall,
http://tinyurl.com/55clzg
2008-10-27 22:53:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Technical debt means that the expression of our

knowledge is incomplete." - The Poppendiecks,
http://tinyurl.com/6k6mk3
2008-10-27 22:03:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The longer we defer decisions, the more we can

learn." - The Poppendiecks, http://tinyurl.com/6k6mk3
2008-10-27 22:02:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When schedule really matters, it is not treated as an

independent variable." - The Poppendiecks, http://tinyurl.com/6k6mk3
2008-10-27 22:01:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks Waste is anything that is not absolutely necessary for

creating value.
2008-10-27 21:59:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The average Joe was as likely to be the source of the

propagation of exponential growth as connectors." Speiser,
http://tinyurl.com/6ljs9q
2008-10-27 21:49:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you are facing in the right direction, keep walking.

Buddha, on focusing your time in a startup, http://tinyurl.com/5kyyzx
2008-10-25 02:06:13 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Every fund has a silver bullet -- someone who can kill
any deal -- and a lead bullet -- someone who can't get any deal done."
Anon VC
2008-10-24 15:32:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks as in all matters of the heart, dont settle. Steve

Jobs, on picking co-founders, http://tinyurl.com/5kyyzx
2008-10-24 14:17:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks Dont try to cram cogent arguments into the slides of

your deck. Put them in the notes that accompany each slide.
http://tinyurl.com/6hybtd
2008-10-24 01:30:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Set-based design is the appropriate approach for

making high-impact decisions that will be expensive to reverse."
2008-10-23 00:45:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Code is tolerant to change in the exact proportion that

it is insulated from defects." - The Poppendiecks,
2008-10-23 00:42:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks Efficiency is a by-product of lean. It is not the goal.

Eliminating waste is the goal. So 100% of your capacity delivers value
to customers.
2008-10-22 01:21:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "During the last downturn we increased R&D

investment and created some of our best new products." - Steve Jobs,
http://tinyurl.com/5at8eb
2008-10-22 01:17:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Your next-door neighbor can likely predict what is

going to happen as accurately as we can." - Steve Jobs,
http://tinyurl.com/5at8eb
2008-10-22 01:16:45 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Startups need to develop an initial product with the

least number of features that can sell to the most people."
http://tinyurl.com/5w3qvc
2008-10-22 00:57:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When one teaches, two learn." Somebody,

http://tinyurl.com/66ex7c
2008-10-21 22:20:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks The most capital-efficient way to run a business. See

http://tinyurl.com/5bfr6d
2008-10-21 17:48:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks Get more Venture Hacks in your life by subscribing to

my FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/nivi
2008-10-21 02:38:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks The 3 dimensions of a startup are money, time, and

scope. Don't forget scope.
2008-10-20 14:25:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks If an investor can't give you a deadline for a yes/no,

and you can't force a deadline for a yes/no, you shouldn't be talking to
investors.
2008-10-20 14:22:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We've had historically a very hard time figuring out

exactly who our customer was." Steve Jobs, on NeXT,
http://tinyurl.com/5abldp
2008-10-20 14:18:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks How Steve Jobs pitches a startup:

http://tinyurl.com/5abldp
2008-10-20 14:17:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you handle a restructuring well, the word gets out

that youre a good place to work." - Ron Thomas,
http://tinyurl.com/6eumve
2008-10-17 17:29:34 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "If youre worried about threats to the survival of your

company, dont look for them in the news. Look in the mirror. -
http://is.gd/4gli
2008-10-17 17:28:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When youre doing something that polarizes, you have

a chance to find people that passionately agree." Dharmesh,
http://tinyurl.com/4qtua6
2008-10-17 13:54:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Negating a frame activates that frame." - George

Lakoff, http://tinyurl.com/4uwp42
2008-10-17 13:04:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When we succeed itd better be worth succeeding." -

Vinod Khosla, http://tinyurl.com/4wrvxn
2008-10-16 23:56:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks Highlights of Vinod Khosla's interview on the "big

opportunities": http://tinyurl.com/4wrvxn
2008-10-16 23:50:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "At Khosla Ventures... we'll take technical risks that

nobody else will." - Vinod Khosla, http://tinyurl.com/4j845d
2008-10-16 23:09:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Stock prices [are] almost irrelevant to the basic

businesses we are trying to build." - Vinod Khosla,
http://tinyurl.com/4j845d
2008-10-16 23:02:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The real big opportunities are changing the

infrastructure of society." - Vinod Khosla, http://tinyurl.com/4j845d
2008-10-16 23:02:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Cement. Huge multi-hundred billion dollar market that

needs to change." - Vinod Khosla, http://tinyurl.com/4j845d
2008-10-16 22:59:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "For heavens sake, if you havent gotten comfy with
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Agile techniques and thinking, get on it right now." - Tim Bray,

http://is.gd/4dpJ
2008-10-16 22:55:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The ultimate goal is to eliminate the defect tracking

queue altogether." - Mary and Tom Poppendieck,
http://tinyurl.com/3wtyg4
2008-10-16 20:24:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Sequoia blew an opportunity to remain optimistic and

they succumbed to the fear thats swirling around." - Clate,
http://tinyurl.com/4t9fp3
2008-10-15 23:40:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks Financings are blowing up, terms are being

renegotiated, lenders are getting more conservative..." - Fred Wilson,
http://tinyurl.com/4n5qn4
2008-10-15 19:46:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks Smart folks finish their Ph.D., effective ones drop out,
and the billionaires don't bother with college at all.
2008-10-15 05:48:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Negotiators will never say no. From my end, the word
'no' will never come out of my mouth." - Chris Voss,
http://tinyurl.com/44hpdm
2008-10-15 04:00:31 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If theyre talking to you, you have leverage." - The

Black Swan Group, http://blackswanltd.com
2008-10-15 03:53:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks RRE Ventures new blog is pretty good. See

http://tinyurl.com/3qp3tv
2008-10-15 03:27:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups that survived the last downturn didnt take

life-threatening risks with their runwaysurvival mattered more than
market domination.
2008-10-14 16:31:52 (+00:00)
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venturehacks Sequoias advice is good advice anytime. See

http://tinyurl.com/3rtpp8
2008-10-14 16:30:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks Friendly investors don't deliver hostile termsheets. See

slide 25: http://tinyurl.com/5x3p35
2008-10-14 16:27:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Along the journey we commonly forget its goal." -

Nietzsche
2008-10-14 05:08:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Spend every dollar as if it were your last." - Sequoia

Capital, http://tinyurl.com/4o9uw2
2008-10-13 21:03:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Get some exercise, take a shower, eat a good

breakfast, and get out there and build a great business." - Feld,
http://tinyurl.com/4ayt58
2008-10-10 16:25:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "10% cuts rarely lead to anything other than multiple

rounds of cuts, which have a harrowing affect on culture." -
http://tinyurl.com/3ku6es
2008-10-10 16:07:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You should never hire anyone for something you

havent first struggled to do on your own." - David Hansson,
http://bit.ly/2Kq5nb
2008-10-09 18:41:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks Whats great about this country is the tradition where

the richest consumers buy the same things as the poorest." Warhol
tinyurl.com/4gnfqh
2008-10-08 18:17:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks What should I do before signing a term sheet? See:

http://tinyurl.com/4vcr3o
2008-10-07 19:16:45 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "The hard part is to figure out the fewest possible

features that could accomplish your company's goals." - Ries,
http://tinyurl.com/52kzcw
2008-10-07 05:52:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks There's only once company in the world with the "best"
developers. The rest of us have to make better products with better
processes.
2008-10-07 05:41:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Are you so busy building barriers-to-entry that you're

not even in the market yourself?
2008-10-06 23:42:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks Why you work in small batches: "An increase in work in

process means an increase in lead time." - Corey Ladas,
http://tinyurl.com/4kaxnw
2008-10-06 16:29:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Lean startups can be the most capital efficient

companies in the world, because they strive to prevent energy from
being expended usele ...
2008-10-05 16:59:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Every startup has a chance to change the world, by

bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into
existence." - ...
2008-10-05 16:58:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks Subscribe to Venture Hacks via email:

http://tinyurl.com/494eo2
2008-10-04 16:07:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its not true that energized programmers primarily do

solitary work." - Eric Ries, http://tinyurl.com/4h7x8l
2008-10-03 15:35:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Startup Lessons Learned" is a new must-read blog.

See http://tinyurl.com/3wjdpt
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2008-10-03 15:34:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks You cannot control what you cannot see... automated

tests help you see. See http://tinyurl.com/3wmf5c
2008-10-03 01:00:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "In a startup, both the problem and solution are

unknown." - Eric Ries, http://tinyurl.com/47zps7
2008-10-03 00:51:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the

whole company." - Eric Ries, http://tinyurl.com/4h7x8l
2008-10-03 00:44:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "So what does CTO mean, besides just 'technical

founder who really can't manage anyone?'" - Eric Ries,
http://bit.ly/3glHFR
2008-10-02 16:47:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If youve got so many defects you need a database to

track them you should focus on not making them." - William Pietri,
http://bit.ly/ndW4D
2008-10-02 16:02:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Successful thoughts precede successful actions."

Rick Torbett, http://bit.ly/VGD7e
2008-10-02 07:11:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks The Laws of Productivity. See http://bit.ly/14YT9d

2008-10-02 05:56:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you're having trouble with your elevator pitch, try

bullets. See http://tinyurl.com/4d94gb
2008-10-01 16:40:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks Workers don't form a team until they take

responsibility for how the _interactions_ of their individual outputs form
a collective output.
2008-10-01 06:19:45 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Do you ask people to work in teams but... base

bonuses on individual performance?" - Mary and Tom Poppendieck,
http://tinyurl.com/5yp27h
2008-10-01 06:13:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Is this what leadership has come to? Enjoy the ride on
the way up, pass the buck on the way down?" - Bill Taylor,
http://tinyurl.com/3lvdrq
2008-09-30 21:57:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Silicon Valley is the L.A. of the 1930s." - Peter Thiel,

http://tinyurl.com/4msjvh
2008-09-30 20:34:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "... the priorities of our society... value finance over

technological innovation." - Peter Thiel, http://tinyurl.com/4msjvh
2008-09-30 20:32:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks Who makes the best introductions to investors? See:

http://tinyurl.com/4oc2b4
2008-09-30 18:17:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Open if you think your information about market value

is as good as your counterpart's." - G. Richard Shell,
http://tinyurl.com/44mld9
2008-09-30 03:46:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks What does an employee offer letter look like? See:

http://tinyurl.com/3zzj2d
2008-09-29 16:17:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks If you cant describe what you are doing as a process,

you dont know what youre doing. - Deming,
http://tinyurl.com/3fuo3u
2008-09-29 06:13:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks What do investors look for in a startup? See:

http://tinyurl.com/4lyagl
2008-09-26 17:28:21 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "You always have to change the idea, so you need

room to maneuver in a big market." - Naval Ravikant,
http://tinyurl.com/4lyagl
2008-09-26 17:26:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks (Not so) scary terms in offer letters:

http://tinyurl.com/3vhtqv
2008-09-25 17:48:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks The percentage of executives receiving accelerated

vesting on change of control was 65.5%." - Noam Wasserman,
http://tinyurl.com/4 ...
2008-09-24 16:19:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Do not undermine team cooperation by

rewarding individual performance." - W. Edwards Deming
(paraphrased), http://tinyurl.com ...
2008-09-24 07:21:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The line between good and evil is permeable and

almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by
situational forces." - Zimba ...
2008-09-23 18:47:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks Our top 10 term sheet hacks: http://tinyurl.com/5x3p35

2008-09-23 18:43:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks Fund-raising is where you capture the value of all the

work you have done since the last round. Make sure you do it right.
2008-09-23 18:36:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks We're blogging again... and getting started with a

summary of our latest quotes from Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/4wuvvh
2008-09-22 19:28:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Delay [decisions] until the last responsible moment." -

Mary and Tom Poppendieck, http://tinyurl.com/4w7rfs
2008-09-19 08:44:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurs are vulnerable and easy to seduce.
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Caveat entrepreneur.
2008-09-19 06:10:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "What would your software be like if it was physical?

Comfortable or spiky? Too big on one side and not on the other? On a
table would i ...
2008-09-18 20:30:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you take all of the possible art and put it into a room
it doesnt make it a museum, it makes it a warehouse." - Jason Fried on
feat ...
2008-09-18 20:28:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks How to position a new search engine (e.g. Blekko,

Cuil)? Idea: "If you can't find it on Google, try us." Use Google first,
then call us.
2008-09-18 18:24:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The best test of a person's character is how he or she

treats those with less power." - Bob Sutton,
http://bobsutton.typepad.com
2008-09-18 17:53:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Queues of work waiting for approval absorb energy

every time they are estimated, reprioritized, and discussed at
meetings." - Poppendie ...
2008-09-18 08:39:30 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you use a part immediately, you get the value of the
part itself as well as information about whether the upstream machine
is workin ...
2008-09-18 07:24:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The amount of money you are raising is a good

indicator of how much you think the company is worth." - Hornik,
http://tinyurl.com/5ekq2b
2008-09-18 00:01:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Web developers need to apply constraints to their

service and build an API so others can pick up where they left off."
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Fred Wilson (p ...

2008-09-17 22:47:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks "For all my internal presentations, I draw pictures on

35 cards, scan them, and use them as my slides." - Duarte,
http://tinyurl.com/5e3esh
2008-09-17 22:44:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I believe that the biggest advantage a startup has

over a big competitor is intellectual honesty." - Speiser,
http://tinyurl.com/6gghgn
2008-09-17 18:38:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "How often do you hear business people poke holes in

their own arguments the way engineers do?" - Mike Speiser,
http://tinyurl.com/6gghgn
2008-09-17 18:37:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Things more through a system much faster when work

is limited to the capacity of the organization to complete it." -
Poppendieck, http: ...
2008-09-17 07:12:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A mile long To-Do list is proof of time wasted, not time
saved." - Ryan Singer, http://tinyurl.com/66l56z
2008-09-17 06:22:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Writing code without a way to detect defects

immediately is the fastest way to build up an inventory of partially
done work." - Mary an ...
2008-09-16 08:13:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups are tools for investors and founders to get

rich. Caveat employees.
2008-09-15 05:54:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The more frequent the deliveries, the higher the final
quality." Bob Martin, http://tinyurl.com/5t9dav
2008-09-15 05:02:37 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "The less functional the initial delivery, the higher the
quality in the final delivery." - Bob Martin, http://tinyurl.com/5t9dav
2008-09-15 05:02:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Projects are not so simple that a few constraints and

artifacts can reliably prevent error." Bob Martin,
http://tinyurl.com/5t9dav
2008-09-15 04:56:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Customer problems... are often painstaking, uncool

and downright boring. charles in charge, http://tinyurl.com/6ccv4t
2008-09-03 04:22:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Price tags become anchors when we contemplate

buying a product or service at that particular price." Dan Ariely,
http://snurl.com/3jj2v
2008-08-25 11:29:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most salespeople fulfill demand rather than create

demand." Mike Speiser, http://tinyurl.com/568pfr
2008-08-16 01:28:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The test is probably whether it helps you to

understand your users." Paul Graham, on early revenue,
http://www.paulgraham.com/prcmc.html
2008-07-25 02:13:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "An idea is a terrible place to start a business... start

with a need and only after you conclude that particular need is the one
you wa ...
2008-07-19 02:37:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Whether you think you can or can't, you're right."

Henry Ford (?) on the necessary attitude for raising money
2008-07-18 23:20:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Part 2 of "I have a job offer at a startup, am I getting a

good deal?" See: http://snurl.com/30d4t
2008-07-17 23:02:04 (+00:00)
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venturehacks I have a job offer at a startup, am I getting a good

deal? See: http://snurl.com/2zr2u
2008-07-16 22:14:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Even in the hostage negotiation world, relationships

matter." Black Swan Group, http://blackswanltd.com
2008-07-15 08:26:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks Books for Entrepreneurs: http://snurl.com/2yshi

2008-07-15 06:55:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Demonstrate that you get who they are, how they are
unique, and why that uniqueness attracts you." - The Art of Woo,
http://snurl.com/2ya9y
2008-07-14 10:14:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Pixar has become the envy of Hollywood because it

never went Hollywood." Bill Taylor, http://snurl.com/2y730
2008-07-14 05:34:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks When should we shorten 1-year cliffs?

2008-07-04 17:36:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Identifying great people is primarily an aesthetic skill.

2008-06-27 06:38:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Don't worry that you won't have all the answers. Plan
how you will discover them." - Randy Komisar, http://snurl.com/2pfga
2008-06-26 19:04:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Time is the only resource that matters." Randy

Komisar, http://snurl.com/2pffq
2008-06-26 19:03:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Mediocrity is] the biggest risk of all in Silicon Valley."

Randy Komisar, http://snurl.com/2ot0r
2008-06-25 18:20:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Many ideas in this Valley happen against all common

sense." Randy Komisar, http://snurl.com/2ot0r
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2008-06-25 18:19:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Passion] is the sense of connection you feel when the

work you do expresses who you are." Randy Komisar,
http://snurl.com/2ot0r
2008-06-25 18:19:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Vision is primarily an aesthetic skill. Inspiration:

http://snurl.com/2ohgz
2008-06-25 05:14:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I can't get excited by a business whose biggest idea is

making money." Randy Komisar, http://snurl.com/2odu2
2008-06-25 01:06:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks If I invest, I am prone to think like an investor,

favoring my return over whats best for the team and often its
long-term business. ...
2008-06-24 19:28:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks [Angels] pay for the privilege of helping the

company. Randy Komisar, http://snurl.com/2o88j
2008-06-24 19:26:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When speed is an issue, the delays caused by lengthy

negotiations might cost you more than the valuation you gain and the
equity you ke ...
2008-06-19 22:27:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Try scaling down your concept to something whose

value you can prove with friends & family money." Luca,
http://snurl.com/2l960
2008-06-19 19:01:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Great entrepreneurs can tell you] the ways in which

their competitors have created the very opportunity that they are
exploiting." D ...
2008-06-19 17:02:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its easier for doers to learn how to manage than it is
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for managers to learn how to do." Mike Speiser,

http://snurl.com/2l728
2008-06-19 17:01:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Ideas need not apply. More: http://snurl.com/2ko8y

2008-06-18 20:41:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks The more you need money, the less likely you are to
get it. But making something out of nothing is what entrepreneurs do.
More: http://s ...
2008-06-18 20:41:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Organize something." Umair Haque,

http://snurl.com/2k7l1
2008-06-18 03:02:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks Re LinkedIn: When did private company valuations

become part of the marketing pitch? See: http://snurl.com/2k75i
2008-06-18 02:35:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A soft circle will always have a dollar amount attached
to it." Brad Feld, More: http://tinyurl.com/6qjrcz
2008-06-17 21:04:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks One of my advisors once told the founders of YouTube

that People dont want to watch video on their computers More:
http://snurl.com/2jed1
2008-06-16 21:33:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The performance review system never took into

account that people have different talents, all of which are needed for
a team to work we ...
2008-06-16 19:49:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Hollywood is what Silicon Valley would be like if there

was 1/100th the capital available and it was all managed by 5 venture
firms" Anon
2008-06-15 19:37:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks Don't hire anyone before you've paired with them. See:
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http://snurl.com/2hedx
2008-06-13 18:09:16 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lawyers are referees, not coaches. See:

http://snurl.com/2ggs3
2008-06-12 19:45:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks Venture capital is addictive. If you take a hit, you'll

probably need another one soon.
2008-06-05 20:38:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The best way to promote something is consistently

and persistently and for a long time." Seth Godin,
http://snurl.com/2dona
2008-06-04 17:57:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The best time to promote something is after it has

raving fans, after you've discovered that it works." Seth,
http://snurl.com/2dona
2008-06-04 17:56:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "They assured us that lots of things were standard, but,

boy, were the standards awful." Jim Cramer, http://snurl.com/2c68b
2008-06-03 04:18:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You can't build to sell. If you build to sell, you're not
building anything of sustained value." Craig McCaw,
http://snurl.com/2c67o
2008-06-03 04:16:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "People and businesses will spend money on what they

really want, but not necessarily what they need." Steve Barsh,
http://snurl.com/2c5mm
2008-06-03 02:08:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks Control is a one way street. See: http://snurl.com/2c4id

2008-06-02 22:12:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks Some people think high concept pitches are too simple.
I agree, they are too simplethats the point. See:
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http://snurl.com/2bfgc
2008-05-29 19:38:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The winner in your market will likely be the one with
the best leader." Mike Speiser, http://snurl.com/2b5sj
2008-05-28 23:38:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks Lawyers are referees, not coaches.

2008-05-28 05:00:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Before you can even consider enforcing [a] patent,

your company has already succeeded or failed in the marketplace."
Josh Kopelman, h ...
2008-05-27 22:19:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks LinkedIn spam is not a good recruiting strategy. Try

personal emails and phone calls that respect people's time.
2008-05-27 21:14:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The cost of a startup is not career risk, but rather the
amount of time and psychic energy it consumes." Speiser,
http://snurl.com/2a6r8
2008-05-23 04:25:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "While it's possible to invent a massive new market at

the same time as building the market leader, it's a low probability bet."
Speis ...
2008-05-23 01:42:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Startups launch too quickly and lose some of their

natural advantage of flexibility by inheriting backward compatibilty."
Speiser, ht ...
2008-05-23 01:41:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Apply the same filter on your investors as you do on

your founders." Mike Speiser, http://snurl.com/2a6r8
2008-05-23 01:17:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startup Camp seems like a not-so-subtle strategy to

generate deaflow for OATVand theres nothing wrong with that:
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http://snurl.com/2a4sf
2008-05-22 18:25:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks A high concept pitch opens the door to a conversation

about a company. See http://snurl.com/2a1hh
2008-05-22 05:15:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks A high concept pitch distills a startups vision into a

single sentence. http://snurl.com/29op0
2008-05-20 00:18:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "One way to violate the duty of loyalty is to give

preferential treatment to a buyer that plans to keep current
management around." Pr ...
2008-05-16 19:32:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Businesses could learn more from the nonprofit

sector, particularly with regard to tapping into intrinsic motivation and
passion." Je ...
2008-05-15 23:20:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Focus is difficult but crucial." Jonathan Abrams,

http://snurl.com/28w7g
2008-05-15 01:01:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Surrendering the governance of a company to the

wrong people is typically an irreversible mistake." Abrams,
http://snurl.com/28w7g
2008-05-15 01:00:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Avoid irreversible mistakes." Jonathan Abrams,

http://tinyurl.com/5vbg9x
2008-05-15 00:58:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "B2B marketing is just marketing to consumers who

happen to have a corporation to pay for what they buy." Seth,
http://snurl.com/28rgq
2008-05-14 05:12:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "For investors, the product is nothing." Marc Hedlund,
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http://tinyurl.com/5n5uho
2008-05-10 21:13:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The act of praise sets a person up as an inspiration to

themselves. You cast a positive image of them, which gives them
something to mo ...
2008-05-09 01:04:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most people who perform a job over a number of

years will become experienced non-experts, not experts."
Stubblebine, http://is.gd/dXb
2008-05-08 21:46:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Google may actually be getting a premium in the

market due to its dual-class share structure." Marc Andreessen,
http://tinyurl.com/6g7rrt
2008-05-08 02:23:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Modern economies are apparently characterized by

one self-inflicted crisis after another." Marc Andreessen,
http://tinyurl.com/6g7rrt
2008-05-08 02:22:23 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Get good cofounders. You can't change who you are,
at least not in a short time." Paul Graham, http://snurl.com/26z0e
2008-05-03 18:04:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Ask for the order." Fred Wilson,

http://snurl.com/26un3
2008-05-02 20:30:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Silicon Valley is a place where 'it's never been done

before' is a compliment." Naval Ravikant,
http://venturehacks.com/naval
2008-05-01 22:11:55 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you want to invest at this stage, you need to have
the same qualities you'd need to be a successful founder." Paul
Graham, http:// ...
2008-05-01 20:50:29 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "You also need some leadership skills. You don't want
to be Tesla. He couldn't commercialize anything." Larry Page,
http://snurl.com/26k92
2008-05-01 00:24:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks Outstanding application of Porter's 5 forces to retail vs.

internet distribution, e.g. Blockbuster vs. Netflix:
http://snurl.com/26k61
2008-05-01 00:02:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks @quoting "You can't be normal and expect abnormal

returns." Jeffrey Pfeffer, http://tinyurl.com/6fqg7a
2008-04-30 20:13:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you're having trouble succeeding, fail." Kent Beck,

http://tinyurl.com/49frl4
2008-04-29 22:47:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks Good salesmen also seem to be good at fooling

themselves.
2008-04-28 09:09:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks Pairs that are more effective than the sum of their
parts: husband and wife, co-founders, pair programmers, a detective
and his partner.
2008-04-25 04:12:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our biggest messes have often turned into our biggest
successes." Fred Wilson, http://tinyurl.com/5923ef
2008-04-25 02:36:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks Startups don't fail, they quit.

2008-04-24 22:10:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks When you're looking for lawyers, you hire a partner,

not his firm. When you raise money, you marry a partner *and* a firm.
2008-04-24 21:41:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "But wait you say, I know about venture capital. I dont
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need to bring anyone. Uh huh. You also had three years of high school
French." ...
2008-04-24 04:10:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Be smart, bring your local guy to broker the deal."
Mike Markson, http://tinyurl.com/52vgo2
2008-04-24 04:00:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks Strategy is a hypothesis.

2008-04-23 05:35:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks Don't ask investors what they think. Ask your

customers.
2008-04-23 03:14:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Advice is for learning, not copying.

2008-04-22 07:18:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks Advice is useful insofar as it lets you perceive and

evaluate the outcomes of today's actions.
2008-04-22 07:18:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks "As for the advice? Lots to choose from. Think big, or
maybe small." John Abell, http://tinyurl.com/44z55s
2008-04-21 02:33:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "YC has set new lows for seed round valuations. And
set new highs for helping seed stage companies." VH,
http://tinyurl.com/65trr2
2008-04-18 03:08:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks We write the stuff no one wants to read.

2008-04-17 06:45:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks Former VC helps entrepreneurs raise money,

http://tinyurl.com/6k8tmb
2008-04-16 09:37:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[Entrepreneurs] need to be magnets. For talent. For

money. For attention. And for much more." Fred Wilson,
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http://tinyurl.com/57hvw4
2008-04-15 14:16:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "After the collapse of the Internet Bubble, many

promising companies foundered because their funding dried up."
William Janeway, http: ...
2008-04-15 00:36:26 (+00:00)
venturehacks Sales: Always be closing. Product: Always be releasing.

2008-04-11 05:40:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks It's easy to keep costs down when you don't have any
money.
2008-04-11 03:40:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks The best way to get a good deal from vendors is to not
have any money. Or just pretend you don't.
2008-04-11 03:40:20 (+00:00)
venturehacks Entrepreneurs don't take risks, they take opportunities.

2008-04-10 22:49:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main
thing." Jim Barksdale, http://tinyurl.com/ysde99
2008-04-10 22:48:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The median application is usually pretty good. The

reason it gets rejected is... that there are a sufficient number of others
that seem ...
2008-04-10 20:03:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If someone's no longer around the table, you squeeze

them out." Anonymous Investor
2008-04-10 04:45:09 (+00:00)
venturehacks Trying to recruit while you're in "stealth mode" is like

punching yourself in the balls.
2008-04-10 00:39:48 (+00:00)
venturehacks The best negotiation strategy is to simply ask 'why?'.
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And then really listen.

2008-04-09 08:01:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If a toaster costs $20, we think a fair comeback is $18

or $19. But if the starting point is $19.95, we might think a fair
comeback is ...
2008-04-09 06:32:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks The more confident you are that you got a sweet deal
with your investors, the less confident we are.
2008-04-05 01:52:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks Employees and founders both have to do a lot of things

they don't want to do. Employees must be told to do themfounders
don't.
2008-04-04 23:24:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks You don't need permission to start a company. From

investors, co-founders, or anyone else.
2008-04-04 07:20:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks There isn't much discussion about the psychological

burdens of the entrepreneur.
2008-04-03 05:34:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they

don't know they don't know." Vinod Khosla, http://tinyurl.com/2lgrtx
2008-04-02 06:55:17 (+00:00)
venturehacks "All businesses are divided into two parts: the part that
generates revenue [sales] and the part that doesn't." John Doerr,
http://tin ...
2008-04-02 06:44:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Say: okay, give me an estimate right now about how

we're doing. How interested are you in this project?" John Doerr,
http://tinyurl.c ...
2008-04-02 06:26:18 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The great danger of dealing with venture capitalists is
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the 'slow maybe'." John Doerr, http://tinyurl.com/327793

2008-04-02 06:25:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You should find that mission and take it on even if no

one paid you anything for it." John Doerr, http://tinyurl.com/3baedc
2008-04-02 05:55:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If the reason you're taking on a mission is for the

money you'll make, I believe you'll fail." John Doerr,
http://tinyurl.com/3baedc
2008-04-02 05:51:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I was ridiculed for a long time. I was told that I ruined
needles, ruined styluses, ruined records..." Grandmaster Flash,
http://tiny ...
2008-04-01 23:26:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Strategy = differentiation = strategy." Venture

Hacks, parroting Micheal Porter, http://tinyurl.com/2mna8u
2008-04-01 08:23:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Lawyers can tell you the rules of the game but they
usually can't tell you how to play it." Venture Hacks
2008-03-31 21:44:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Treat assumptions as hypotheses to be rigorously

challenged and tested, and you reduce the potential to be predictably
surprised." Ma ...
2008-03-27 19:17:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "What is the most difficult question you have ever been
asked about your idea? This is the question that will likely determine
whether y ...
2008-03-26 21:59:40 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I concluded that the experiment might not work, but
at least they know how to do the experiment." Tom Perkins,
http://tinyurl.com/2ss6cj
2008-03-26 19:23:27 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "All start up companies have one thing in

common--they all get in trouble. It's how they and you on the board
handle their trouble that ...
2008-03-26 19:15:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[KPCB] sought and received a lot attention in the

press, and thereby drew attention to its deals as well." "Pitch"
Johnson, http://ti ...
2008-03-26 19:11:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Not everyone gets a home run, but sooner or later

you're bound to get hit by a ball and walked." Venture Hacks,
http://tinyurl.com/2wvfwf
2008-03-26 19:00:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We often make hidden assumptions about unknown

unknowns." Venture Hacks, http://tinyurl.com/2sf4eg
2008-03-25 18:34:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Execution is often better than further contemplation."

Venture Hacks, http://tinyurl.com/2sf4eg
2008-03-25 18:33:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Better to do the right thing wrong than the wrong

thing right." Venture Hacks
2008-03-25 04:41:54 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you knew with 100% certainty that you *would* be
able to raise (more) funding, what would you do?" Venture Hacks, in
response to h ...
2008-03-25 03:39:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The 'bake-off' [that Scott Cook] staged to help him

choose from an array of eager potential investors really distinguished
him from the ...
2008-03-24 20:09:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks How would you compete against yourself? Vinod

Khosla, http://tinyurl.com/2zpdzg (ppt)
2008-03-23 21:39:11 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "We never 'vote' against management teams in our

board role, except in making CEO decisions." Khosla Ventures,
http://tinyurl.com/2jjhxm
2008-03-23 21:05:05 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We are in the company building business, not in the

'deal' or 'capital' business." Khosla Ventures,
http://tinyurl.com/2jjhxm
2008-03-23 21:03:34 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Missionaries, not mercenaries." John Doerr,

http://tinyurl.com/3ckzz8
2008-03-23 20:24:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Great CEOs are great teachers." John Doerr,

http://tinyurl.com/3ckzz8
2008-03-23 20:24:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you cant come up with a short, clear, precise

product description, its a good sign the product is conceptually
flawed." John Gru ...
2008-03-21 08:38:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We prefer founders that are ussianic over founders

that are messianic." Venture Hacks, in response to
http://tinyurl.com/249saq
2008-03-21 08:07:33 (+00:00)
venturehacks We just launched Recommended:

http://venturehacks.com/recommended - A place to recommend
startups to investors. Check it out!
2008-03-21 02:49:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Don't bother contacting an investor if you can't be his

emergency today. He's already in the middle of one. Or more."
Venture Hacks, ...
2008-03-20 21:59:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I've backed a few founders with messianic
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tendencies... they can hire and raise money like no others." Fred
Wilson, http://tinyurl.co ...
2008-03-20 17:35:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by

going beyond them into the impossible." Arthur C. Clarke,
http://tinyurl.com ...
2008-03-19 05:26:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You

can build only on strengths." Peter Drucker, http://tinyurl.com/2sslvy
2008-03-18 19:28:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "One does not start with facts. One starts with
opinions." Peter Drucker, http://tinyurl.com/3ajltt
2008-03-18 19:26:56 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Charlie and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we

focus on brains, passion and integrity." Warren Buffet,
http://tinyurl.com/yry6wc
2008-03-18 18:23:19 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Founders shouldn't say 'I' when they can say 'we'."
Us
2008-03-18 09:04:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we
might oft win, by fearing to attempt." Shakespeare,
http://tinyurl.com/2xzmar
2008-03-16 01:32:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Raising venture funding is actually harder than

bootstrappingespecially if it's your first startup." Dharmesh Shah,
http://tinyurl.c ...
2008-03-14 20:31:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Don't waste time coming up with fancy titles for the
founders. Simply use 'founder' for your title and get back to real
work." Dharm ...
2008-03-14 20:30:19 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Beware the pure 'idea people'... there will always be

more ideas in your startup than there are people to execute them."
Dharmesh Sha ...
2008-03-14 20:29:29 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Succeed and you are a brilliant visionary. Fail and you
are a delusional loser." Don Dodge, http://tinyurl.com/24dc7h
2008-03-09 20:27:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible,

with less than anyone thinks possible." John Doerr,
http://tinyurl.com/2j8m6u
2008-03-07 03:36:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The second best way [to invent the future] is to fund
it." John Doerr, http://tinyurl.com/2j8m6u
2008-03-07 03:36:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "[The iPhone] is bigger than the personal computer."

John Doerr, http://tinyurl.com/2j8m6u
2008-03-07 03:35:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Q: How many companies will the iFund invest in? A: As
many great ventures as we see." KPCB, explaining why their "$100M"
iFund is jus ...
2008-03-06 23:55:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I've never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but Ive
sure woke up with a few." Warren Buffett, explaining a bad
investment, http://tin ...
2008-03-06 05:25:01 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When the phone dont ring, youll know its me."
Warren Buffett, explaining how he might say 'no',
http://tinyurl.com/37qmys
2008-03-05 04:29:42 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You don't want to be the last VC to start a blog."

Naval Ravikant, http://www.startupboy.com/
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2008-03-05 03:50:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I am just going to stay at Cisco. Fuck this." A first

time entrepreneur, after reader Venture Hacks,
http://venturehacks.com
2008-03-02 19:59:45 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You get fucked every which way." A first time

entrepreneur, after reading Venture Hacks
2008-03-02 19:59:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks All founders are desperate. The question is for what.

Money allows you to reduce revenue based desperation and replace it
with product ...
2008-02-29 01:23:50 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Mo money, mo board seats." Rob Lord,

http://tinyurl.com/2cnag8
2008-02-29 01:15:32 (+00:00)
venturehacks "People with a financial interest in your future tend to

return your calls." Venture Hacks, http://tinyurl.com/2uvkmu
2008-02-29 01:04:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The shareholders code of conduct: if you think youre

doing too much, youre probably just doing your share." Venture
Hacks, http:// ...
2008-02-28 00:13:47 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Equity is the gift that keeps on giving." Venture

Hacks, http://tinyurl.com/2uvkmu
2008-02-28 00:12:41 (+00:00)
venturehacks Make sure that, for the people that count to you, you
count to them. Warren Buffett, http://tinyurl.com/2uvkmu
2008-02-27 23:15:57 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Your shareholders own you, but you also own them."
Venture Hacks, http://tinyurl.com/2uvkmu
2008-02-27 23:14:48 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "An investor's power increases as the next round

approaches. No matter how much control you have." Venture Hacks
2008-02-27 20:01:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A private company's valuation is solely determined by

the CEO's ability to create a one-time market for its shares." Venture
Hacks
2008-02-26 18:27:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you are a professional and have confidence, then I

would advocate lots of concentration." Warren Buffett,
http://tinyurl.com/37bmq2
2008-02-26 17:10:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Don't let conflicts get in the way of selecting the ideal
board member." Fred Wilson, http://tinyurl.com/287z7t
2008-02-24 21:38:46 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Avoid "big names." For the most part, they are
useless." Fred Wilson, on board members, http://tinyurl.com/287z7t
2008-02-24 21:38:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No, not even powerpoint can save you now." VC

Wear, http://tinyurl.com/2xufnl
2008-02-21 03:53:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Fuck it, I'll fund that." VC Wear,

http://tinyurl.com/2xufnl
2008-02-20 21:49:14 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The term 'investment banker' is marvelously

misleading... the term 'fee-charging middlemen' is... much closer to an
accurate descriptio ...
2008-02-06 15:46:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If KP hadn't been on the threshold of becoming

arguably the most successful investment vehicle in the history of man,
I wouldn't admit ...
2008-02-06 15:20:05 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "I was on the Spectra board and I think I nearly drove...
the company CEO, nuts with my 'help'" Tom Perkins,
http://tinyurl.com/36kvhu
2008-02-06 15:15:08 (+00:00)
venturehacks "When the money is availabletake it." Eugene

Kleiner, http://tinyurl.com/36kvhu
2008-02-06 15:10:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There's no return policy on investors." Venture

Hacks
2008-02-01 05:26:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Angel investing is the golf of Silicon Valley." Venture

Hacks
2008-01-30 03:38:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Shouldn't executing disciplined business plans around

new technologies be the challenge of entrepreneurship? Contacting
prospective inv ...
2008-01-29 20:29:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Regular VCs dont try to compete by developing

innovative ways to invest; they compete for capital and deal flow and
try to pick winnin ...
2008-01-29 08:19:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The last thing most 3-month-old companies need is a

business prevention department." Shimon Rura, on lawyers,
http://tinyurl.com/2zy9mv
2008-01-29 08:18:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Founder risk is the number one reason startups dont

get funded: the team simply does not appear up to the task." Venture
Hacks, http ...
2008-01-27 23:36:35 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No plan survives contact with the customer."

Venture Hacks (true or false?)
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2008-01-25 21:10:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Every professional investors fantasy investment is a

sure thing: zero risk and infinite reward." Venture Hacks,
2008-01-25 10:25:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Investors who dont accommodate the middleman

who gives them introductions stop getting introductions." Venture
Hacks, http://tinyurl ...
2008-01-25 10:23:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Competitors copy success, not ideas." Venture Hacks

(true or false?)
2008-01-25 03:18:25 (+00:00)
venturehacks "No one ever got anywhere by lavishing calls on Oprah.

The only time I've succeeded in my career with Oprah was [when]
Oprah called us." ...
2008-01-24 21:10:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks http://tinyurl.com/3agvtq: "Financings happen when

you find a lead investor, negotiate a term sheet, and if theres room,
politely tell ...
2008-01-24 17:53:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "VCs don't buy your stock if they don't think it's worth
more than they're paying." Venture Hacks
2008-01-24 06:25:10 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Money is the least differentiated of all commodities.

And venture capitalists are in the business of selling money." Tom
Perkins, htt ...
2008-01-19 22:15:11 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Its always a good time to be in venture capital."

Tom Perkins, http://tinyurl.com/25uw86
2008-01-19 21:07:44 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Sure, its trendy but you cant ignore trends." Tom
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Perkins, http://tinyurl.com/25uw86
2008-01-19 21:06:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Theres always been too much money in venture

capital. It doesnt mean you cant make... money in venture capital."
Tom Perkins, http ...
2008-01-19 21:04:51 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I love bubbles. We made a lot of money in bubbles."

Tom Perkins, http://tinyurl.com/25uw86
2008-01-19 21:02:24 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You cant look at the stock market and decide whether
or not to invest in a startup venture." Tom Perkins,
http://tinyurl.com/25uw86
2008-01-19 17:10:27 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If the VC goes radio silent, go back to the person who
referred you to the VC and ask them to see if they can get feedback."
Stu Phil ...
2008-01-18 01:19:52 (+00:00)
venturehacks "How well do investors recruit? Investors refer 18% of

hired executives while employees refer 65%."
http://tinyurl.com/38m9jm
2008-01-17 20:30:36 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Investors generally want to invest in businesses that

will succeed with or without them." Venture Hacks,
http://tinyurl.com/ywsrkn
2008-01-15 05:13:58 (+00:00)
venturehacks All companies that go out of business do so for the

same reasonthey run out of money. Don Valentine?,
http://tinyurl.com/2pz2so
2008-01-15 03:18:49 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The world of technology thrives best when individuals

are left alone to be different, creative, and disobedient." Don
Valentine? http ...
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2008-01-11 06:29:12 (+00:00)
venturehacks "We have been talking to them for about two years."
Steve Hafner, Kayak CEO on their acquisition of SideStep,
http://tinyurl.com/35r3zb
2008-01-09 21:29:07 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Why did you send me this renegade from the human
race?" Don Valentine on Steve Jobs, http://tinyurl.com/2b2goc
2008-01-09 19:54:59 (+00:00)
venturehacks "If you've got a good idea, market, and team, raising
money won't be your problem." Sam Altman, Founder of Loopt,
2008-01-08 10:23:21 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I kept my day job for over six years while working
mornings, nights, and weekends to create Dilbert." Scott Adams,
2008-01-04 03:30:02 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Customers will only buy a simple product with a

singular value proposition." Sequoia, http://sequoiacap.com/ideas
2008-01-04 00:38:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "A huge market with customers yearning for a product

developed by great engineers requires very little firepower." Sequoia,
http://tin ...
2008-01-03 23:49:13 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Most businesses don't need more cash, they need

more brains." Mark Cuban, http://tinyurl.com/yp7znj
2008-01-03 00:57:39 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Traction speaks louder than words." Venture Hacks,

http://tinyurl.com/3ymyfj
2008-01-03 00:33:53 (+00:00)
venturehacks "There's plenty of capital to finance rapidly growing

new technologies that are addressing large markets." John Doerr,
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2008-01-02 08:00:37 (+00:00)
venturehacks "The only way to find out is to find out." Frank Lucas,
American Gangster, http://tinyurl.com/39qzcl
2008-01-02 03:05:43 (+00:00)
venturehacks "An investor's returns to his limited partners should not

be the basis for selecting an investment partner for your startup."
Venture ...
2008-01-01 04:05:38 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Get your own [personal] lawyer." Sandy Lerner,

Cisco Founder, http://tinyurl.com/2qgsh4
2007-12-31 09:18:00 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You get what you ask for." Anonymous Entrepreneur,

http://tinyurl.com/2sklbb
2007-12-31 01:56:03 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Focus on executing your idea so you can make it

public instead of focusing on how to keep it private." - Venture Hacks,
http://tinyurl. ...
2007-12-30 22:34:06 (+00:00)
venturehacks "I don't think I've ever had a success where at least
one person on the founding team wasn't deeply technical." Brad Feld,
http://tiny ...
2007-12-30 20:26:15 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Knowledge is power." Sir Francis Bacon,

http://tinyurl.com/2goze8
2007-12-30 03:58:04 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Last money in, first money out." Terry Benedict,

Ocean's Thirteen, http://tinyurl.com/2ecznd
2007-12-30 01:50:28 (+00:00)
venturehacks "Common stock is decorative." Anonymous Investor

2007-12-29 19:35:26 (+00:00)
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venturehacks "Valuation is temporary, control is forever." Venture

Hacks, http://tinyurl.com/25cdch
2007-12-29 19:32:22 (+00:00)
venturehacks "You never ask board members what they think. You
tell them what you're going to do." Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate,
2007-12-29 19:30:00 (+00:00)
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