While the stereotypical tech startup entrepreneur is 23 years old, single and has no children, the reality is that many tech startup entrepreneurs are married and/or have children. Don’t avoid “big boy” expenses just because you are bootstrapping. That is, make sure you have (or at least look into obtaining)
Join Alcatel-Lucent Innovation Center and Tech Wildcatters for happy hour tomorrow night and a day of innovation and entrepreneurial idea sharing Saturday with some visitors from the Silicon Valley. 6pm – 9pm Friday Night – Happy Hour and Round Table on Failure with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: Christian Wiklund – CEO
In the event you are in downtown Austin on Monday around lunchtime, you should check out the “Silicon Beach at SXSW” event at Parkside on 6th Street. The event is being hosted by Mingly and co-sponsored by Techzulu, Nerdy Shirts, and this blog. Join us for free drinks, demos and
I hate non-dilution rights and if you are an entrepreneur you should, too. I’m not talking about price-based anti-dilution protection that is typical in an angel or VC round. What I’m referring to is a right given to a particular stockholder so that such stockholder’s equity in the company is
Great news — your startup just got accepted to an accelerator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[25,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the accelerator offer. The following are some issues to consider and actions to take before accepting an the accelerator offer:
A little late this year, but here’s some stats for this blog for 2010: Total Visits: 162,539 visits (94,685 in 2009) Top State Visits: 33,686 from Cali, 14,228 from New York and 12,038 from Texas. Top University Visits: 309 visits from Stanford, 163 from MIT, 150 from Harvard Top Visited
Dallas-based Tech Wildcatters is set to launch their 2nd class and will stop accepting applications January 16th. Their inaugural class of 5 companies raised over $4,000,000 in funding through two venture and two angel rounds. Tech Wildcatters is a startup accelerator that offers up to $25,000 and 12 weeks of
There’s a lot of advice about (1) how to attract VCs, and (2) how to negotiate a venture capital term sheet. Both sets of advice tend to ignore the gap between an investor’s expression of investment interest and your startup’s receipt of the term sheet. I refer to this waiting
I had the chance to chat with Mike Brown Jr., Founder and Partner at AOL Ventures, a few weeks ago. I’ve known Mike for a few years now and during the conversation I asked if we could turn the chat into a formal interview for this blog. He graciously obliged
Key Ring is a mobile app by Mobestream Media on both iPhone and Android that brings all your loyalty cards together. You use Key Ring to scan & store your existing loyalty cards, enroll in new loyalty programs, and access exclusive coupons and discounts. This Dallas-based startup is looking for
