kept a note that Danny Lewin, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, wrote in March 2001 describing what good leaders do to build successful teams, and why they work. While Danny probably learned these lessons during his tour as a commando in the Israeli special forces, he applied them as co-founder and CTO of Akamai. MORE >>

« The Problem of the Forgotten Founder | Main. Accordingly, a $10 million - $30 million sale price can be a terrific outcome for the founders and angel investors – but terrible for a VC (who depends on a few grand slam home runs to stay in business). Allens Blog. Fidelity vs. Convenience » January 22, 2006. Keep the Faith. MORE >>

By 2001, eHow had created thousands of articles. In 2001, IdeaExchange.com bought eHow out of bankruptcy with the hope of charging eHow’s readers to access how-to instructions. As Wikipedia notes: eHow.com was founded in March 1999. Says Josh : “When I told people what I was doing, they thought I was crazy. says Josh. Reply 2. MORE >>

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Facebook. MORE >>

was fortunate to get a job at PayPal in 2001 after the first dot-com blowup, but it wasn’t with any fanfare, and I was struggling to adjust to a new career in marketing, working with people ten years younger than me from Stanford and MIT who seemed to have their s**t together a lot more than I did. but I’m not giving up yet. MORE >>