As the clock turned to midnight, I paused for a moment and thought to myself, I wouldn’t trade places with anyone else at this moment in time… I am pretty certain that in time when I look back at my journey as an entrepreneur, 2011 will be a defining year. Inspiration 2011 Entrepreneur lessons MORE >>

Now that Dick and Jane have added a CTO to SayAhh’s founding team, they’ve turned their full attention to working on their product. Today, we’ll look at the impact of the expenses to date on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. Since SayAhh is in the pre-launch development stage, the company doesn’t have any revenue yet. MORE >>

have created a ONE PAGE self-asessment checklist called “ Metrics That Matter for 2011. &# You can download it by clicking on image to the left or the download button below. Speaker Main Page 2011 metrics year end reviewNote: I created this one page self-assessment checklist late last year. have updated the PDF for the new year. MORE >>

This is the 4th edition of the Venture Capital Blog Directory ( 1st edition , 2nd edition , 3rd edition ).  This directory includes 149 venture capital, microVC/seed, and growth equity blogs.  The imperfect statistic used to rank these blogs is their average monthly uniques in Q410 from Compete (more methodology info below).  Monthly Uniques)   . MORE >>

Today Senators Kerry (D-MA), Lugar (R-IN) and Udall (D-CO) unveiled the Startup Visa Act of 2011. The Startup Visa Act of 2011 has several significant improvements over last years bill. Lowered, More Realistic Thresholds : The minimum investment has be lowered to $100,000. This is more in line with a larger number of startup companies. MORE >>