Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. For a few reasons, I’ve been struggling to make sense of all the noise happening in what others have called the Super Angel arena. MORE >>

During a meal of excellent Osha Thai food in SF, one boutique attorney stated that he has worked on something like 25 early stage financings this summer, mostly involving web startups and angels or super angels (i.e., Now there are signs that things may be (slowly) starting to turn around. as well as the network. Please share it! MORE >>

Not that it didn't make a few good points (like the importance of sales and marketing and the value of inbound marketing and content creation), but it seemed that the author was attacking the lean startup method, popularized by Eric Ries in his best-selling book “ The Lean Startup ” without actually understanding it all that well. MORE >>

We had been rejected by every investor we talked to. We launched the new idea in a three-day scramble, got some initial press, users loved it, and four months later raised $1 million from amazing investors. We had become a part of the lean startup movement. Getting investors interested. “So, what do you do?&#. MORE >>

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Don’t be embarrassed, since even professional investors are often confused these days by the new terms, as well as old terms used with new meanings. Super Angels. MORE >>