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My Criteria for Investing in Startups

Diego Basch

As an electrical engineer and software developer with decades of experience building internet infrastructure, there are certain areas where I believe I could contribute much more than the puny sums that I can invest. I recently attended a Demo Day for a well-known incubator. 3) Hey, why didn’t I start that company?

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. This was not uncommonduring the Bubble, especially in companies run by business types, who thought of software development as something terrifying thattherefore had to be carefully planned.

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