Interesting infographic from Anna Vital in San Francisco, from the Kickstarter campaign "Becoming an Entrepreneur" Kickstarter campaign. Trying to get inside the mind of an early stage VC investor. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]. MORE >>

What stage? sorted out pretty early that lawyers were a great source of deal flow. Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young  or Ted Wang are  good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. MORE >>

Business Entrepreneurship entrepreneur entrepreneurs small business startups success technology young entrepreneur4000 people attended this year’s Dublin Web Summit conference and watched two days of speeches and exhibits by leaders in the technology industry. Rolio    . Iceotope. GetHealth. Paycento. Increased revenue anyone? MORE >>

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.” What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? If they’re not busy looking at their Blackberry’s/iPhone’s.) Later?” MORE >>

I’ve had a few entrepreneurs recently ask me whether or not crowdfunding is an alternative financing route for start-ups.  Crowdfunding Although the average dollar amounts raised aren’t very high, they still might be sufficient enough to put towards some market research, early concept exploration, product samples and the like.  MORE >>