In the hundreds of interviews in the upcoming book were a couple of especially fascinating ones with Don Graham, CEO and Vijay Rajandran, Chief Digital Officer of The Washington Post Co. Not about political coverage but how the Post has. Industry Commentary MORE >>

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd  Annual  International Business Model Competition , hosted by  Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. The Business Plan  ?- a roadmap for execution. And your revenue plan is something more than a hallucination.  MORE >>

This is a follow-up to Give it away  in response to the question: “How do you validate interest before the product is built?” ” I’m going to walk through my thought process and strategy around a new project I’ve been playing with to [hopefully] show what’s happening under the hood. Do it. Measure it. And so on. MORE >>

In startupland, which is full of Hackers and Hustlers , the Hacker spends their effort on excluding potential issues, features, product paths, partners, technologies, etc., while the Hustler focuses on including, well, everyone. Its in the DNA of the Hustler to work towards getting a ‘yes.’ ’ Its what drives them. am a Hustler. MORE >>

In 2008 my partner Seth Levine wrote what I think is the definitive post about how to get a job in venture capital. His post followed an insightful earlier post of his that he wrote in 2005 titled  how to become a venture capitalist. Each post is required reading for anyone interested in a job at a venture capital firm. MORE >>