Jason and I got an email this morning that said the following: Hi Jason and Brad, Just wanted to thank you for writing the book ‘Venture Deals’ The advice in the book seriously helped my startup get a great term sheet on the table on Friday. We get an email like this often. “Thank you for helping me.” MORE >>

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road. MORE >>

A few odds and ends: – We were pleased to see a  favorable review  of the book in  The Economist. Check it out: “IF YOU start me up. If you start me up I’ll never stop”. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards probably did not have career advice in mind when they wrote these lyrics. We’ve featured some of the Reader Stories on the book site. Read MORE >>

The current massive movement of new startups is an awesome moment in our time. The power of the individual is unprecedented. But one of the problems with the new would be all-functions entrepreneur is lack of training in some of the key areas of entrepreneurship – SALES skills. The Respect the human sales skills. You’ll be amazed. MORE >>

by Jonathan Einkauf Entrepreneurs, especially those without a technical background, are often overwhelmed when it comes to building a prototype or minimum viable product (MVP). Some entrepreneurs are able to recruit a technical co-founder while others attempt to teach themselves basic programming. This is based on my own experience. credit card). MORE >>