Many people have explained what one can learn from Steve Jobs. But few, if any, of these people have been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with him. don’t want any lessons to be lost or forgotten, so here is my list of the top twelve lessons that I learned from Steve Jobs. Experts are clueless. Ice 1.0, and 3.0. MORE >>

A few weeks ago a guest post titled Minimum Viable Personality   appeared on Fred Wilson’s blog. The author was a Giant Robot Dinosaur  who has been dishing out wisdom in all caps in the comments on Fred’s blog for a long time. And, I grinned with relief when I finally made his #NOEATFRIDAY list. Without hesitation I said yes. YOU FAIL. MORE >>

I saw a great post from Tristan Kromer Pivoting on Investor Feedback a.k.a Beware of Mentors. It was a top post on StartupRoar on Tuesday. His basic point was: If someone, including me, tells you something isn’t a great idea and there’s no market for it there are only two acceptable responses. Either: "That’s interesting. MORE >>

It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. MORE >>

Takin' VC Money (Money Cash IPO's) by Smixx Forewarning Be forewarned, this post is long. You can tl;dr it by reading the section titles. It's long because I'm compressing the last four months into one post. don't normally do that, but I didn't want to influence my funding by blogging about it in the middle of it. I'm new at this. Background. MORE >>