NobleCount… for a more ‘proper’ count of the characters remaining. very common requirement with many of the more social products of the various companies I work with is the dynamic display of the number of characters remaining in a textarea, Twitter-style. While there are other similar tools out there, none adequately met my goals. MORE >>

Previously, I highlighted the legal aspects of structuring founder agreements. These are indeed very important but it is even more important to underscore that any agreement can be modified if the parties involved agree to do so. In many cases of misbehaving founders weak boards and weak investors are to blame also. Founder drag-along. Vesting. MORE >>

Scheduling meetings with investors — this topic is so banal you may wonder why someone needs to write about it all. But since we started AngelList , we’ve been making daily introductions between investment-grade startups and top-tier investors like Satish Dharmaraj (Posterous), Jeff Clavier (Mint), and Aaron Patzer (Milo). Gowalla too. link]. MORE >>

I’ve started my business plan marathon season again. Between now and the end of May I’ll read several hundred business plans: some for my angel investment group ( Willamette Angel Conference ), and others for judging business plan contests at the Universities of Oregon, Texas, Rice, Princeton, and Notre Dame. d like to use the famous T.S. MORE >>

File a CV and let the great jobs come to you! Wanted: High Frequency Performance Operations Specialist at Two Sigma Investments (New York, New York United States). See this and other great job listings on the jobs page. Historically, our ladder is based on Microsofts professional ladder, which was adopted and publicized by Construx. Nuff said.) MORE >>