My friend Chris Dixon wrote about what everyone should know about their equity grants. Following up on that, I wrote a simple python program that helps you simulate what your stock would be worth in the event someone buys your company MORE >>

This is part of my series on Startup Advice. When I worked in London there were a ton of Aussies. I love working with Aussies because their outlook on life seems very similar to what I grew up with in California. Pretty laid back and non-hierarchic. I also loved learning all of their sayings. That’s always stuck with me. Nobody likes that. MORE >>

SolidWorks 2: The best VAR management program in the world? SolidWorks 3: The best VAR management program in the world? Failure to get product/market fit right is very likely the number 1 cause of startup failure. agree with Marc’s view that product/market fit is extremely important. that will cost the company significant amounts of money. Thanks! MORE >>

How often have you seen startups go down the following road? couple people come up with an idea. They’re excited. Really, really excited. They get nervous about competition or people stealing their plans. So they get very hush hush. They start building something. They raise money quickly. Lots of code is being written. People are pumped. MORE >>

Venture Innovation, or why the First Round Capital Entrepreneur's Exchange fund is good. There is an amazing wealth of innovation around early stage venture financing, most of which developed in just the past few years MORE >>