tl;dr: F**k, I don’t know. I’m not in the prediction business. But plan for it. And behave accordingly. lot of people have been talking about how 2013 will be harder for startups and fast growing companies. Counterarguments prevail as different people try to predict and justify what’s going to happen. Related articles. MORE >>

They're charming. They're genuine. And they can make an entire room full of people smile. When you meet someone, after, "What do you do?" you're out of things to say. You suck at small talk, and those first five minutes are tough because you're a little shy and a little insecure. But you want to make a good impression. So take a cue from him. It is. MORE >>

There has been a lot of discussion out there about the Series A crunch, the consumer sector falling out of favor, VCs getting more conservative, the need to focus on revenues instead of users, and so on and so forth. All of this is going on and the environment is certainly getting tougher for entrepreneurs. That could be revenues but may not be. MORE >>

Understand your business. It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. You should know EVERYTHING about your business, product, customers and competition. Understand what investors are looking for , what they usually invest in, and why. MORE >>

There has been a cliche going around the last decade or so that goes “hope is not a strategy.” In it Dov has a great punch line. “No doubt you’ve heard the old business cliché that hope is not a strategy. During the recent presidential election one candidate in fact said this very thing in an attack ad against the other. MORE >>