I’ve had a string of great board meetings lately. They all had several similar attributes. There were no powerpoint slides : While each company has a substantive monthly reporting package, this was decoupled from the board meeting. And when they didn’t, we didn’t pay any attention to them. There was no time limit. MORE >>

Question: How many shares should I use to incorporate my company? Keep it simple. The more shares you authorize, the more you’ll have to pay in taxes (although these are not large numbers). They key is having enough shares to have the ability to grant all sorts of equity to different people who help your company. Company Creation MORE >>

$250,000 is a lot of money. Venture investors might not think so, but for most of us it’s a lot of moolah. And for early stage startups it’s often the amount they ask for coming out of the gate (or $500,000 – which seems to be pretty standard as a first, seed ask). Maybe more. So they start spending. Office space. Office furniture. MORE >>

Every entrepreneur needs to be honest about their strengths and weaknesses, and realistic about their reasons for choosing the startup route. For any entrepreneur, even the best business opportunities, if entered for the wrong reasons, will likely fail. Some of these reasons seem obvious, so forgive me for restating, but I still hear them too often. MORE >>

I’m in San Francisco right now and then New York later this week. When I look at my schedule, and where I’m hanging out, I realize that even though I’m in two very big cities, I’m going to spending most of my time in a very small area. Boulder is a small town – the city itself is only 100,000 people. MORE >>