This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. We have the most features. Silly, right? MORE >>

The meme of the lack of women in tech (or software, or entrepreneurship) appeared in several places today. Regular readers of this blog know that I’ve been the chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology for a number of years and deeply involved in this issue. Hint: it doesn’t. MORE >>

I spend a healthy chunk of my time helping startups think through their capital raise strategies. Part of this work involves assessing whether a company is fundable given its current stage of development, traction and business plan MORE >>

For the first 5 years of my career I was a “bottom up&# thinker and worker. I assembled tons of data, grouped things, found results and drew conclusions. You need to be able to structure problems / solutions at the appropriate level to communicate effective and drive decision-making. I started by doing billing systems. Heresy. discuss. MORE >>

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