covered what I call “the co-founder mythology.&# Either you’re not technical and you think you need a technical co-founder or vice-versa. It is increasingly popular to have “founder dating&# or “startup weekend hackathons&# of some variety or the other. Hire your co-founder. Startup Advice MORE >>

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. The first post is about agile startup fundraising. The follow-on post is about agile startup team building. All founders have the same agreement. Urban legends. MORE >>

You spend enough time with enough startups and you genuinely come to appreciate the importance of The Hustler. The Hustler does not attend conferences to hang out, or pitch his startup every which way. Startups need to be run by a Hustler. Tweet. The Hustler also gets into the nitty-gritty. The Hustler is insanely focused. MORE >>

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business. MORE >>

If you are a first-time entrepreneur, I recommend that you team with a co-founder with experiences, connections, and a skill set that complements, but doesn’t duplicate yours. Join entrepreneur groups online, like Linkedin “On Startups”, Facebook for Business, and use Twitter to find people with like-minded interests. Take your time. MORE >>