I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but not from first-time startups. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. Overall, investors put $7.5 startups. MORE >>

By Dave Lavinsky, President and Co-Founder of Growthink At one point or another, most entrepreneurs find themselves in a place where they could use money. And as they sit and dream, most entrepreneurs think about venture capitalists. Below are the three core things they do: They go after venture capital at the right time. MORE >>

Before factoring in dilution from investors, the founders should end up with about 50% of the company, total. Nobody who is not working full time counts as a founder. The thing I love the most about Joel's post is he throws darts into a lot of conventional wisdom about founder equity allocation. Great post by Joel. MORE >>

Following my posts on improving the performance of founding teams , founder agreements and strategies for dealing with poorly performing co-founders , I continue to receive many emails at FastIgnite from entrepreneurs having difficulties with managing and formalizing the relationships with their co-founders. She meets Harry.  MORE >>

Here is how we see it at Real Ventures : The Accelerator Experience. Incubated companies had little or no capital and were not able to stand on their own so they were quick to die off. You learn as much from the other founders as you do from the mentors. Venture CapitalAccelerators are not protected or nurturing. MORE >>