Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. They manage this all with knowledge of the game they’re playing, but they don’t hype it, talk about it or fan the flames. Filed under: Venture Capital. MORE >>

In short, I’ve built a tool meant to help open doors in the venture capital financing community. Simply put, it’s a search tool focused on the venture capital industry. The underlying database contains information on 492 venture capital firms with 863 locations (an average of 1.75 Thanks all! MORE >>

But one of my favorite stories about entrepreneurs comes from Dan Valentine , the founder of Sequoia , which is one of the best venture capital firms in the business. Getting along with difficult entrepreneurs is one of the secrets to success in the venture capital business. Venture Capital and Technology MORE >>

The first time founder often has no experience recruiting, managing teams, and building organizations. They know how to recruit, manage, and structure organizations. was talking about this dichotomy with another venture capitalist the other day. Venture Capital and TechnologyBut there are significant differences. MORE >>

The product person sets the overall requirements, specs them, focuses on the UI and UX and manages the process. The engineering person builds the product or manages the team that builds the product, or both. Or they bring in product managers but don't build a highly functioning product organization. They will be managers. MORE >>