That was the topic of my keynote at Seedcon, an event hosted by the University of Chicago, where I am a  graduate of the MBA program. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. Raise money. Need money. More money. Yes, please give me money. It’s 4.50am. Sunday morning. MORE >>

Last year, Aziz Gilani, a director at Houston venture capital firm DFJ Mercury , ran a study of 29 North American accelerators for the Kauffman Fellows Program. Would you invest in a startup from its program? Rather than say there are too many programs, I would say there is a quality gap,” Gilani says. Aziz Ahmed Gilani. MORE >>

In his book, Banker To The Poor, Founder Muhammad Yunus states one of the reasons he started his microfinance institution, "whenever a poverty alleviation program allows the non-poor to be co-passengers, the poor would soon be elbowed out of the program by those who were better off." You may have this business start-up idea. MORE >>

My friend Sheryl of Greenopedia was just accepted to Startup Chile , which provides office space, a little seed money and an adventure in Chile, without giving up any equity. This seems like an incredible opportunity for any seed stage internet company. SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research Program). Startup Chile. MORE >>

My answer was something like – “programs like TechStars are great, but they shouldn’t be the single enabler. His/her response was a practical one, that they are running out of money and needed the TechStars’ stipend to allow them to make rent; without some cash, they’d have to get jobs. Work 9-to-5. MORE >>