Bnoopy: It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur

Bnoopy: It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur And So say all of us. Great piece from the founder of Excite and JotSpot A great time, but still a challenge to execute well !! Update Also check out Mark Fletcher post - Mark is the founder of Bloglines and OneList (where we exited successfully twice)-$50k for Bloglines in year 1 is some piece of work - we had the pleasure of meeting Mark a few weeks back.

Feld Thoughts: When Are 350 Million Shares No Different Than 35 Million?

Feld Thoughts: When Are 350 Million Shares No Different Than 35 Million? An insightful piece from Brad on share structuring

€irePreneur: Funding in Irish companies falls sharply

€irePreneur: Funding in Irish companies falls sharply Is this due to 1. no investment opportunities 2. investment opportunities which are "too startup" More and more i see entrepreneurs avoiding the VC's, due to 1. lack of interest from VCs in startups and 2. the time it takes to raise cash (and the confidence bashing that goes with it :-) )

Business 2.0 :: Magazine Article :: What's Next :: Start Spreading the News

Business 2.0 :: Magazine Article :: What's Next :: Start Spreading the News From an interview with Fred Wilson Core beliefs "'Management matters more than technology. Code matters less than functionality and service definition. Patents don't matter much, but differentiation does. And so does scalability -- a lot.'"

Allen's Blog: "Managing" Your Board of Directors

Allen's Blog: "Managing" Your Board of Directors 10 great tips on handling board meetings

Fractals of Change: Nerd CEO - When Free is the Right Strategy

Fractals of Change: Nerd CEO - When Free is the Right Strategy "Three good reasons for giving things away are 1) to build a large network; 2) to establish a standard; 3) to establish a prospect base (which I'm not blogging about today). Once you have a large network or control a standard, you can use it to actually make money. " Great piece from Tom - sometimes it pays to be free !!

jobster blog: the ceo's playbook

jobster blog: the ceo's playbook I'm a big fan of the Marketing Playbook so this is more great advice from top guys.

VC Adventure: Mergers and Acquisitions

VC Adventure: Mergers and Acquisitions interesting perspective of a M&A specialist ...

Genuine VC: An Entrepreneur's Perspective on Information Asymmetry in Bootstrapping

Genuine VC: An Entrepreneur's Perspective on Information Asymmetry in Bootstrapping This is a dilemma that many entrepreneurs face - and usually is the 1st trade off that has to happen. From my own experiences, you are better off surrounding yourself with at least 2 strong developers who can deliver on the product in a timely manner - and if you want good developers you need to spend $$ to ensure they can do their job well. It's a "penny wise, pound foolish" scenario for her - my fear is that she may end up with an inadequate product, minimal spend on product development and 100% of equity.

The New Europe - Ireland ?

The New Europe Europe is not just about history, good food and a nice place to visit !!

Hey Norton! - Ken Norton's blog - How to hire a product manager

Hey Norton! - Ken Norton's blog - How to hire a product manager Some good insights from Ken on this task....

Interesting service? or complete disaster?

Just discovered this the other day - Pookmail Looks like something that might be useful if you need to give your address to something that looks dodgy - I can see it causing all sorts of problems with customer service though.

Schwartz: Blogs are essential for leadership | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

Schwartz: Blogs are essential for leadership | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com: "During an interview with Supernova 2005 conference host Kevin Werbach, Sun President, COO and chief blogger Jonathan Schwartz called blogging essential for leadership. 'If you want to be a leader, I can't see surviving without a blog.'"

Scoble wonders if 37signals is influencing Microsoft - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

Scoble wonders if 37signals is influencing Microsoft - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) "Has our Getting Real message of small teams, no functional spec, and less software slipped through the Gates of big corporate process?" Some of us ex-MSFTies have adapted to this model of operating - partially anway....

24HL - About 24HL

Tips from Mark Andreessen startup I wonder what they are up to ?

Heidi Roizen on Venture Capital: Silicon Valley is Back - Part I of II

Heidi Roizen on Venture Capital: Silicon Valley is Back - Part I of II A great resource on VC and entrepreneur interviews - great work by John Furrier Another reason to start sucking down podcasts.....

wingedpig.com - Mark Fletcher's Blog: Stealth Start-Ups Suck

wingedpig.com - Mark Fletcher's Blog: Stealth Start-Ups Suck

DrKW CIO leads the way

Had the pleasure of meeting JP Rangaswami from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein at the Innovate!Europe event The Deal has a great piece on JP innovateeurope05

Who Will Google Buy Next?

An interesting outlook on who Google has bought and who they may buy - speculation....

Cool demos from Innovate!Europe 2005

2 cool demos today - control your ipod from your jacket - this is clever - where Virtual reality meets reality - check the demos innovateeurope05

Innovate Europe

We're attending Innovate!Europe event here in Zaragoza - nice city by the way. Highlight so far was bumping into - other Irish company - Asavie - check out their cool product. AccessMyLan.com is a remote access solution that enables remote users to access applications in the office network - one of my favourite VC bloggers - Jeff Clavier Looking forward to some of the panels - its great to see a US style event in Europe for a change

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Less is More

I really enjoy Fred Wilson's blog - some great insights into the world of VC A recent post caught my eye - "Less is More" His last comment... "Our dream at Union Square Ventures is to one day fund a company that gets to a billion dollars of revenues with less than 10 employees and does it legally. We may never do it, but someone will. Because less is more." That is our dream too - you don't have to be selling Enterprise software at $500k a ticket any more to mke a Billion dollars in revenue. With the right mix of business model, online service, technology quality and distribution channels you can hit this - ebay, google, yahoo, etc have done it - others like craigslist, skype, etc are well on their way.... Less is more in today's world - the world of Web2.0

John Porcaro: mktg@msft: Reengineering Marketing

John Porcaro: mktg@msft: Reengineering Marketing "Effective marketing (IMHO) really does come down to listening to customers, discovering unmet needs (or wants), working with dev so they understand those needs, and communicating with those customers--in a way that resonates--so they know how our products or services effectively fulfill those needs. Without any of those pieces done well, there's a huge risk that everything begins to break down. "

Will Price: After the Term sheet

Will Price: After the Term sheet check out the attached article - well worth the read.

McKenna seeks €7.3m for Vimio AIM flotation - Newspaper Edition - Times Online

McKenna seeks €7.3m for Vimio AIM flotation - Newspaper Edition - Times Online "The company is expected to float on AIM later this month with a market value of £30m (€44.5m)." "The company’s turnover was just €139,599 for the year to the end of December 2004, up €40,000 on a year earlier." Who sets these valuations ? can i have their calculator - please.

Venturepreneur Partners : Venture Capital Reborn

Venturepreneur Partners : Venture Capital Reborn

Torres Talking: New Start.com is here

Torres Talking: New Start.com is here If you want a nifty "homepage" with RSS support you should check out the latest from MSN.....

Marketing Playbook: The Case Against Perfection

Marketing Playbook: The Case Against Perfection A great point raised by John - we always hear from people who seek to dominate the world with a brillant platform - once you probe them on the customers and market opportunity, you get the usual response..... "we've just started to engage with the market"

A VC: VC Cliche of the Week

A VC: VC Cliche of the Week

Feld Thoughts: Who Are The Large Cap Technology M&A Buyers?

Feld Thoughts: Who Are The Large Cap Technology M&A Buyers?

EntreWorld: Resources for Entrepreneurs

EntreWorld: Resources for Entrepreneurs Some great material in this resource.....

Getting Real: Copywriting is interface design - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

Getting Real: Copywriting is interface design - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) We all suffer from this problem....

Success and Motivation - You only have to be right once ! - Blog Maverick - www.blogmaverick.com _

Success and Motivation - You only have to be right once ! - Blog Maverick - www.blogmaverick.com _

Venturepreneur Partners : Venture Capital Reborn

Venturepreneur Partners : Venture Capital Reborn: "This is how we ended up defining the new model: * Significant financial success can be achieved by the VC and the entrepreneurs by investing early and exiting early – when appropriate. * Great marketing always beats great technology. Market development and product development should occur simultaneously. * The founders of each company and the venture firm principals should work together on the growth and/or exit strategy that provides maximum returns. * Companies are not acquired by pure coincidence. An early sale can be a win-win situation for all involved."

What Microsoft looks for in an potential acquiree

Venture Intelligence India: What Microsoft looks for in an potential acquiree