We’re full on into summer, when people kick back a bit and even take some time to read. If you’re looking for recommendation and are in the midst of raising capital or plan to very soon, one our readers have suggested Foundry Group founder and Techstars co-founder Brad Feld’s Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist. As well as former New York Angels Chairman and NY Venture Partners founder Brian Cohen’s What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know: An Insider Reveals How to Get Smart Funding for Your Billion Dollar Idea. Finally, there’s angel investor Jason Calacanis’s Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups–Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000, and as one reviewer noted: Should have titled this book: ‘The ABC Angel: Arrogant, Brilliant, and Confident!’ Then again, for those of us who know him well, that’s Jason, what, eh?

 

Feld also offers a free Venture Deals course that “demystifies venture capital deals and startup financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs a definitive guide to secure funding.” Sign up and make sure that you’re notified as to when the next session is starting, which will most likely be Fall.

 

For those of you with short attention spans and need a quick course in how to put together an investor pitch deck, check out Sequoia Capital Pitch Deck Template. Please.

 

Last piece of advice, for those of you who are heads down into work or reading to better understand the landscape and may well have summer guests who’ve fled the cities and may be overstaying their welcome, thanks to your wonderful hospitality and ubiquitous wi-fi and speaking of a problem in search of a solution (and we finally figured out the id of this piece of furniture): Adirondack chairs. Trust us.

 

There’s always a solution.

 

Onward and forward.