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Summer Reading: Lessons from the Pros

Summer Reading: Lessons from the Pros

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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. Read More...

The Earthquake in Chile: A Parable for a Green World

The Earthquake in Chile: A Parable for a Green World

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The reference is to a novel by Heinrich von Kleist, where nothing happens the way one would expect, and all things are not what they seem.

Jenny Fielding, Managing Director of Techstars New York City Accelerator, which recently selected its latest batch of cohorts, penned a piece (New World, New Focus. How Application Trends at Techstars NYC Point to a Changing World) about the shift in focus of the entrepreneurs, given the current climate. And always important for founders to look to what the problems are, find the white space, and take it from there.

Speaking of climate, much attention has been given in the past few years to climate change. As always, important to look around, see what the problems are and find the white space. Glaringly obvious this past week were the events in Texas, when a devastating cold snap caused the windmills to freeze and the power grid to fail. Read More...