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Naming a startup is something that I feel is both overrated and underrated. How can it be both? It's overrated because there are a great deal of example of companies with names tha…

True, there are some negatives for entrepreneurs to use convertible notes. It all comes down to what you're comfortable with and what the investors you want to have are comfortable…

Facebook implementing a similar thing as Turntable could indeed be a threat for them. Having such a huge user base gives them a lot of power in this type of situation, but the focu…

Congrats to Turntable on the success thus far. It's definitely a fun product with a lot of potential for where they can take it. Let's hope that there aren't legal troubles down th…

Great point how beyond the key roles of making money and hiring and firing a CEO basically has to take on the role that is most missing from the company at any point in time. If th…

A few thoughts: - This already is happening. There are far more developers and entrepreneurs trying to build lifestyle/small businesses than their are trying to raise VC funding an…

I think both sites serve vastly different purposes for me. Techmeme = What's the whole blogosphere talking about, what's hot, and let me see some different takes on the same subjec…

Definitely focus on the CS/hacking in college. Business skills are much easier to acquire from real-life work experience, reading business books, etc. The "business" education you …

A comparison of running a startup to coaching a college football team.