Eric, we're hosting a startup conference in Bloomington, Indiana in the Spring. Would you like to come speak at this Midwest conference?

Drop PJacobs-at-caa-dot-com a line; he’s my speaking agent.

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We're an Austin startup that easily raised some friends and family money to incubate our product which people are now saying has lots of promise. As a small team without a...

Answered by Jason Cohen – Founder of Smart Bear Software.

A great resources for general information is http://venturehacks.com. Check their archives for information by topic. I'm not aware of a single person who specializes in f... (more)

Mark, you seem to have suggested on different occasions that a founder should move a business as far along as possible before looking for co-founders, and that companies wh...

Answered by Mark MacLeod – Partner, Real Ventures

For me anyway, if you can't convince someone who can be that CTO / tech founder that you are onto something then I am probably not that interested. I have made 3 investment... (more)

We are a bootstrapped and pre-launch startup. Currently, two co-founders (one tech/one biz dev). We have potential 3 tech people who have expressed interest in join our ven...

Answered by Roger Chabra – Partner at Rho Ventures.

Hard to answer without specifics here. In general, you want to give more equity to people who are more valuable to your business and to match it to their expected tenure wi... (more)

hi ..... how does a startup CEO who has to wear various hats such cfo, hr, sales etc manage all Vs actually building the company such as putting SOP's in place , getting in...

Answered by Hiten Shah – Founder, KISSmetrics

Find people you trust who can do the tasks that you aren't that good at. This might help: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/08/what-a-ceo-does.html (more)

Hi David I am working on a next gen social game Would you like to invest in my project? My skype nick is alexandrudesign I hope to get a feedback, thanks

Answered by David Rose – Serial entrepreneur and investor.

Thanks for asking, but I generally don't do gaming deals of any kind. As for other investors, while social gaming is an interesting space, but also a very crowded one. Unle... (more)

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