I wanted to discuss some of the highlights of the debate between entrepreneurs and investors: How much control should a VC firm receive when they invest in an entrepreneur or idea? The debate is an interesting one.  As with anything, there are pros and cons to the amount of control an investor should receive by… Read More


Malaysian businessman, Vincent Tan, is purchasing the West Coast created social-networking site.  It’s global popularity (particularly in the US) has decreased over the last few years, but it is still very popular in Asia. Facebook and MySpace have overtaken the original social networking site by creating a better development platform (Facebook), or a better marketing… Read More


The unlikely growth of the micro-blogging While I do agree that the staggering level of success in the investment world (a rumored $50-100 million) is unique for a pre-revenue business, their experiences mentioned in the article are very unique to other e-commerce startups. The concept of Twitter.com from the founders Evan Williams (also blogger.com) and… Read More