
One Simple Paragraph Every Entrepreneur Should Add to Their Convertible Notes
I’m so tired of seeing young entrepreneurs get screwed by their angel investors on convertible notes and I know I can’t convince you not to do it so I’d like to offer one simple bit of advice to help you avoid getting screwed (at least on one part of your note). When you do a […]

Don’t Worry About Losing All Your Investors’ Money
In both my start-ups, I was constantly worried about losing all my investors’ money. The first time, my first start-up which we haven’t talked about, NanoGram Devices, I mainly worried about it because I realized we’d almost never have enough capital to achieve our long-term goals. So, FBOW, we sold for $50,000,000 after 12.5 months. […]

Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.
It’s 4.50am. Sunday morning. And I couldn’t sleep. I have much on my mind since I just returned from a week on the road. 5 days. 3 cities. Late night Mexican food. Beers. Airports. Delays. I left on a Sunday. I had to miss a full day with my family, camping in the mountains. I […]

Youth Venture Seattle gets broken into needs a little holiday help
Youth Venture Seattle is one of the very few organizations that are trying to help kids at an early age learn to think innovatively, have some awesome experiences along the way, and become the leaders that we will need in this country tomorrow and today. The cool part about Youth Venture is that they are […]