Legal Nuts n’ Bolts for Entrepreneurs and Startups

If you are thinking about starting up or are an early stage startup, you have to conserve every penny.  It’s not just about bootstrapping anymore.  It’s about making your very limited dollars go farther.  You also have to use your time wisely and milk useful...

Monthly Office Hours

I am now holding free and private office hours twice a month. The office hours are intended for treps and early stage startups with tech and law related questions. Sign up at www.ohours.org/tolisdimopoulos.

Seattle: Hotbed of Entrepreneurship

Facebook officially announced this morning that it will be opening a new engineering office in the Seattle area.  As the Seattle P-I reported, where the office will be exactly is up for grabs, although it appears Seattle has a leg up over Bellevue. Not a bad week for...

Rules of the VC Game, Part 1: The Path to the Door is Important

Do you think you have a killer idea for a new business?  Do you think that’s enough to secure funding for your idea?  Think again.  As the interview with Jeffrey Bussgang, the founder of Upromise shows, the old adage that VCs bet on the jockey, not the horse...