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How to Pitch a VC

How to Pitch a VC...

How to Pitch a VC (aka Startup Viagra: How to Give a VC a Hard-On) Hey, someone has been reading my stuff  AND paying attention. If you must pitch a VC (and we can talk about why you should or shouldn’t another day), this is as close to perfection as you can come. Thanks Antonio for finding this one.
Fork It Over!

Fork It Over!...

In 1999 eBay’s website went down for 22 hours under the heavy transaction load. This was made worse as that eBay did not have its own in-house team to fix the site. eBay CEO Meg Whitman identified the best person for the job, Maynard Webb, then Gateway’s technical boss. Once she decided that he was the best she agreed to pay him an annual salary of $450,000 plus 500,000 options. Whitman was getting only $195,000 at...