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Some really good podcasts and videos from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

Andy Sack advises against creating a Judy's Book. Would be curious to hear his thoughts on exactly why.

Quoted: But start-ups should view this market place with caution and trepidation. It's quick sand. It's a slog! There are easier ways to make money! If you contact me and ask advice about your local online start up, that's what I'll tell you.

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Quoted: I recently attended a talk by Craig Sherman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati about Corporate Structure and Common Problems. The event was organized by StartPad, an excellent Seattle-based entrepreneurial organization through which we rent our office space and hence get the opportunity to intermingle with and work alongside other startups.
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The talk was great! I won’t summarize the entire thing, since you can find the deck and video here. But, I did come away with two high-level points that are arguably applicable even beyond corporate structures:

Andy Sack and Chris Devore (both of Judy's Book) have created a $2M fund and co-working space for new internet founders. Very nice idea. I like the investment tie they are making between founders in the fund to get a pool of equity in each other's companies (I talked about doing this last year - but these guys are actually putting $ behind it).

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Quoted: Tracking Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in India

Quoted: Silicon Valley's most venerable venture capital firm has raised $1.2 billion in two new funds. Kleiner Perkins announced the formation of its thirteenth ...

Quoted: I recall there was a study done at MIT years ago that looked at the number of founders and success of startups as measured by revenue 1 and 2 years after founding. It turns out that the success of your start up is directly correlated to the number of founders up to 4 and then it starts to decrease.

A nice list of the key points if you don't have the time to watch the videos.

Quoted: This is my attempt at a broad overview of the whole day; what I took away from each speaker. You'll notice that some of the takeaway's may contradict each other. Well, a few of the speakers seemed to contradict each other, which is a topic for another post. Here's a very broad summary of the day.