Top 5 Tweets

1. Your Startup’s Top 3 Priorities (via @ttunguz)  http://bit.ly/L3H6hv
2. “As CEO of Evernote, I don’t care whether there’s a bubble or not…”  -@plibin  http://on.wsj.com/JeMlyN
3. “[F]irst-time entrepreneurs often fail to realize that when you build something new, no one will care.” -@cdixon  http://bit.ly/M3aNSe
4. “The best CEOs send out short but focused weekly updates to their boards.” -@bfeld  http://bit.ly/M18S0i
5. “As the saying goes, find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” -@claychristensen  http://bit.ly/KoeKPP

Blog-Related

1. In case you missed it, I just uploaded my TechCrunch post — Convertible Note Seed Financings: Founders Beware!  http://bit.ly/J7kvVj
2. Congrats Zuck!  http://bit.ly/MB5egz

Top 5 Tweets

1.  The Education of Mark Zuckerberg (NYTimes) – “He has a higher ask-to-talk ratio than anyone I know.”  http://nyti.ms/KBObbH
2. “We gave up too early.” -@choxi  http://bit.ly/JkjEwD
3. As Dewey Collapses, Partners and Retirees Face Big Financial Losses – “How could this have happened?”  http://nyti.ms/J0q1Jl
4. “WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY… AND HE IS US” – searing report via the Kauffman Foundation on the VC industry  http://bit.ly/IUzdNl
5. Facebook IPO Jackpot: What Everyone is Worth on Paper  http://on.wsj.com/L6wnXN

Blog-Related

1. In case you missed it, here’s part 3 of my TechCrunch series on convertible note seed financings:  http://tcrn.ch/JbGRj5
2. I just uploaded this interesting vid interview of Matt Cohler, a very impressive entrepreneur and investor:  http://bit.ly/JiyGEa
3. I just uploaded my new Forbes post — Fundraising 101: Checklist for Entrepreneurs  http://bit.ly/KMZ33x
4. New motivational vid post: “It Is My Duty”  http://bit.ly/J5DQSj

Top 5 Tweets

1. “One of our Seed…investors decided to not participate pro-rata in the A Round because of our 4-day week.” @ryancarson  http://bit.ly/IQGs6Y
2. Why one company is making all its employees learn how to code   http://bit.ly/JLC6Tt
3. “HTML 5 is going to change everything…every pixel can be an app.” -@Moonalice  http://bit.ly/JhGEds (at 1:25)
4. “There are now far more capable lawyers and law firms than there is work for them to do.” -Michael Trotter  http://nyti.ms/Ke3J1q
5. “The VC industry is contracting and consolidating swiftly…” -@greels1   http://bit.ly/Izpw5Q

Walker Blog-Related

1. In case you missed it, I uploaded my Saturday TechCrunch post on the economics of convertible notes to my blog:  http://bit.ly/I6d0fQ
2. New motivational vid post: “I Would Just Stay Up All Night and Read the Manuals” (via Mark Cuban)  http://bit.ly/IFlnPs

Top 5 Tweets

1. Peter Theil: “To understand…startups in 2012, you have to do the truly contrarian thing: you have to think for yourself.”  http://bit.ly/HLra1Z
2. I’m proud of the team that I’ve built at my firm:  http://bit.ly/IRdsjY
3. “I don’t think these big VC seed programs benefit anyone.” -@cdixon   http://bit.ly/Jk6CRo
4. “[A] number of the startups who took VC money in their seed stage are now running into signaling issues…” -@eladgil  http://bit.ly/J08ywu
5. JOBS Act – Frequently Asked Questions via the SEC  http://1.usa.gov/ISt5Wb

Walker Blog-Related

1. Here’s my new TechCrunch post — Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 for Founders  http://tcrn.ch/I0nhIG
2. New motivational vid post for entrepreneurs: “This Kid is a Genius”  http://bit.ly/I972u8
3. I just uploaded this brief vid of VC David Hornik discussing what makes a great pitch:  http://bit.ly/HR6plE

Top 5 Tweets

1. In case you missed it, here’s my TechCrunch post on convertible note seed financings:  http://tcrn.ch/HpRUZv
2. I love partnering with This Week in Startups.  Here’s why:  http://bit.ly/IjlIEm
3. Solid advice for founders via @englishpaulm: “As hard as you think you work in recruiting, work much harder.”  http://tcrn.ch/HD9rN2  (at 8:30)
4. How To Raise Your First Round of Capital – solid deck via @bussgang   http://slidesha.re/HA5o6g
5. “What baffles me is the lack of questions that come from entrepreneurs at the table.” -@tonysphere  http://tcrn.ch/I8l5kh

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid for entrepreneurs: “Get Up You Son of a Bitch”  http://bit.ly/IiO5AH
2. I just uploaded this short vid of Jack Dorsey – a few solid nuggets for entrepreneurs:  http://bit.ly/Ik8p6X
3. New motivational vid post: “You Gotta Lay Your Heart On The Line”  http://bit.ly/I3aELG
4. In case you missed it, here’s the Walker Corporate Law Q1 newsletter:  http://bit.ly/I6IKg9

Top 5 Tweets

1. “I had $1,700 in my bank account yesterday, and now I have a whole lot more.” -@charlesforman (OMGPOP founder)  http://nyti.ms/H6nBns
2. A Pinterest spammer tells all – “First week of doing this I made around $2,000 which was Feb. 20-29.”  http://bit.ly/GUmmrS
3. Start-Ups Good At Y Combinator Demo Day, But Is Price Right? “Everything you see here is of high quality”  -@chudson  http://on.wsj.com/H1hjrh
4. A New Dawn for Consumer Internet Acquisitions – interesting post (and chart) via @davidbeisel  http://bit.ly/GTMy56
5. I love this quote: “I couldn’t care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead.” -Ron Conway  http://bit.ly/HjsyI7

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational clip for entrepreneurs: “Are You Not Entertained?”  http://bit.ly/HutmPJ
2. I just uploaded this interesting two-minute vid clip of Steve Ballmer discussing company culture:  http://bit.ly/H5rGH0

Top 5 Tweets

1. Solid, detailed summary of the JOBS Act via Debevoise:  http://bit.ly/GLz8Js
2. “Tesla seems to have a business model that’s going to work…If Apple made a car, this could be it.”  http://nyti.ms/GXoCjj
3. “The idea that law school is an easy ticket to financial security is finally breaking down.”  http://nyti.ms/GCRgmi
4. Should Equity-Based Crowd Funding Be Legal? – interesting debate via the Wall Street Journal  http://on.wsj.com/xFS3q9
5. Large law firms face an uncertain environment amid sluggish overall performance & mounting pressure on profitability”  http://nyti.ms/GXcCwk

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “Think When You Were a Kid”  http://bit.ly/GSAg1P
2. I just uploaded this video interview of Jeff Clavier – some solid nuggets for entrepreneurs:  http://bit.ly/GIwbbC

Top 5 Tweets

1. Entrepreneurship is about slogging it out…and solving problems…it’s about dealing with pain.” -@Jason  http://bit.ly/AczIBR  at 3:48
2. “[W]e are willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.” -Jeff Bezos  http://econ.st/Au9sXs
3. “There are no shortcuts. NONE.” -@mcuban  http://bit.ly/A56d5e
4. Why I left Google – “The days of…hiring smart people and empowering them to invent the future was gone.” -@docjamesw  http://bit.ly/w8H4dv
5. “[B]ehind every ‘overnight success’ is a story of entrepreneurs toiling away for years…” -@cdixon  http://bit.ly/wpgwNY

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “The Greatest Revenge is Massive Success” (The Rocky Story)  http://bit.ly/FOru3f
2. I just uploaded Reid Hoffman’s recent talk at Stanford; some solid stuff:  http://bit.ly/yDWdST

Top 5 Tweets

1. What is the right age to found a company? – interesting post and pie chart via Lightspeed Venture  http://bit.ly/xon5bG
2. I just bought my tix for the Launch Conference in SF on March 7-8.  http://bit.ly/zfea0j  I look forward to seeing @Jason and @steepdecline.
3. “Of all the programmers I’ve met, the really good ones learned on their own. College almost makes me sick.” -@graygenesis  http://bit.ly/wSApAW
4. “For content creators,…HTML 5 offers the possibility of production values previously unheard of in the online world.”  http://bit.ly/yZ5CWl
5. “Every time I click(ed) on a Foursquare link, I am disappointed.” -@jasonyogeshshah  http://bit.ly/ziov38

Walker Blog-Related

1. In case you missed it, here’s my new crowdfunding post: “Is the House Crowdfunding Bill Being Killed in the Senate?”  http://bit.ly/AmikTi
2. New motivational vid post: “At the End of Pain is Success”  http://bit.ly/AaNiSz

Top 5 Tweets

1. “Our goal [with founders] is to be almost like an older brother…to be a support group.…” -@bragiel  i/o ventures  bit.ly/zh2iWF  at 22:27
2. ProFounder Shutting Down  bit.ly/x3L8xz  (didn’t seem like they got strong legal advice, as I noted on quora:  b.qr.ae/wCpvE1)
3. This looks cool: google goggles  nyti.ms/x6ivEJ
4. “Empathy is probably the single most important difference between a good hacker and a great one.” -Paul Graham  bit.ly/xWSrY9
5. “You want the lowest friction when you’re trying to build a community.” -Jeff Fagnan, Atlas Venture   on.wsj.com/ArsB2a

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “You’ve Got To Find What You Love” (via Steve Jobs)  bit.ly/xSY31M  >> We miss you, Steve.
2. “Always a good time to start a company” and lots of other solid advice via @tonysphere:  bit.ly/yKzxKu

Top 5 Tweets

1. “Stop being a pussy. Kill the stupid feature.” -@micah  http://bit.ly/wRJObl
2. Now this is cool: a spray-on antenna  http://on.wsj.com/yun9J9
3. “Pinterest’s monetization strategy isn’t in the oven and it’s not even off the baking table.” -@jeremyl  http://on.wsj.com/ya5eT5
4. Entrepreneurs, Climbing Mt. Paperwork (via NYTimes) – agreed that startups need a solid accountant, but hard to find  http://nyti.ms/AlBaw1
5. Bain or blessing? – solid article (& set of charts) via @TheEconomist re private equity funds  http://econ.st/y00aK6

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “Don’t Be Afraid to Try” (via Michael Jordan)  bit.ly/x0fgTJ
2. New vid post – How To Pitch Investors (via David Cohen of TechStars)  http://bit.ly/xOTJ4D
3. New motivational vid post: “You Want Something, Go Get It – Period”  http://bit.ly/ycBIe3

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues.  Below are my five most popular tweets (via bit.ly) for the past week and a couple of blog-related tweets.  If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here.  Cheers, Scott

Top 5 Tweets

1. “Bottom line: If you can’t get past a 7 or 8, you should really quit the samurai/startup business.” -@Jason  bit.ly/wJaxJm
2. “We now have…me-too companies getting funded at outrageous valuations. For most, it will end badly.” -Mike Carusi  on.wsj.com/xD1DCr
3. Why I switched from Ruby back to C++ (interesting post via @chrismdp)  bit.ly/xbYKsB
4. As of Jan 1, 2012, the 100% exclusion (up to $10 million) for “qualified small business stock” is over. Solid memo:  bit.ly/AitT1C
5. “New entrepreneurs would be well served to learn by Jeff Bezos’ example. Smart. Thoughtful. Patient.” -@davidhornik   bit.ly/y1qR39

Walker Blog-Related

1. I just uploaded my new Forbes post: Crowdfunding Bill Stuck in the Senate  bit.ly/zHXCzy
2. New vid post — Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Bing Gordon  bit.ly/wMl1dR

Top 5 Tweets

1. “9 times out of 10 [teams] get bogged-down in the process, and they put process over product.” -@joestump   bit.ly/y36SWI (at 35:25)
2. “L.A. is one of the most undiscovered tech hubs in the country.” -@msuster  lat.ms/wE9KDp
3. In case you missed it, here’s my new eBook via @hyperink: The Startup Law Playbook  bit.ly/ufHnYB
4. “You really have to trust your gut…and go out & build it no matter what anyone is telling you.” -@kevinrose   bit.ly/wZV2wQ at 49:30
5. Check out this solid Mixergy interview with our client Nick O’Neill & his candid discussion of mistakes at Holler:  bit.ly/ycjLQY

Walker-Related

1. I just emailed our quarterly newsletter (with firm and industry highlights) via @MailChimp:  bit.ly/xadJQW
2. New motivational vid post: “You Can Do Anything You Want to Do…”  bit.ly/y7gDoI

Top 5 Tweets

1. Quora: What are some signs that someone is going to be a good CEO? My answer:  b.qr.ae/rJgnV1
2. The SEC’s final rule re NET WORTH STANDARD FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS and the exclusion of primary residence’s value:  1.usa.gov/tcGLpX
3. Learn to Code: A Non-technical Co-founder’s Guide (via@kathrynhough)  bit.ly/tLRCpR
4. 6 Tips for Raising Startup Capital in 2012 via @ericmjackson: “Be sure you’re working with an experienced attorney…”  huff.to/sm5vRz
5. “People have really underappreciated what Groupon has done…” -Marc Andreessen cnet.co/udo6G4

Walker Blog-Related

1. Here are my top ten posts in 2011:  bit.ly/tIrafm
2. New motivational vid post: “Life is Hard. Real Hard. Incredibly Hard.”  bit.ly/w49NiR
3. I just uploaded this short video of Sean Parker giving some solid advice to a couple of entrepreneurs:  bit.ly/u8YZnf

Top 5 Tweets

1. “As an immigrant son of a Washington D.C. cab driver…, this investment has special meaning for me.” -@shervin bit.ly/v5bLAZ
2. “Looking at a lot of companies over many years…, we have some patterns of things that work.” Dana Mead, VC  bit.ly/uxYuEl @32:36
3. “Entrepreneurs are not supposed to be famous…This is not a problem I am supposed to have.” -Sean Parker (@sparker)  nyti.ms/vy8dRE
4. “This is the beginning of the second Internet boom.” -@johndoerr nyti.ms/senPgF
5. I’m reviewing the Startup Act, which was just introduced in the Senate by Senators Moran (R-Kan.) and Warner (D-Va.)  bit.ly/scvnhc

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “Some of You Love Sleep, More Than You Love Success”  bit.ly/s4TdOC
2. Just posted this old vid of Steve Jobs: “We believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.”  bit.ly/s3PRMZ
3. My VentureBeat post (in case you missed it) — FAQ: What startups should know about the U.S. crowdfunding bill  bit.ly/t2JaUG

Top 5 Tweets

1. “Incubators are designed to reduce risk, while I plan to actively increase risk.” -@mlevchin on.wsj.com/vwmMDi
2. “Think really hard about whether you actually need that business cofounder.” -@jasonfreedman bit.ly/vp68LI
3. Facebook To Bankers: Hands Off Our $10 Billion IPO – “Facebook has gone so far as to craft its own prospectus.” on.wsj.com/suL4jy
4. “Watching an entrepreneur fail is sad, but watching them fail from a lack of nerve is tragic.” -@sgblank bit.ly/umd8Vp
5. “[B]efore I die, I want to take as many swings at the fence as I can.” -@benhuh bit.ly/usjC38

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “It’s a Lie to Think That You’re Not Good Enough”  bit.ly/uAOnkl
2. New blog post >> Crowdfunding Update: FAQ’s for Entrepreneurs  bit.ly/sg0hEL

Top 5 Tweets

1. “The new status jobs aren’t at Goldman Sachs. They’re at Google, Apple and Facebook.” -former Goldman analyst  nyti.ms/ul8nRR
2. “Zynga should be an example of entrepreneurship at its best…Instead it’s…an [HBS] case study on founder overreach.”  nyti.ms/t9wh2K
3. Great to see in print what I’ve been asking for years: Why are clients paying for associates’ on-the-job training?  nyti.ms/t2XW7F
4. Tide Shifts on Web Start-Ups: “start-ups that sell to businesses are hot again with Silicon Valley investors”  on.wsj.com/taSdEw
5. Skipping the Partner Track for a Shingle of One’s Own (NYTimes) – “lawyers want more control over their futures”  nyti.ms/vxHO6B

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post: “A Startup Story”  http://bit.ly/v9UA7w
2. I just uploaded this solid vid clip of Phil Libin (Evernote CEO) via Stanford:  bit.ly/tamy07

Top 5 Tweets

1. I’m really diggin this new docking station for the macbook air that our client infiniwing invented:  t.co/4kClGyzu
2. I didn’t know ProFounder received a cease & desist order as an unregistered broker:  1.usa.gov/sBbLlV.  Startups must be careful.
3. Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced to 5 Yrs: “I slipped into a world of relativism where the ends were justifying any means”  nyti.ms/vYgsaE
4. “For decades, clients have…underwritten the training of new lawyers, paying…$300/hour for…learning on the job.”  t.co/4KLNyiSe
5. “Instead of launching yet another iPhone photo-sharing app, take a look around the globe.” -@elandekel t.co/un9I1Kwp

Walker Blog-Related

1. New motivational vid post for Fri afternoon: “Don’t Give Up”  t.co/pQXImmt7
2. Just uploaded this solid 3-minute vid clip of Brad Feld at Stanford:  t.co/rsPE2ikF

Top 5 Tweets

1. Still trying to understand what the hell Zynga is doing requiring employees to return options or risk termination.  on.wsj.com/rp2RdN
2. “The best founders have…long roadmaps.” -@fredwilson bit.ly/uzkwef
3. YC Interview Advice From a Guy Who Got An Interview and Didn’t Get Accepted – solid post & advice via Nate Hashem  bit.ly/twr6UO
4. Moving to U.S. and Amassing a Fortune, No English Needed (NYTimes) – “The only obstacle I have is if I get too tired.” nyti.ms/uCZw5W
5. “John Doerr famously said…it takes $30mm of losses to train a VC. I am proof of that theory.” -@fredwilson bit.ly/u3EiB3 #humility

Blog-Related

1. In case you missed it, here’s my new post — House Passes Crowdfunding Bill: FAQ’s For Entrepreneurs  bit.ly/v5T4hf
2. New vid post – Motivational Clips for Entrepreneurs: “Coffee Is For Closers Only” bit.ly/uT6TVU
3. To help celebrate the 236th birthday of the Marines, I just uploaded this solid, 5-minute vid of Paige Craig:  bit.ly/uv1RO0

Top 5 Tweets

1. “If you’re Zynga’s founder, Mark Pincus, you’re probably doing back flips.” -@MikeDuda nyti.ms/vTnsjW
2. “The president is very smart, but he kept explaining to us reasons why things can’t get done…” -Steve Jobs  on.wsj.com/shhEiv
3. “Luck will always follow your passion.” -@jaltucher tcrn.ch/uTY1GN
4. “I wanted to get as far away from Wall Street as literally and figuratively as possible.” -@tristanwalker cnnmon.ie/w2y950
5. “What most VC’s lack is not brains or rolodex or people skills – but hands-on experience as a startup CEO.” -@sgblank bit.ly/vTzujC

Blog-Related

1. In case you missed, my Legal Checklist for Startups:  bit.ly/vCOTn1
2. My new vid post: “When You Don’t Give Up, You Cannot Fail”  bit.ly/rXAi8R

Top 5 Tweets

1. Quora: “What makes someone an awesome co-founder CTO?” Solid answer via @DavidSacks:  b.qr.ae/v8dvUP
2. “I was on Wall Street two weeks ago, and I’ve been in Silicon Valley this past week. What a contrast!” -Tom Friedman  nyti.ms/pvOaoT
3. “So was [Steve] Jobs smart? Not conventionally. Instead, he was a genius.” -Walter Isaacson  nyti.ms/tWbGDf
4. “It’s surprising how many…who apply [to YC] have a co-founder who’s not willing to quit his or her job.” -@paulg bit.ly/nDKXWk
5. Interesting HN thread: “the #1 cost by a fair margin for virtually every funded software startup will be…employment” bit.ly/nnnwvE

Blog-Related

1. New vid post: “If You Don’t Love It, You’re Going to Fail”  bit.ly/ng8CSz
2. In case you missed it, just uploaded my post on @HuffingtonPost: Raising Capital? 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs – Part 3  bit.ly/poo6hs

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues.  Below are my five most popular tweets (via bit.ly) for the past week and a couple of blog-related tweets.  If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here.  Cheers, Scott

Top 5 Tweets

1. Quora: “What are the most common mistakes first-time entrepreneurs make?” My answer:  http://b.qr.ae/qmeyVS
2. “One secret to our success that most people don’t really understand is that we are a very large FAMILY.” -@davemcclure b.qr.ae/nh5KPw
3. Wow – pretty brutal RT @jyhsu: Wow super long rant about G+ from a Google engineer (mistakenly shared publicly):  bit.ly/q8ysyb
4. “How many times have you like clicked on some website and thought, ‘What is this startup even for?’” -Paul Graham  amzn.to/nKSWGX p.47
5. “A technical cofounder is not a code monkey.” -@nahurst bit.ly/n2fDAV

Blog-Post Related

1. In case you missed it, just uploaded my VentureBeat post: 3 Ways For Startups To Cut Their Legal Fees in Half  bit.ly/nPSPgS
2. New post: Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Joe Gebbia  http://bit.ly/qx11d0