Walker Twitter Highlights: May 2nd – 8th
by Scott Edward Walker on May 9th, 2011I’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. If you missed this past week’s Twitter updates, below are my five most popular tweets (via bit.ly) and my blog-related tweets. If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here. Thanks, Scott
Top 5 Tweets
- “Don’t underestimate the power that efficiency and elegance of experience can have on a stagnant market.” -@travisk http://nyti.ms/lfpSS8
- For Silicon Valley Start-Ups, Funding Boom Is Lopsided – a “shift away from business-oriented [tech] start-ups” http://on.wsj.com/ivfLQj
- Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs (via John Greathouse) – my favorite: control the drafting http://bit.ly/lqFWJY
- Rejecting Wall Street, Graduates Turn Entrepreneurs Instead – “Between my redeye flights, I didn’t have time to study” http://nyti.ms/k89xDu
- A Venture Capital Revival is Upon Us – scroll down for interesting deck via Clearstone Ventures http://bit.ly/iTe3Bh
Walker Blog-Related
- In case you missed it, here’s my post re Drag-Along Provisions in VC term sheets: http://bit.ly/lTitMI
- New vid post: the story of Marc Andreessen (via Bloomberg) – solid lessons and quotes for entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/izl3ut
Tags: Clearstone Ventures, entrepreneurs, Marc Andreessen, silicon valley, startups, vc, venture capital