Why it’s so Important to Just Start

Jason Calacanis of of Mahalo.com (a human-powered search engine) wrote an interesting post about why it’s so important to just frackin’ start. One of the things he says that really struck me is “if you don’t start you can’t iterate”.

“Peer Pressure”

This blog entry marked the shutting down of the AllPeers service. It touches upon the highs and lows of the exhilarating experience that is entrepreneurship.

NEA-IndoUS Ventures

NEA-IndoUS Ventures provides early and mid-stage funding to new or growing businesses in India. Their website has some useful resources on entrepreneurship and venture capital.

YouNoodle.com - Startup Predictor

YouNoodle.com started as a “startup predictor”: it would tell you how likely your startup is to succeed. The last I read, the founders had not run YouNoodle by its own startup predictor, but it is generally a good resource for startups and networking.

Lessons from Silicon Valley

Excite and JotSpot co-founder Joe Kraus shares the lessons he’s learnt in this BBC interview. A must read.

Startups, Venture Capital

Let me kick-start this section with a thought-provoking essay by Paul Graham, in which he talks about why startups should be preferred to large, well-established organizations.