By my count, around 100 startups focused on local were launched between Q2 and Q3 of 2011. there are mobile apps, deals/offers companies, social relationship management dashboards, ad networks, merchant acquiring/ processing solutions and more. (Although the slow down in the last 30-60 days has been seriously alarming). By 2013, I doubt no more than […]

It was 1999, I was 23. If someone asked, I usually lied and claimed to be 25. 25 seemed so much wiser and smarter not only because it seemed like a nice round number, but that I imagined that in 2 years, I would definitely become much wiser and smarter. Unfortunately, BuildPoint didn’t have the

One of the most common questions I get from entrepreneurs is “how baked does my business model or monetization strategy have to be to 1. get into an incubator 2. raise seed money from VC’s or angels?” Of course, it is really hard to give a specific answer to a generic question (“it depends” is