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Editor’s note: Guest contributor Eric Ries is a consultant and the author of The Lean Startup , which he will be launching at Disrupt SF on Tuesday.

Are You Building The Right Product?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/11/are-you-building-the-right-product/

How to Fund a Startup

http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html November 2005

Why Governments Don’t Get Startups–Or, Why There’s Only One Silicon Valley

Steve Blank 9/1/11 Not understanding and agreeing what “entrepreneur” and “startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach , and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2011/09/01/why-governments-dont-get-startups-or-why-theres-only-one-silicon-valley/

When being an “expert” is harmful

In a recent Capital Factory all-hands discussion, one of the founders started a question with a well-worn preamble: “I talked to a bunch of the mentors and they all told me the same thing about pricing, but I’m telling you, they’re wrong. http://blog.asmartbear.com/expert-harmful.html
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/63010/Raising-Money-On-AngelList-21-Tips-From-Two-Active-Angels.aspx Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels

Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels

Stock Market Drops. VCs Hold Partner Meetings. What Happens Next?

This is a guest post by Mark Suster , a 2x entrepreneur turned VC with GRP Partners where he focuses on early-stage technology companies. Read more about Suster on his startup blog and on Twitter at @msuster. http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/09/stock-market-drops-vcs-hold-partner-meetings-what-happens-next/

Interactive Map: The United States of Venture Capital - Venture Capital Dispatch

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/08/04/interactive-map-the-united-states-of-venture-capital/ By Scott Austin While start-ups in Silicon Valley, Boston and New York receive the bulk of venture capital, and the most media attention, the money is actually spread around the country further than you might think.
This guest post is by David Cowan . http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/02/earlybird-hatches-european-comeback/

Earlybird Hatches The Term “European Comeback”