Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.

Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.

I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.

Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible.