One of the big topics that came up on the panel I was on today at the DNC was the issue surrounding the labor supply in the US in computer science and IT.  There is a growing shortage of software engineers in the US that is getting worse as every year passes.  I've talked about this in the past as my main motivation for being involved in the National Center for Women & Information Technology as one of the ways to build the long ter...

I'm baffled whenever I hear from a CEO that he's having trouble getting a response from one of his VC investors.  Unfortunately, this is a very common occurrence in VC-backed company land.

After noticing this during the Internet bubble around the turn of the century (doesn't that make it seem like so very long ago), I'm starting to notice this again more frequently.  As I pondered this the other day, I tried to discern a pattern, but ...

Jason Calacanis (via Mike Arrington) has some wise advice for web startups interested in improving their demos.  Here is Jason’s email to entrepreneurs:

For the past 10 days I’ve sat through 200 company demos for the TechCrunch50 conference. These demos are mostly done over the phone for 10 minutes using the phone and web conferencing software like WebEx or Adobe’s wonderful new “Connect” service.

After doing 2,500 minutes of demos (40 ...