View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Be sure to check out slide #21 for the take away. MORE >>

One of my web start-up clients recently extolled the virtues of smart money over dumb money. My client asserted that smart money is the best way to grow a start-up. In addition to capital, smart money may provide infrastructure, personnel and the input of boards of directors and advisers. These boards provide additional expertise and guidance. MORE >>

Pickle Magazine , a film industry publication based in India about all things Bollywood and now, Hollywood, recently asked producer and sales agent, Ron Lavery to interview me and ten others for its American Film Market edition. Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? MORE >>

No matter our behavior, the economy fluctuates from boom to bust on a fairly predicable basis. However, the severity of a bust is based in part on group (read: global market) psychology and bad, unregulated choices (don’t get me started on so-called “free market&# thinking!). OK, I know that’s really not the reason. MORE >>

Some time ago, a client called me to apologize for not taking my advice on a deal that ultimately went bad for her. “Alright&# she said. “Let’s get this over with. Tell me you told me so.&#. “No,&# I said. “We discussed the risks, you considered my advice very carefully and then you made your own decision.&#. MORE >>