PR for Start-ups!

Do VC's Find you Attractive?

We all know that this is a tough climate for fund raising so today's post highlights some interesting articles for those seeking funding or simply working to move forward on an idea.

This week's reading list:

• VentureBeat: Get a board of directors – even if you’re not funded
• VentureBeat: 5 ways to make your start-up attractive to VCs
• The New York Times: A $3.5 Billion Effort Aims to Help Tech Start-Ups
• Harvard Business Review: How to Kill Innovation: Keep Asking Questions
  

5 Resources for Technology Startups - Version 1

If there is an upside to a down economy, it is the number of great ideas and companies that emerge. It is the time when the entrepreneur community reveals its finest through collaboration at meetups, coffee shops and word of mouth. Today's entrepreneur is not necessarily the same as the entrepreneur of the 90s. Today's entrepreneur mix can include the first timers, the serials, the build and flip experts etc. These days, it is nice to see that startups are taking the time to craft a solid business plan, bootstrap the organization and hire incredible talent in the very beginning.

Angel Capital Summit 2008 - Colorado Entrepreneurs Take Recession Head-On

If you live in Colorado and fall into the entrepreneur category, you better head to the Angel Capital Summit being held tomorrow at the Marriott City Center on 1701 California.

This year's Angel Capital Summit will bring specific focus to today's economic climate and how entrepreneurs can be successful during these changing times.

The event will start early with a kick-off keynote from Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.
During lunch, Anita Burke, one of the top thought-leaders in energy economics and markets, with talk about "evolutionary risk management."

There will also be a Town Hall Meeting, "Disrupting the Recession", with thought-leaders discussing Colorado's entrepreneurial response to the credit crisis, election, energy issues, and sustainability.

The companies that are presenting include:
18 Principles, Inc,  3D at Depth, Affinity Telecom, Inc, Alaskan Hardgear, Allegro Multimedia dba Music Wizard Group, ApopLogic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AppVenture, Atrato, Inc., Aubice LLC, AWhere Inc., BOCS, Cadeka Microcircuits, Center For Innovation, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Chata Biosystems, Inc., CTM Software Corporation, Del Norte Brewing, DEMAND1, FacetoFace Health, flaik Inc, Fluonic, Inc., Frontline Aerospace, Inc., GroGreen Inc, iVation LLC, JuJu Central, LLC, Lingoport, Inc., Magic Portrait, Munch Away, LLC., NanoPrint Technologies, Progressive Health Center, PROJECT C.U.R.E., Shrewd Foods, Inc., Spatial Networking, Tissue Genetics Inc., Toghers Inc., TruEffect, Inc., Two Moms in the Raw, VanDyne SuperTurbo, Inc, VarVee, LLC, VitruMed Inc., Web2Storage, WhiteDove Herbals, Inc., Xpressplay, LLC, and Zerista.

For more information and the schedule, click here. Follow me on Twitter throughout the day.