Last week Michael Arrington, Editor of TechCrunch, shocked the cosy world of Silicon Valley with his Woodward-esque scoop about super angels colluding. Ouch. The angel investor slash start-up slash VC circle seemed broken for a moment there. What – angels turned VC’s?!

Starting out alone in business can be scary. Exciting, but scary. Entrepreneurs are free from the constraints of the corporate lifestyle but the pressures are replaced by new and equally taxing challenges. And you’re on your own this time round. 

I just read a Harvard Business Review article written by Umair Haque that made me stop in my tracks. Normally I find it a load stodgy for entrepreneurs and the start-up world. Not today. The quote below sets out a series of institutions that Umair thinks are ready for re-invention.

Most entrepreneurs make the painful mistake early on of not taking the name of their start-up seriously enough. They almost always regret it later. And it’s not for the obvious reasons. It’s not necessarily because they’ll find it harder to differentiate from the competition when it comes.

Helen Proudman, entrepreneur at Innovatrs.net, explains how she built Funky Wood with her husband, Eddie. The company is a supplier of modern, contemporary interior wood products to the UK and abroad. Helen is an entrepreneur with a vision, passion, and nous.

Marc Andreessen, techno star, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz talks to Stanford University about how companies can take advantage of cloud computing. He goes on to comment about and rate the latest cloud computing services available.

Dave Andrews, entrepreneur at Innovatrs, explains how he took his first steps into the film industry. Dave is the founder of the internet-based TV channel  The Syzygy Network.

Last Friday we posted a video which featured a series of top management figures explaining what they considered to be the crucial skills for tomorrow’s leaders.  This week we’re going down a different path- we’re turning a negative into a positive!