Twitter updates for 2009-08-21

Travis rocks 🙂 RT @Konatbone: Free Couchsurfing for Techcrunch50 entrepreneurs… http://su.pr/2uAB6A #
There's a little bit of Pittsburgh everywhere — in the form of the Heinz Ketchup bottle! RT @andreazurek: Ketchup http://post.ly/2TIK #
RT @peHUB: What Y Combinator Looks For In A Startup: Energy and determination, intelligence and a sense of design… http://bit.ly/15ZTys #
RT @CarnegieMellon: Only at Carnegie Mellon! RT @cmuTV: Catch the Pogo Dudes in action here http://bit.ly/VT5qD !!! #cmuorientation #
Most angel/seed rounds are not competitive. Key is to build a syndicate of interested parties who can pool together $$s for round. #

Twitter updates for 2009-08-20

Good post indeed. RT @expensify: RT @ashbhoopathy Wow. another super insightful post by the guys at @Expensify http://tinyurl.com/m2g87c #
#3 is right solution imho. RT @Rafe @davewiner: How to fix URL-shorteners (Scripting News). http://tr.im/wHAs [[interesting, important]] #
Nice summary of on-the-record cos. RT @TechCrunch: Silicon Valley Elite Flock To Y Combinator Demo Day http://tcrn.ch/7KXt by @jasonkincaid #
RT @davemcclure: BEST #YCdemo SOUNDBITE: "We think the best way to get you to invest in us is for us to sleep with you." (*awesome*) #
Where do these stupid people come from? Geez! Outstanding response by Barney Frank tho. Worth watching. http://su.pr/AlrtU8 (HT @Konatbone) #
Hope my dentist doesn't discover these! 😉 RT @ehthayer: This is more like a bad dream than a dentist visit http://bit.ly/KWwyf #
Great time at #YCDemo Day. Amazing class of companies. Great pitches & lots of familiar (investor) faces. Great job PG, JL & others at YC. #
Liking the YC pitches so far. Doing good job of explaining pain/problem before showing solution. All showing big market. Good pitch prep. #

Just installed 'Chicken of the VNC' — what a creative name 🙂 http://bit.ly/QvInW #

RT @meattle @AnthonyTjan phrase of the day as one serial entrepreneur put it: focus is key; it's hard to sit on 2 toilets at the same time. #
Wondering if new & stupid (http://bit.ly/3W0RRV) rules like FAS 157 will make VC inclined to require startups to do annual 409A valuations? #
Solved Monday morning frustration by crafting a custom mouse-pad to fit my mouse tray by cutting up a place mat 😉 http://twitpic.com/e9f5g #
Monday morning frustration: My mouse doesn't like that the mouse tray is now all clean and shiny. Driving me batty! #
RT @shaig: call for applications for companies raising seed funding, $500K to $1.5M, SVB Showcase, http://www.svb.com/svbshowcase/ #
RT @CarnegieMellon: A pogo stick like you've never seen before. Check out BowGo. Watch: http://bit.ly/BowGoVideo #
Law firms need to stop trying to make money on 1st round docs. Standardize process. More companies will get funded if legal $$ are lowered. #
RT @bfeld: terms, terms, and first round terms – http://fndry.gr/2z. following on @fredwilson's post http://bit.ly/OC8mn #
Great to see momentum behind idea of simplifying first round docs! RT @fredwilson: The Ideal First Round Term Sheet http://bit.ly/OC8mn #