Kansas City (The following is a guest post by Jeff Morris recounting his move from San Francisco to Kansas City to join Zaarly's team as a marketing strategist.) "If my pay-to-be-hired contract seems like a bargain, that is fine with me. I am a single 26-year-old male, I live a very lean lifestyle, and I can afford to place a bet on the most intriguing startup concept I have ever heard." - Opening paragraph of my cover letter to Zaarly. I had offered two months rent… read more

Before you continue reading, be warned by Dave McClure's own admission: "I know I'm sort of bumming you all out right now." If you're not afraid of to be bummed out (and can tolerate a video with a high volume of curse words), I encourage you to take the next 25 minutes to watch the video below. Once finished, instead of bummed, I imagine you'll be quite… read more

Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. read more