If you build a company, when negotiations happen an angel investor or a VC might want to write you a check for a percentage of your company.

Generally an investor will pass you a term sheet, this is something that is non binding but is a layout of how the company will change, what the investor expects and if it is a good term sheet will motivate the startup team to progress the company.

Some more intesting info on term sheets:

• How to Negotiate a Term Sheet, Part I

Here is a great list of VC office hours
(This is a repost from bronson.vc.)

Rolling

• Nate Westheimer (NYTM Organizer, Flybridge Capital Advisor) has been holding weekly office hours for some time (Fridays 11:00-12:30).
• Rose Tech Ventures holds weekly office hours (Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm).
• David B. Lerner (Director Columbia Technology Ventures) holds Office hours for people associated with Columbia University (by appointment).

One day only

• RRE is holding office hours Friday March 12th
• Flybridge Capital Partners is holding office hours Wednesday March 3rd.
• Dogpatch NY – Polaris Ventures is holding office hours February 18th
• Zelkova Ventures is hosting office hours February 26th.

The Apple Tablet iPad Video, check it out!:

A great article to read about the iPad.

Below are some great active communities on asking and getting answers to startup questions.

• onstartups
• startups
• VentureIQ
• Startuptodo a community where you can ask startup related questions.
• NextNY a very active free community where you can ask startup related questions.

February 16th, 2010 Michael and I had the honor of giving a talk about data in healthcare at the NY Data Stories Digital Insights & Analytics meetup.

Just about everyone has a facebook account these days.

You should know about your privacy settings and configure it accordingly.

Below are a few tips on using facebook every user should know:

• 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
• How to hide your Facebook friends list
• How to hide your Facebook online status

For Video:
When recording your screen I highly recommend going with Jing or Camtasia Studio.

For Audio:
When creating podcasts, you need the right tools to record interviews, use VoIP, it is great because you can record your conversations and interviews with others using software and edit it the way you want. Two great VoIP services are Skype and MagicJack. Just as a side note you can import your google contacts into Skype.

If you go with Skype, the program is installed on Windows, MAC and Linux. Once installed you can use something called Call Recorder to your Mac to record Skype sessions. It costs $25 or so. Another option is pamela, which is great for recording Skype conversations as well.

A program called Levelator is used to make both ends of the conversation be equal in volume.

To produce your podcast a ton of people use Audacity, it is free. Another option for Mac users is Garage Band.

This is my list of important events, articles and places for startups, I will keep working on this article:

Events in NYC:

• Garys Guide Events
• nextny.org Events
• SBIR Government Events

Places for NYC Startups to Work:

• Free places to work in NYC

Banking:

• Info on Banking

Articles:

• AM New York, Startups
• I highly recommend reading this blog entry, it gives a ton of information on startups in NYC

hulu + netflix + slingbox + boxee + pandora = great online experience!

The age of internet TV, movies and music is here!

1. hulu, a great online source of movies, and tv shows, nothing to install! You just need a browser.
2. netflix, they stream a ton of movies via the internet to your browser.
3. slingbox, this is a hardware device you can hookup to any cable or satellite box and watch away, I use it, it works great.
4. boxee, software that merges tons of great online media into one place.
5. pandora, the music you want when you want it.

There are tons of other sites, just a few that I know of are listed below.

Movies and TV:

• The Daily Show, with John Stewart.
• YouTube
• South Park
• YayVideo I heard it is good, though never tried this site.
• Gary Vaynerchuk, learn about the internet and social internet.
• Wine Library TV, Gary Vaynerchuk’s daily wine video blog.
• CNBC
• AOL TV listings
• Pitchfork, the essential guide to independent music and beyond.
• Comedy Central
• Revision3
• ShowMeDo, learn programming.
• com.puter.tv, your online technology TV channel.
• LiveStream, personal channels for events, performances, sports…
• stickam, a streaming site.

Music and Radio

• last.fm, online music.
• WOR 710, news talk radio.
• AOL Radio
• Windows Radio
• Live365, internet radio.
• News Talk Radio 77 WABC

I found this great video on learning python, Learning Python.

Eclipse
A great tutorial on PyDev.