J Patrick Hunt

I’ve got a new venture launching soon called Syncslate. Check it out online or on Twitter. Pay attention around May 10.

If you are an entrepreneur or want to be one, I highly recommend you watch this video. Terrific insight and real data from Aaron Patzer who founded Mint.com 3-4 years ago and recently sold it to Intuit for $170 million. I met Aaron at TechCrunch40 when they launched and won the grand prize, and he is as likable and humble as he comes across in this video. I’ve added this video to my personal collection of inspirational and informative videos that I keep on hand. I recommend you do as well.

Mint CEO Aaron Patzer on Startups from Techcrunch on Vimeo.

If you are a technology entrepreneur, you’ll surely be interested in this. The Funded, an online community of entrepreneurs primarily engaged in rating and reviewing venture capital investors, has published a term sheet template with the proposal that it become standard for first round investments. It is founder-friendly and has early support from several investors, including Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures.

Just amazed at how quickly and inexpensively you can set up a pretty cool website these days. Cheap or free hosting, plus the free WordPress blogging/content management platform makes for easy setup of a marketing website. Add up to 3 free forms from Wufoo using their embed code in a page or post, and you’ve got interactivity. Capture email via Campaign Monitor, which only costs if you send through them (and you should). All in all, getting your business online today is a piece of cake. Make it so.