With more accelerators and fellowships than ever, it might seem like there’s an overabundance of options for founders to choose from. What we’re seeing is actually a clustering around two very specific approaches to hands-on investing.

Over the past 18 months, Silicon Valley has sped up. And most people outside of the Bay Area have no clue just how wide the chasm has become.

I’m a big proponent of startup founders visiting San Francisco on a regular basis. But many make a fatal mistake when asking for on-the-ground introductions.

Many founders come to San Francisco for a weekend or a week, hoping to “tap into the magic.” But come away disappointed. Why?

Here are 10 nonobvious tips about Silicon Valley fundraising from the VCs mentoring at Game On.

Here are the top tips for breaking into Silicon Valley and building a network that matters.

The myth of Silicon Valley’s magical money fairies is deeply entrenched in many ecosystems around the world.

Announcing Game On, a program designed to accelerate Canadian founders and help them build meaningful connections to Silicon Valley.

If you raise Silicon Valley funding or are generating revenue primarily from US customers, there is fundamentally no reason why you can’t pay employees Silicon Valley salaries.

VCs generally do not invest in startups that compete directly with existing portfolio companies. But that norm is changing.

Are Silicon Valley VCs really more willing to invest in ideas than VCs in other ecosystems?

Instead of blaming American VCs for “taking” their high-potential startups, ecosystems should stop and look in the proverbial mirror.

If you’ve never been to San Francisco before, where do you start?

Here are 10 resources for UK founders landing in San Francisco for the first time.

If you’ve never been to San Francisco before, where do you start?

Here are 10 resources for Canadian founders landing in San Francisco for the first time.

No aspect of Silicon Valley etiquette is more jarring to newly-arrived founders than the fact that it is culturally acceptable to not reply to emails.

Last week, YC doubled the number of batches it's running each year. Here's why that's good news for founders.

When I graduated from Stanford more than 20 years ago, nobody aspired to "be a VC".

Along with death and taxes, one of the certainties of life is that every politician, journalist and armchair entrepreneur thinks that their city can be the next Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley has a paradox: most people in places of power, influence and experience genuinely want to help up-and-coming founders, but their work and obligations leave little to no time for them to do so. Solving this puzzle is the ultimate cheat code.

Right now is a unique moment in time for both San Francisco and tech in general. And it’s one that likely won’t last long.