(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This story originally appeared on his blog.) Suddenly, title inflation is everywhere. I’ve seen more business cards or email sigs lately with adjectives like “executive” or “senior” or “senior executive” or “special” or “chief” in front of more traditional titles (e… Tweet [...]

(Editor’s note: Charley Polachi is a partner at Polachi, an executive recruiting firm. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) There are continuing reports that the economy is showing signs of a recovery appearing in the media, but I’ve always found the best way to verify that is to investigate myself… Tweet This Post

(Editor’s note: Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. He submitted this column to VentureBeat… Tweet This Post

Before he was CEO at OptiMedica, Mark Forchette was a sales representative for a consumer products firm. He knew nothing about sales at the time, but was a passionate user of their products – and won the company over with that enthusiasm, something he says is an essential quality for success in the startup world… [...]

Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation… Tweet This Post

(Editor’s note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) A reader asks:  I have a website and can’t afford a lawyer to draft up essential legal notices… Tweet This Post

Amazon.com’s cloud servers were used by hackers to attack Sony’s PlayStation Network online gaming service, according to Bloomberg. Citing an unnamed source, Bloomberg said that the hackers signed up for a legitimate Amazon web services account, which allows companies to rent data center computing power to power web-based businesses… Tweet This Post

Sometime last month, Yahoo shipped product management, engineering and design responsibilities for Yahoo News to Taiwan. The people who create content for Yahoo’s hugely popular media property — it’s the number one news site on the Web — remain in Sunnyvale… Tweet This Post