Yesterday a group of students from my alma mater, the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce [http://www.commerce.virginia.edu/], came to visit. They were spending a week in Silicon Valley as part of their spring break. I've long privately urged McIntire to become

As was reported in TechCrunch today [http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/20/sharethis-aims-for-mobile-with-23m-series-c-led-by-t-venture-acquisition-of-social-app-platform-socialize/] , we've just signed a deal to sell our startup Socialize [http://www.getsocialize.com/] to ShareThis [http://www.sharethis.com/]. Although having a successful exit is a dream for many entrepreneurs, I find myself feeling

While I can't speak to the terms of our deal with ShareThis, I'll use the experience to walk you through the general framework of a deal process, so you understand the multiple steps involved. What I'm going to share is not a reflection of