FounderLine is a live weekly webcast devoted to helping startup founders succeed, hosted by seven-time startup entrepreneur and investor Joe Beninato. Each week, Joe welcomes an experienced entrepreneur or investor to discuss startup-related topics and field questions from entrepreneurs around the world. For more information, go to founderline.com.

In this episode, host Joe Beninato and guest Russ Siegelman answer viewer questions including:

- When you are angel investing, is there a valuation amount or structure (e.g. convertible debt vs. equity) that causes you to invest or not invest?
- Knowing what we know now about the social web, what things would you like to have seen Friendster do differently?
- What are some of the success stories from Startup Garage, either products or teams? What does Startup Garage do differently than Y Combinator?
- It seems that big companies like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc. have huge resources but are out-innovated by smaller startups. How does that happen?
- Can you share some insight into the decision process at a large VC like Kleiner-Perkins? For example, what are the steps? Do the decisions have to be unanimous? What happens when there are disagreements about investing?

In this episode, host Joe Beninato and guest Aydin Senkut of Felicis Ventures answer viewer questions including:

- What strategies do you consider when a big established company (Apple/Facebook/Google) moves into your space and encroaches very closely on your niche market?
- What would you do if you met with the perfect team, fantastic recommendations, great experience, super smart... and you really want to work with them, but their product idea isn’t quite right?  Would you pass? 
- Do you attend demo days (like YC or TechStars) and if so, how do you decide which companies to focus on after 2.5 minutes?
- If I'm the founder of a YC company, what's the best way to get your attention at or after Demo Day?
- When you receive a company intro via email, what is the one critical thing that makes you say "I want to talk to this founder" vs. ignoring it?

In this episode, host Joe Beninato and guest Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures answer viewer questions including:

- Describe an instance where you had to be persistent to get a deal done or hire someone. How did you balance being persistent and not being pain in the neck at the same time?
- Every investor says the best way to reach them is through their network. What is the best way a founder with engineering background who does not have a network, start building their network that will vouch for them?
- Why do you require your founders to be technical as opposed to having a mix of business and technical?  Are there any drawbacks to having an all technical team?
- It seems that seed stage investors have different perspectives on taking board seats. Can you please share you thoughts on this topic?
- What is your stance on startups offering early exercise (83B) to their employees?