A few months ago I had lunch with some of my old colleagues from my most recent corporate job that I left 9 months ago. As they were busy stressing about having taken a lunch break (my boss will kill me!), shuffling papers for work (I just need to get this one thing done!), and generally apologizing for their human need for oh say food and connection, I could see much more clearly with the eyes of having been removed from that environment.

Jenny Hart, the genius behind Sublime Stitching, is writing on Crafting a Business for VenusZine, a zine for emerging creativity.  Jenny brings hip modern designs to hand embroidery reclaiming it from the bunnies, mushrooms and "cutesy" of the past.

The just completed inaugural TechCrunch40 conference provided a great opportunity for entrepreneurs with startup companies to demonstrate what they are creating and developing.  Regardless of the size of your business or whether or not you are in technology, there were many lessons worth learning which emerged from the conference.