Twit, tweet, re-tweet….even the jargon sounds suspect to a basic blocking and tackling, gray-beard Techpreneur…but didn’t we just hear last week that Tweeter raised $100 million in private equity against a $1 billion valuation even though they have almost no revenue?

Cloud computing…Open-source movement…Computer-industry consolidation…

These trends may have the early stage Techpreneur in the information technology space wondering about their own strategy, pricing, partnering…and maybe survival.

In Silicon Valley, an executive summary with a good pitch might be enough. In the center of the country and back East, not so much. Not surprisingly, investor expectations vary by region.

The current economic adversity can lead to the next great techpreneur-led revolution. After all, the problems are no smaller, and the opportunities to solve real problems have never been greater.