Here's a short list of various blogs and articles for entrepreneurs who want to learn more about venture capital:

Wikipedia

Wikipedia provides a list of venture capital firms and information about them.

List of venture capital firms [Wikipedia.org]

Seth Godin

Seth offers 15 pointers to entrepreneurs thinking about venture capital.

Optimism is a key to success, but it doesn't necessarily work so well when it comes to VC. Because this is a cottage industry with thousands of players, all with different objectives, it's very easy to keep knocking on doors, just waiting to find the right match.

The realistic entrepreneur's guide to venture capital [Seth Godin's Blog]

Ross Mayfield

Ross, CEO and co-founder of Socialtext, provides a list of blogs that focus on venture capital.

Its a little cliché, but venture blogging has put a human face and open rationale for what is a mysterious process for many. You quickly learn that the venture boys have their own lives and interests.

Venture Capital Blogs [Ross Mayfield's Weblog]

Marc Andreessen

Marc, co-founder of Netscape and Ning, offers his insights into venture capital in three parts on his blog.

A lot of people have opinions about venture capital [...] Often these opinions are based on one individual's specific personal experience with venture capital, and often based on someone's negative experience -- as is often the case, people who have negative experiences are more motivated to tell others than people who have positive experiences.

With that in mind, I will try to provide my hopefully broad perspective on the topic.

The truth about venture capitalists, Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 [blog.pmarca.com]

Guy Kawasaki

Guy shares a list of ten common lies that venture capitalists tell.

Venture capitalists are simple people: we've either decided to invest, and we are convincing ourselves that our gut is right (aka, “due diligence”) or there's not a chance in hell. [...] Alas, entrepreneurs are also simple people: If they don't hear a conclusive “no,” they assume the answer is yes. [...] To foster greater understanding among the two groups, here is an exposé of the top ten lies of venture capitalists.

The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists [blog.guykawasaki.com]

eMoms at Home

Wendy Piersall posts 8 tips on landing venture capital from Guy Kawasaki's venture firm, Garage Technology Ventures.

So let’s dispel one myth right away. Everything that Guy Kawasaki touches does not turn to gold. Rather, he openly admits that “If it’s gold, Guy will touch it”. [...] So here are the secrets (in order of importance) straight from the source on how to get Guy to pay his Venture Capitalist attention to you :

8 Ways to Get Venture Capital Attention from Guy Kawasaki [eMoms at Home]

Nick Denton

Here is an old article (posted in 2000) posted by Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media. The article might be old and focused on the European venture capital, many of his points are still relevant to aspiring Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

Like magicians, successful entrepreneurs have a repertoire of a few basic tricks, shrouded in mystery and glamour. At no time is that more true than when raising finance, surely the most opaque process of all in the new economy.

The tricks of raising venture capital [nickdenton.org]

Venture Hacks

Venture Hacks is a blog that helps entrepreneurs "hack" venture capital. Their "Cheat Sheet" provides a list of articles that they recommend entrepreneurs read and apply before stepping into a deal.

For optimal results, apply each of these Term Sheet Hacks liberally before you sign a term sheet. Apply regularly at each term sheet thereafter. This is not a complete or prioritized list! More hacks are forthcoming—we will keep this page up-to-date.

Term Sheet Hacks: The Cheat Sheet [Venture Hacks]