Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2011
There’s a safety net in almost every part of one’s public and private life – health insurance, free college tuition, unions, collective bargaining, fixed work hours, etc. And what’s great for the mass of society – a government safety net verging on the ultimate nanny state – makes it impossible to fail.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. The study reveals that, both on average and for all but seven years between 1977 and 2005, existing firms are net job destroyers, losing 1 million jobs net combined per year. Microsft, Apple, Google, Cisco—have been funded by venture capital.”.
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The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 27, 2016
Apple has $160bn of net cash and has paid $153bn to shareholders, for a total of $313bn. US Jon Bradford, founder of Techstars UK, once said to me that corporate innovation budgets dwarf venture capital. That compares with $86.7bn in global venture capital investment in the same year.
Steve Blank
MARCH 17, 2020
Subtract your monthly gross burn rate from your monthly revenue to get your net burn rate. and Europe into a long recession? Next, take a look at your actual revenue each month – not forecast, but real revenue coming in each month. If you’re an early stage company, that number may be zero. is in order.
Cracking the Code
JANUARY 22, 2009
While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. Europe Consumer. (1). Venture Capital. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. by Joel York at Chaotic Flow. Lluis Faus @ vLex.
Babbling VC
JANUARY 7, 2011
I decided to make a blog post out of this since my answer over on Quora to a similar question seems to have quite a bit of resonance: "Differences in Entrepreneurial Mindset between the US and Europe". At the same time, businesses in Europe have always been forced to make do with less. We all know what's holding Europe back.
thebarefootvc
MARCH 8, 2012
While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds. In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).
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