1995 Government Internet Startup 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 5, 2010
Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Finally the amount of capital needed to take a drug to FDA trials could be enormously expensive, at least 10x more than startup costs at an electron-based company. Here’s why.
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Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 22, 2015
I have chosen Colorado as the place where I want to focus the next chapter of my startup life because of its similarities to New Mexico but with the benefit of a rich and diverse tech economy. This has allowed me to spend time in Boulder with some exciting startups and some interesting and successful business leaders.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 18, 2011
For now, the title is “ Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City.” Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Government. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 26, 2015
So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure. This book was written in 1995 and published by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association so the updated subtitle should be “A One Hundred Year Renaissance – 20 Years Later.”
Agile VC
OCTOBER 1, 2013
I believe we’re going to look back in 2-5 years and realize that we’ve been in a once a decade boom for internet & software startups. In the tech sphere, a good bit of air was let out of the tires when the hype around some consumer-facing internet companies proved transitory.
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 2, 2012
The fact that a great deal of the content produced by tech news sites concerns startup companies might make an observer from another planet think America is a veritable nursery for brilliant business ideas. Over 85% of CEOs said that going public was not as attractive of an option as it was in 1995. Make Way for the On-Ramp.
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