Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs). Innovation Clusters. Lessons Learned.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. From April 1999 until June 2006, Mr. Dahl served as the head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in the healthcare field.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. I remember the heady days of 1999 when everyone believed that there were new rules to investing. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly Some have made the model work. and chartbeat. It’s great advice.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. I remember the heady days of 1999 when everyone believed that there were new rules to investing. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. [link] [link] --> By JOANN S.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The common approach is to incubate the business locally in Israel with a small development team, prove early product/market fit, and then build a sales and marketing organization abroad, usually in the U.S. Cohen said that moving the headquarters to the United States had been talked about for some time after the company was founded, in 1999.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Kinrot Ventures, the world’s first fully-dedicated water technology incubator, and General Electric (GE) recently signed a strategic collaboration agreement to help develop and commercialize innovative water technologies. From 1999 to 2009, Teva’s revenue grew to about $14 billion from $1.3 billion in 2010.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. I’m a venture capital investor so I will still be looking to make investments. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. In the end.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. 1999/2000 was the startup heyday, and I was in the hot space of telecoms – it all looked promising. I’m always a little sceptical when I see those incubators where people meet and – bang! The same is true of investors.

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

“Do you know,” exclaimed an elderly venture capitalist over lunch in the Garden Court at the Palace Hotel on New Montgomery Street, “within a ten-block radius of where we are sitting is the cloud computing center of the world?” First Street and Market Street by Leo vanMunching. Beale Street and Market Street by Leo vanMunching.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20