Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. And it may work.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 26, 2019
by Celia Belt , author of “ Remarkably Intact: Angels Are No Strangers to Chains “ Late one night in December of 2000, I found myself driving home from another long day of volunteering on the burn unit. I searched the country for nonprofit and government support and found little-to-none.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Small businesses need easy-to-understand codes from local government as well as a solid understanding of why such regulations are in place. Too often (accurately or not) entrepreneurs and small business owners perceive that local governments put up hurdles for them to jump over. A friendly regulatory environment. Access to capital.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 20, 2017
And, there are potential tax traps as well, especially when Non Qualified options are traded for services. Your investors, the smart ones at least, are certainly making decisions the other way among competing deals. Board and Governance issues arise from day one in most startups. Even for ISO’s, have you heard of form 83(b)?
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!
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