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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. It helped that in the nuclear winter that followed the crash, 2001 – 2004, startups and VCs were extremely risk averse and amenable to new ideas that reduced risk. The Lean Startup isn’t dead.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

This year was a banner year as boldstart portfolio cos raised over $150mm of follow on capital from some of the top Series A and B investors (highlights below). This means more collaboration with the Fortune 500 and more go-to-market experience as our portfolio companies navigate their path to first customers.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

She received the AUTM 2001 Bayh-Dole Award for her efforts in university licensing, and is currently a member of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Deputy Director of Intramural Research. Kathy : … The law at the time said the government (not the university) owned these patents. In the 20th century) the U.S. Is that correct?

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

When I first heard about VC firms in the late 1980s, and my first company (Feld Technologies) started writing portfolio management software for some Boston-based VC firms, many of them had funds with SBIC leverage, although even by the late 1980s this was changing and many of them had shifted away from the SBIC.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Also, because I have equity in multiple tech start-ups I gain portfolio diversification benefits (meaning Im more likely to get lucky). government policy. Disclosure Policy. Demographics.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. Today I own and manage a company specifically designed to help people grow their portfolios. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN).