2001 Lean Silicon Valley Venture Capital 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related. The Rise of the Lean Startup. And it may work. IPOs dried up.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two Of course we can’t.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 11, 2019
Ann will be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in October about all of this and more. I've been in venture now twice. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. How do you develop power within a venture capital firm? What's the message?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. The best and most consistent funds in Silicon Valley (e.g.
Eric Friedman
AUGUST 18, 2021
I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.
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