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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Why Internal Ventures are Different from External Startups

Steve Blank

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. This leads to two key points: Point 1: You have to fight – and win- on two fronts (both outside and inside), in order to succeed in corporate venturing.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. Distribution channels, brand loyalty, etc. Challenge two – Large companies are dealing with startups that are funded with unimaginable capital. The first step is where the ideas or technology come from.

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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

www.readwriteweb.com

Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution. Think of individuals like McClure, Paul Graham and George Zachary as market analysts. startupcto

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). 2003: Spitzer’s Global Research Analyst Settlement, which had the unintended effect of depriving small companies from getting research coverage. cents or 6.25

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