2004 Design Portfolio Technical Review 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. The result?
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 24, 2017
We also know many of the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. If you look at the Founder Collective portfolio , you’ll see many well-recognized companies that they invested in at the very first round. The team at FC has structurally designed their firm around alignment to founders. This has also been our approach at Foundry Group.
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Hunter Walker
JANUARY 15, 2016
Arin Fishkin did all the original graphic design. Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. InVenture is in a really great place.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
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. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2015
Mostly we read business books designed for established enterprise and tried to read through the lines to find ways to apply their wisdom to startups. Several investors are already in due diligence." When talking to investors, the optimal number of times to mention that your technology is patentable is one.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Today, crowdSPRING is the world’s #1 online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. To solve my dilemma, I designed my own calendar charm, and had the first calendar piece made into a key ring for Steve. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue.
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