Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. I’d like to thank all the Limited Partners who trusted me and who I will not stop working for until the very last distribution check is written, as well as all the founders who gave me a look at what they were up to, not just the ones I backed.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011. My parents did not wish to see me as struggling artists and thus I was enrolled in Bachelor of Business course in Australia.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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