ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. Incubators, Accelerators, Competitions. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. But these barriers are showing some wear and tear.
Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2013
In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. So my book and Berkeley class turned into the Lean LaunchPad class in the Stanford Engineering school. We’ll also offer a version for incubators and accelerators in New York, September 22-24 th. I wrote a book about this called the Four Steps to the Epiphany.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2013
In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. So my book and Berkeley class turned into the Lean LaunchPad class in the Stanford Engineering school. We’ll also offer a version for incubators and accelerators in New York, September 22-24 th. I wrote a book about this called the Four Steps to the Epiphany.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni. Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. Competitors: Skype.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included).
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 5, 2011
Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds along with NYC’s tech sector. I shared it with incubators from Ghana to Nairobi , at the White House Treasury Department, and in Indonesia with business and government leaders on a delegation I was asked to participate in by the US State Department. the list goes on and on.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 18, 2014
Michael Baum ( @michaelbaum ), whom I first met at LinuxWorld at in 2004, has a charismatic personality and an extraordinary track record, largely unheralded. Most people never get to launch a successful startup, much less six. Just because university is expensive doesn’t mean it’s not valuable for young entrepreneurs.
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