2004 Revenue Technical Review Venture Capital 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Almost overnight the floodgates opened, and risk capital was available at scale from venture capital investors who rushed their startups toward public offerings. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. Then one day it was over.
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. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. After helping build the first Ethernet switch startup, I was attracted by Asynchronous Transfer Mode 25Mbit/sec technology, (ATM25) which was 2.5x But customers didn’t agree.
VC Cafe
MARCH 4, 2024
Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. But here comes the narrative violation: despite the challenges, Israeli tech continues to power on. Sophisticated investors and tech leaders are bullish on Israel But don’t take it from me.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. we had no revenue. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue.
online.wsj.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.
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