Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. Or watch the video here.).

Incubator 316

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 316

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Scayl -A slick way to email huge files, including HD Video.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas. This lending model was further refined, and peer-to-peer lending companies like Prosper emerged in 2006 and Lending Club emerged in 2007. Some companies utilize pure donation models.

SEC 58

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Accredited Investor Private Placement 58

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. also, like i said, pre-launch, the business guy doesn’t provide much value. after launch, however, having a good business guy becomes very important.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

BoomRing Communication – Founded in 2005, Boomring offers a complete solution for hosting providers and enterprises, seamlessly integrates mobile, VoIP and fixed communication. DSPV - DSPV provides a complete VAS platform for mobile video, using video calls. Speech Recognition over Video, Fully telco-grade platform.

Mobile 110

Mobile IP SMS Networking 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Updated Business tools for Startups. Videos/presentations. Use us to power any video chat applications (talkshow, education apps, collaboration, etc). We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53