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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). If you are interested the Vimeo is here. And well they should be. And so on down then line.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. You can also get to know local media easily, they’re at the same events you are and generally speaking are very approachable. Please let me know when there are other events. To that I say baloney. … [.]

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Applied Venture and the inexorable rise of value-add VC

The Equity Kicker

The output takes the form of events where portfolio execs can meet each other, online communities where they can share knowledge and blog posts and talks from experts to disseminate best practice. Our companies are 4x more likely to reach Series A, with a 55% higher valuation, 26% faster and with founder equity 2.3x

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How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event

Steve Blank

And thanks to Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate (my first Lean LaunchPad co-instructor) for her suggestions. What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. Keep in mind that there is no “one way” to raise money Different investors will almost certainly have different models, and different regions may have different math.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

As events have unfolded, many have asked the question he asked in the days after Hurricane Katrina, when customers had an array of urgent needs and Home Depot wanted to meet them: "Well, why can't we?" If you lean in and understand this is a brilliant time to play offense. You're usually your own worst critic. Carl Liebert : Yeah.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Also, industry meet-ups and events are great ways to meet other talented technical people, have fun and perhaps spark a new start-up. This resulted in a recapitilization of the equity away from 33% each (in my favor) and then the ultimate dismissal of one of the co-founders prior to the A-round. The second one not until 2005.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Event platforms. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? real-time event tracking. Seed Startups. Codeacademy.