Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. Corporations running internal incubators face many of the same selection issues as startup investors, plus they must grapple with the issues of integrating new ideas into existing P&L-driven functions or business units.

Incubator 312

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 312

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. YC is a VC fund that looks and operates like a guild of geeks , and hardly looks anything like a traditional fund comprised of VC partners with MBAs or finance degrees. (and no, we didn’t. Why should VCs be any different?

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. The spin-out took a few months to negotiate and didn’t actually close until February 2005.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I know it’s not single-handed as he has both fantastic partners at Foundry Group and many other community leaders. Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. Till now, nearly all seed firms have been so-called "incubators,"so Y Combinator gets calledone too, though the only thing we have in common is that we investin the earliest phase. According to the National Association of Business Incubators, thereare about 800 incubators in the US.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Thanks to Mashable’s Supporting Event Partners. Web Video Roundup. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. More Stories in Business. 3 Comments.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86