2008 Finance Networking Venture Capital 
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 28, 2010
VC Financings: 1. Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (Jeremy Liew) (lead), with existing investors Polaris Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008. Read more: PEHub. Read more: TechCrunch.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. The iPhone was released.
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VC Adventure
JULY 1, 2021
The Kauffman Foundation published an article last week that my New Builders co-author, Elizabeth MacBride, and I wrote about the inspiration for writing the book and – related – about how our systems of finance and support need to evolve to meet the needs of today’s entrepreneurs. Financing at scale.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Well, they did ask David Chao of Doll Capital, who said that the " frothy bubble is over ". In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. provide experienced and hands-on mentorship; and offer a growing network of founding CEOs. A 20th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. This allows founder(s) to sell part of their stock (~10 to 33%) in a future round of financing.
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 3, 2010
Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below. Not so bad.
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