Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Debate on Beijing’s Ambitions ” Center for Strategic and International Studies , May 2020. John Garnaut and Bill Bishop, Sinocism , “ Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China ” Sinocism , January 16, 2019. and DIME-FIL (Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic, Finance, Intelligence and Law Enforcement.).

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

I learned from her that even if finances are an issue, it's worth taking risks if you know your idea would change the market. She is the co-founder of the famous Huffington Post and the founder of Thrive Global. Thanks to Keith Terell, Backpacks Global ! #19- Photo Credit: Monika Nowaczyk. 14- Arianna Huffington.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While there may be initial grants that launch businesses and get them off the ground, philosophically, we believe that a model of self-sustaining development is the key to a stable global economic system. This is a segment that is well beyond traditional micro-finance, but also somewhat below the scope of the regular financial institutions.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Sequoia has financed them. Bolpur is home to the Viswabharati university, as well as several other small engineering and professional colleges. But when I found out that Rajeev is a computer engineer, I suggested to him to build a cost-effective SEO services firm, which would be more interesting.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. Outsourcing is spreading at a frantic pace today with a global footprint and players like oDesk and eLance have made it very easy for companies to connect with outsourcing vendors. They have an opportunity ahead to build a billion dollar company.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. This, of course, doesn't mean that we discourage entrepreneurs from seeking financing.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. These resellers buy devices from the U.S. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. Ledface is not ready for financing, even though that was one of their first questions. As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Discuss.

Brazil 115

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. My finance career began with a long commute and a cramped cubicle. Thanks to Susan Smith, Velden Engineering ! #5- Photo Credit: Andrea Heuston.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

India 114

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Please try to understand why.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A lot of these challenges became grossly apparent in 2020: social instability, climate crisis, public health crises, national security crises, disinformation. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. What this means is that the global economy has been paused while we wait for the virus to burn itself out. .” – Albert Einstein.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Statisco Economic Analytics. Discuss.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

4/ Competitive Financings: As is the case with most breakouts, there was a competitive financing for the company in 2019, ultimately led by a16z. That is not to say this matters at the end of the day, but it adds to the buzz and intrigue for any fledgling company to breakout from its initial fans into more mainstream discussions.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Quantstamp is a Y Combinator-backed company building the standard in blockchain cybersecurity. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , see the Quantstamp pitch in the category of Blockchain Technology (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Sunday, March 15) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As the company is still growing, we can easily guess that in 2019-2020 time frame, Airbnb will be delivering around $50B per year to home-owners who were previously sitting on highly underutilized assets. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. But we learned so much, our engineers could develop a product that would imitate many of the things we did manually.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

For a more elaborate explanation of the deal, please read my blog post 1M/1M: Alternative Financing For Startups Using A Sales Channel Partner. Clearly, it can go much further, and Hicham is trying to decide whether he grows organically, or raises outside financing. The business is already profitable with $2.9 million in revenue.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Intuit 2020 Research Report. The Global Small Business Blog. Posted by: Atlanta Search Engine Optimization | April 16, 2008 at 07:38 AM. Globalization. Intuit 2020 Trends Report. Follow us on Twitter.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? vs Uber (global)? Will Pinterest’s ad engine be compared to Facebook and Google, or to Snap? Well, actually, quite a few tech companies IPO’d in 2018, though many of those are a bit underwater now given December’s public market volatility.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Google App Engine. Search Engine Optimization Tools. Google App Engine â?? Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus.

Software Review 53

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Since its Series C in November 2020, Chainalysis has increased ARR by more than 100% year-over-year, doubled its client base and now supports more than 100 digital assets across 10 native blockchains (around 90% of cryptocurrency economic activity). How did you initially think about going global from a sales perspective?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Cristina currently has a couple of large customers in pilot mode, and is starting to show metrics on how much improvement IDES can deliver over existing analytics engines. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing. At this point, financing discussions are premature and are likely not to yield success.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

And in comes the Google App Engine as Google's offering in this context. Well, it turns out that to port long tail productivity apps to Google's App Engine is a somewhat cumbersome job, and requires a lot of custom development. Building new apps is also not as simple. Enter OrangeScape. Multi Angular Force Generator.

Entrepreneur 114

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

New Global Markets. First up, David Nordell from Kfar Ya'avetz, Israel, pitched New Global Markets , a solution for making it easier for banks to offer their customers global banking facilities. I advised him to run several networks through the engine and see what kind of value he is able to create. Discuss.

Entrepreneur 124

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As a result, the expectation is that you have to figure out a way to get to some level of momentum on your own (by bootstrapping) or with small doses of angel money - "drip financing" so to speak. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. Gnosis India.

Channel 115

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 31, 2022

Every day, I meet with the most innovative brands, materials scientists, engineers, designers and artists, business people, and investors. Besides the control and flexibility I have over my life, finances, and well-being, I love that I am a representation that anything is possible. Thanks to Zimri T. Hinshaw, Bucha Bio ! #8-

Entrepreneur 124

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? Whichever direction you go, please do not assume that some VC is going to finance you during this phase. How long can you go without a salary? Discuss.

Bootstrapping 124

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. And that is what I advised J.J.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Benson's business needs $500,000 to get off the ground, buy a machine, and meet the operating expenses, and he primarily came to discuss his financing options. My assessment is that this is not a traditional venture financing type deal. Qualitas Technologies.

Startup 113

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. It is very expensive to scale operations in multiple cities, and there is absolutely no chance of VCs financing yet another Groupon look alike without serious traction. I said, no. It is much better to grow organically with revenue. Cortese Design Bags.

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