Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 6, 2020
You need to: study the rules, make sure that you don’t violate the “affiliate rule” (more later), consult with your Company Counsel, consult with your board and investors and then make your own determination. Everybody is talking about the “Affiliate Rule”?—?what This is completely unrelated to the Affiliate Rule. what is that?
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. A business plan is the outward facing definition of the business you hope to drive with your hardware solution, with a hardware overview in the intro to highlight customer value and competitiveness. Budget time and dollars for each.
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ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 20, 2023
While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation. From custom app development to effective mobile marketing strategies, they embody the spirit of innovation. Focus on Customer Satisfaction Word of mouth travels fast.
Version One Ventures
MAY 3, 2023
It’s obviously very large, but most start-up activity is concentrated in a few cities: Bangalore (the “Silicon Valley” of India), Delhi (the 33m strong capital of India), Mumbai (the financial capital) and Chennai. Venture Capital The VC scene is dominated by US and US-affiliated funds.
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
This class is built on conducting in-person of interviews with customers/ beneficiaries and stakeholders, but due to the pandemic, teams now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. How would customer interviews work via video? See here for an extended discussion of remote customer discovery.).
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley, including those working abroad, often have to retool Lean Startup methods to apply them in places with very different business cultures. Those conversations can often circle around the difficulties of entrepreneurship outside Silicon Valley. On September 24 in the U.S.
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