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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. We think we can do better.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin are the founders of a company called Bitwise. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. I am the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries. Irma Olguin : My name is Irma Olguin, I'm the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries. And in fact, my co-founder is one of those, right?

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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Medical Devices and Digital Health

Steve Blank

We’re going to test this hypothesis by teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Healthcare (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) this October at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Science and Industrial Policy , Teaching. Venture Capital.

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San Diego Founders’ Fight Club Pitch-Off

Business Plan Blog

There was no Brad Pitt, broken ribs or bars of soap but The Founder’s Fight Club was just as entertaining as the Hollywood film. Round 1: From a total pool of around twenty, two Founders square off against each other in a 30 second battle round. John Girard, Advisor, Founder, Mentor. Ding, Ding, Ding! Pitch-Off Details.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. They should start “lean.&#

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5 Ways to be More Profitable Before Christmas by Christine Rico

Mike Michalowicz

Renske Lynde, Co-founder & Managing Director, Food System 6 Accelerator. Be sure you understand how to make every aspect of the business repeatable and scalable: aggregation, ingredient purchasing, production, fulfillment, customer experience and customer retention. Shen Tong, Food Future Incubator.