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 Agile + Venture Capital
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| Page 1 of 2 | Previous | Next | | | HIGH CONTRAST FEBRUARY 22, 2010 Startup Founder Agreements I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. Both stem from the agile principle of delaying decisions until the last responsible moment. The first post is about agile startup fundraising. This isn’t just CYA. | | | | | |
| | | STEVE BLANK JULY 25, 2011 How Scientists and Engineers Got It Right, and VC’s Got It Wrong While this signaled that investments in technology companies could be very lucrative, both Shockley and Fairchild could only be funded through corporate partners – there was no venture capital industry. government backed venture firms and limited partnerships. wave of innovation was about to meet a pile of risk capital. | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY MARCH 19, 2010 Being Fat Is Not Healthy Those sectors are much more capital intensive than software. boatload of cash is more than $20mm of invested capital. It helps to be lean and agile when you are trying to fit your product to the market. Tags: Venture Capital and Technology So take everything I have to say with that in mind. So is traction. | | | | | | | | |
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BRAD HARGREAVES | THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 Hacking Venture Capital: A Taxonomy
Brad Hargreaves | startup adventures in nyc a blog by Brad Hargreaves HOME Me Press HOME Uncategorized Hacking Venture Capital: A Taxonomy Hacking Venture Capital: A Taxonomy Over the last few years (and especially the last few months, it seems), I’ve seen a proliferation of new firms iterating on the traditional venture capital model. MORE >> - The Agile Board
Mark Suster wrote a post about boards of directors last week in which he coined the phrase "the agile board." They are agile boards who add significant value. Like Mark, I prefer the agile board and I think an active and engaged board ultimately works out much better for the entrepreneur and the company he or she is building. MORE >> -
HIGH CONTRAST | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010 The best vesting schedule
comment to my VentureHacks article on building agile founding teams asked about an alternative vesting schedule proposed by Basil Peters , a successful super-angel. Tags: VC Venture Capital startups vesting vesting schedules There is no such thing as the best or optimal vesting schedule in a startup. No such thing as best. MORE >> -
STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010  Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s)
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. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011  If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing
interviewed Eric for an hour for - This Week in Venture Capital. 26:44 Too much capital is not good. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 42:20 Did agile development influence you? This Week in Venture Capital” This week was no exception. Eric is so damn good. MORE >>
- The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010
- Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011
- Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
- Startup Suicide – Rewriting the Code STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
- Founder CEO, CEO Founder ISRAEL VENTURE CAPITAL 2.0 | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
- One Hand Clapping – Entrepreneurship In Ann Arbor, Michigan STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
- Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
- Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
- The Zen of fundraising HIGH CONTRAST | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010
- Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011
- Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2 STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
- Make No Little Plans – Defining the Scalable Startup STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010
- From Debating Stack Overflow to Re-designing Janko THE PRODUCT GUY | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010
- Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2 STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
- The 47th (-46) International Business Model Competition STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011
- IL Tech Talks ISRAEL VENTURE CAPITAL 2.0 | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
- An Agile Approach to Science Education BRAD HARGREAVES | SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
- The Curse of a New Building « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009
- This Week in the New York Innovation Community - March 1st, 2010 THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- StartupRoar - Great Content for Startups SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
- When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
- Four myths about the Lean Startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
- No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010
- Do Lean Startup Principles Work in Enterprise? LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
- Startup Tools STEVEBLANK.COM | FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011
- Food for Thought: Target Post Money Valuations and Capital Structure WILL PRICE | TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007
- You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010
- When You Should Hire a Dev Shop (other than “never”) BRAD HARGREAVES | SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010
- Why L.A.'s Start-up Scene Beats All Others FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012
- The NYC Startup Drink List BRAD HARGREAVES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Raising Money Using Customer Development STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
- The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
- StartupRoar.com – A Source Of Aggregated, Curated Entrepreneurial Content YOUNGUPSTARTS | FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2011
- The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010
- Interview With Steve Blank ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
- Who Dares Wins – The 2nd Annual International Business Model Competition STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009
- Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009
- What's Wrong With Today's Board Meetings: Part 1 READWRITESTART | MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011
- “Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups « Steve. STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009
- Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009
- @altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups ALTGATE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
- The Lean Startup Book is here STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011
- Marching through quicksand STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
- Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners. STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
- Traits to Look for in a Non-Technical Founder LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
- Teaching Entrepreneurship – Logistics STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010
- Eureka! National Science Foundation's I-Corps Trains a New Generation of Scientists in Business READWRITESTART | MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011
- One difference between VCs and Entrepreneurs « Lightspeed Venture. LIGHTSPEED | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009
- Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010
- Get Rid of the Accreditation Requirement BRAD HARGREAVES | TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010
- The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution. STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
- The “Good” Student « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009
- The Sharp End of the Stick « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009
- The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009
- It's Keyword Soup Time! BRAD HARGREAVES | THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010
- Lessons Learned: About the author STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008
- Twelve Ways To Use Entrepreneurial Thinking To Help Our Schools YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2011
- The Anti-Pivot LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
- SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent. STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009
- Ardent 3: Supercomputer Porn STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009
- The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009
- Creating Mountains of Technical Debt in Lean Startups LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011
- Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009
- The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
- Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009
- Bullpen Capital's Duncan Davidson on VC Funding and "The Era of Cheap" READWRITESTART | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
- Twitter Link Roundup #130 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More CROWDSPRING BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012
- The Cognitive Startup LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011
- Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
- Vertical Markets 4: Putting it All Together « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009
- Enterprise Infrastructure – What we are working on at Lightspeed. LIGHTSPEED | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
- Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering? WWW.BOTHSIDESOFTHETABLE.COM | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012
- Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009
- Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores. STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
- SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009
- The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VIII: The Rise of. STEVE BLANK | THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009
- CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers BLOG.EXPENSIFY.COM | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
- Interview with Mark McGuinness; Free eBook and Course LIFE BEYOND CODE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011
- Elena Masolova On Darberry And Runet ARCTICSTARTUP | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
- Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 2 STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009
- Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder WWW.WOMEN2.ORG | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
- "When in doubt, look different". Geoffrey Moore at Business of Software. Video & transcript. BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
- The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through. STEVE BLANK | SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2009
- Change We Can Believe In - Reinventing the US Auto Industry: Open. STEVE BLANK | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009
- Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup RAPIDROLLOUT.WORDPRESS.COM | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010
- Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important. STEVE BLANK | MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009
- Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010 SOCAL CTO | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010
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