Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen , Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal , Director of Center for Entrepreneurship in the Engineering School at the University of Michigan. The Engineering School has 5,600 undergrads and 3,000 graduate students.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

An incubatee with Indian Angel Network, Anirudh Motwani from New Delhi, India, discussed IndiaCollegeSearch , a vertical search engine to address the problem of finding detailed information about various colleges and institutions in India. What a great product - truly an excellent value for entrepreneurs. IndiaCollegeSearch.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we discussed an important topic that many entrepreneurs are facing. In general, a key point that I encourage entrepreneurs to consider is whether or not you are building a cash business or an exit business. Do you really want to give shares if you are building a cash business?

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Steve Blank

JULY 1, 2014

Other than measuring engineering progress, there’s no standard language to communicate progress. a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance. Entrepreneurs should always communicate their business’ very latest stage of customer development as part of their investor presentation.

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Gust

JANUARY 9, 2013

I think it makes sense in a broad view, but my experience — as angel investor lately, as entrepreneur before that, and startup dabbler still — makes me think it should be skewed. And this relates to how I look at startups as potential investments for the angel group I’m in ( WAC ) : .

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Specialized alumni tech networks : Accelerate Yale (which had merged into it YaleFintech and Yale Tech), Yale Science & Engineering Association. Accelerators & Fellowships : CITY Accelerators , Social Innovation Lab , Yale Center for Engineering Innovation & Design Fellowship ; Yale Canaan Fellowship. ” Gregory W.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2017

In fact, it’s become quite the hub for entrepreneurs, known for a culture built on collaboration… with some sunshine, BBQ, and music thrown in there, too… According to the American City Business Journals , the number of small businesses based in Austin grew 7% between 2010–2013, actually leading other metros in the nation in growth.

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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. Rick is looking at Medi-Code as an investment opportunity from his angel group, and Rohit is the entrepreneur. And a very large one at that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 650,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 85,000 angel investors in 190 countries. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 650,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 80,000 angel investors in 190 countries. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

He is the known guru in business planning, particularly for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs, although he’s worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies as well. ” and our first instinct as entrepreneurs and business owners is yes, let’s do drive-through. We want to do everything for everybody.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem. 2) Market .

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. Angel Capital Association (ACA). Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 500,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 70,000 angel investors in 190 countries. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

He is also a serial fintech entrepreneur with two exits; Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast; and Founder of PEVCTech.com , an online community for investors in private companies who use technology to do their jobs more effectively.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. it is likely that ‘active’ and ‘successful’ are not synonymous.). - Creating a master operating checklist for New York entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. It boasts more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors, and over 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months. Angel Capital Association (ACA). The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally).

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs often believe their startup company faces legal threats from only external sources. Even so, I believe the negative experience can end up producing a better entrepreneur if he or she applies lessons learned to current and future startups. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

At Top Tier, we have been continuously refining our database and analytics engine, and we use it and other software mentioned in this article to make better decisions, spot trends, and stay in front of targeted venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

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Professor VC

JULY 16, 2012

This got me thinking about the "suckers bet" of angel investing and how most don't strike gold for a variety of reasons. Interesting enough, it was an entrepreneur (John Nordstrom) who was able to get out of town with his gold and opened a little shoe store in Seattle. Median pre-money valuation of $2.5

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately. and every other team member the same way. Like all relationships, they take time.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Developers and designers are in especially high demand, but our portfolio companies are also hiring in sales, marketing, operations, accounting, business development, security, media, customer service, recruiting, engineering, and QA. Informally advise some university-based angel group initiatives.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

I actually use LivePlan and I mentor entrepreneurs all over the world. I have some entrepreneurs who are in Gaza, who are in Cairo, who are in New Jersey, and I’m in Oregon. As an entrepreneur I would say 50/50. It’s rare that investors will invest in a company that’s all engineers, or all creative.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks.

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