The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

We have the coolest angel investors in the world, but still our seed funding round (which was not even astronomically big) took us about six months to arrange. Most of this time was wasted on going back and forth between our lawyer and investor and discussing all kind of legal matters involving highly unlikely scenarios.

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Netherlands Technical Review Software Review Cofounder 159

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

We still have some collective scar tissue: the idea conjures up the hordes of dot-com hopefuls that descended on VC’s and angel investors with little more than a business plan. It’s a common refrain around Silicon Valley to disparage the role of MBA’s in entrepreneurship. I also frequently see the reverse.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. They are building more functionality into the site, a great community resource! Angel Investors. Community Service. Community Follow @women2.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

The fact that serious money could be made in companies investing in life sciences wasn’t lost on the venture community. Lean Angels. Along with Lean VC’s a new class of angel investors has emerged. YCombinator, Techstars, et al, have been described as incubators but in reality they are the new “Lean Angels.”

Lean 262

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 262

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The scene is the siren song of the innovation community. The Ultimate Combination of Startup Business Development Methods - ArcticStartup , November 16, 2010 I've been a huge fan of Steven Blank's Customer Development methodology for a long time. The scene will kill you. Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

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.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 302

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You could also go for a larger sum of capital right from the start by pitching an angel investor or a venture capitalist for funding. 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading. Noah Parsons says, “Start collecting contact information for interested, prospective customers. Funding Guide. Go the content route.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply steveblank , on September 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm said: Greg, The Google Group “Lean Startup Circle&# at [link] is a wonderful repository of Customer Development/Lean Startup success and failure. It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages. I’ll add more as time goes on.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

David Lerner is an entrepreneur, angel investor and director of entrepreneurship at Columbia University. He is also an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School , and an angel investor hailed as one of New York City’s top 100 early-stage investors. Dave Lerner. It’s not threatening.

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Silicon Valley New York 120

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Christie is director of New Media Ventures , the first national network of angel investors supporting media and tech startups that disrupt politics and catalyze progressive change. 3) Customer Development: In the social change space, the customer who "pays" (e.g. That is humbling, even daunting.

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Metrics Angel Investor 167

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In many ways, good technical co-founders and angel investors are looking for the same thing. You don’t know anyone, you don’t have experience, you don’t have traction and you don’t have investors. You have good community building skills and quickly become other people’s friends.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Ruby 43

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Ning Communities. On-line Communities. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs. Venture Hacks Angel List â?? raise money with angel investors. Guide to Super Angels -Â Chubby Brain. Customer Development.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. Do you know of any VC or angel investors that are interested in targeting the Hispanic Market? investors like great companies, that’s really the filter. That’s how I got my first 10-50 customers. How should I approach an angel investor?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A good mentor is someone who has been part of the startup community themselves – someone who has a realistic understanding of some of the basic dos and don’ts of starting up. And I’m sure they won’t mind community college either. You don’t need many – one or two to begin. Andrew Holt I love these kinds of articles.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84