YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It is the traditional way seed stage startups get funded in Silicon Valley and it remains difficult and out of reach for most entrepreneurs. Team means “smart team” as defined by the investor. Here in Silicon Valley the rule-makers define smart teams solely based on pedigree. The New Way , called Traction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I’m convinced that the following personal strategies are required and practiced by every successful business leader, regardless of Silicon Valley myths to the contrary: Lead with business and technical acumen for people who count. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

I’m in San Francisco, attending the Google I/O , Google’s flagship developer conference. My head is still spinning from the past 3 days, which have been incredibly packed with events, information and networking. You’re in Silicon valley, competing against the best of the best. Like marriage but worse.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

In addition to our mentoring program, we host “Ask Me Anything” sessions with entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists designed to help get new people plugged in as efficiently as possible. Epic Office Hours” is a speed dating event with dozens of entrepreneurs, mentors and investors meeting in rapid fire.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. Congratulations! You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Apple has since capitalized on the top technical talent in Silicon Valley to stay ahead of the competition. Key sources of financial capital for any startup community must include friends and family, local angel investors, and venture capital access. Network capital – relationships, connectedness.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

In March, Ross and I will be hosting a talk at South by Southwest; it’s called “ Third Coast: How to be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# We have been thinking a lot about this lately and discussing the challenges we have faced on our own path. Here’s how we viewed each of these: Networking was critical to us.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Or how about an angel investor scouring for a technology startup to invest in? As founder Luke Deering would say, it’s like a “virtual Silicon Valley at your fingertips” Using Entrepreneur Finder is easy. A startup looking for investment, mentorship, or specific talent to help grow your company?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by Will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

I’m convinced that the following personal strategies are required and practiced by every successful business leader, regardless of Silicon Valley myths to the contrary: Lead with business and technical acumen for people who count. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

My primary mission was to learn from the impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and draw lessons for developing the entrepreneurship education program for Beetroot Academy. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

My primary mission was to learn from the impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem in Austin and draw lessons for developing the entrepreneurship education program for Beetroot Academy. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Develop a viable proposition. Rose of Gust, roughly 1,500 startups get funded by venture capitalists, and 50,000 by angel investors in the United States each year. It also pays to develop a recruiting system that attracts talent in your field—specifically, one that is on-point and efficient. According to David S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This is the first of two posts about the rise of “risk capital” and how it came to be associated with what became Silicon Valley. ———————– Building Blocks of Entrepreneurship By the mid 1950’s the groundwork for a culture and environment of entrepreneurship were taking shape on the east and west coasts of the United States.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM March 10, 2018 9:30AM?—?11:30AM

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors – [link]. What Nikola Tesla vs. VCs video says about the state of Silicon Valley | by Om Malik – [link]. “Why Silicon Valley is not the second coming of the Gilded Age.” Open-Plan Offices Suck – [link]. ” – [link].

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

One of the groups I spoke to was the Australian Sports Technology Network. They realized if they could develop and promote a well-coordinated sports technologies industry, they could capture their unfair share of the $300 billon sports consumer market. What’s been missing from regions outside of Silicon Valley is a “playbook.”

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. and his work helping other Indian entrepreneurs through TiE, the Indus Entrepreneur network. Steve started his career at Naval Research Laboratory in advanced signal processing, computer language design, and real time os development.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. Add to that the impact of their upcoming IPO - lots of angel investors and spin-off entrepreneurs are in the making. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. ProfessorVC. Thursday, May 29, 2008.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

Here are 11 tips from the Young Entrepreneur Council that will help you attract the eye of an angel investor or a VC, and make your business a more appealing investment. Try the “soft sell” via networking. Most of my meetings with investors developed by being out at an event and mentioning my business.”.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

This session will cover the latest in location-based technology and what it means for developers, users, cities, events and advertisers. Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2013

California’s Silicon Valley and New York tend to hog the headlines as America’s most lauded hotbeds of innovation, but Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) wants to prove that the country’s South also features plenty of innovative startups that can challenge for dominance in the global marketplace.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). but: Something is Still Missing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

According to the National Business Incubator Association ( NBIA ), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included). These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. link] We are developing a software technology that works on the web using cloud computing to build software 100X faster and reduce bugs and cut costs. ProfessorVC.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Online Resources and Newsletters: Bostinno : Great coverage of local startup happenings with a growing network of local writers. Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

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. On November 28, 2012.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Finally, one of Airbnb’s angel investors, who’s very smart and whom I respect a lot, reached out to me and said, “Hey, you should really look at this. The other reason I could decide so quickly is that I really know networks and marketplaces. These are really good founders and I think this is an interesting space.”

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