Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Angels & Crowdfunding : Coincident with the capital efficient movement came the current wave of angel investors, this time armed with the ability to collectively fund startups to the point of meaningful value creation on modest amounts of capital. The result was too much money in too few deals.

Early Stage 286

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 286

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Angel investor Don Lucas had his office above ours. Larry often philosophized that we couldn’t hire people with software experience because there were hardly any software companies, so we just had to get the smartest bastards we could, and they’d figure it out. Sequoia Capital eventually invested just a little in us).

Technical Review 333

Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review Database 333

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Brian Zuercher , founder of Seen marketing platform software. Brian Zuercher is the CEO and co-founder of Seen , a marketing software platform that is helping marketers tell the story of their brand and build relationships with their customers through consumer generated photos and videos. Brian Zuercher.

Columbus 245

Columbus Entrepreneur Ohio Cofounder 245

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At the low-end this might come from friends, family or angel investors. At the high-end pre-seed angel funds might invest. Team: As you’re raising money from friends, family or angels, investors in this round are betting mostly about you and your team. Traction: For a seed round investors want to focus on traction.

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). BTW, Angel investors do not have limited partners, and often invest for reasons other than just for financial gain (e.g.,

Liquidity Event 120

Liquidity Event Founder Liquidation Preference Venture Capital 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Brian Zuercher , founder of Seen marketing platform software. Brian Zuercher is the CEO and co-founder of Seen , a marketing software platform that is helping marketers tell the story of their brand and build relationships with their customers through consumer generated photos and videos. Brian Zuercher.

Columbus 120

Columbus Entrepreneur Ohio Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

There’s a concentration around several sectors: software, hardware, medical-technology, aviation, and a specialty of Oregon – craft beer brewing. These people are important and useful in the engineering of a tech cluster; as startup coaches, angel investors and advocates for the community. Startups in Bend.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Oregon Lean Venture Capital 312