Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. The reality is that VC’s have one goal – to maximize the amount of money they return to their investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

This includes investors, entrepreneurs, people who work in similar areas, friends, people on the street, the bartender, etc. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Greg – I suppose, but remember 99% at those companies don’t control resources to copy your project. link] Twitted by diego_s. [.] Watson. [.]

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The success or failure of the adoption of your product is what will create 99% of the initial value of your company. So what ends up happening is great programmers are led sheepishly into the arms of suggestive Angel Investors, VC’s or mentor hybrids like yourself who guide the product into what they’d like to see.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And investors said they intend to invest more in cleantech than software going forward. And investors aren’t necessarily keen on their prospects. link] valto This will be very interesting to see, if entrepreneurs as “investors” will be different than “traditional investors”. It’s a small sign, but still a sign.

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