Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.]

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan. For those of you who don’t know, business plan competitions are held by universities who get their students to enter and compete to see who has the best business idea.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

So you should practicallyignore (or more precisely, archive, in the Gmail sense) everythingIve told you so far. Deal Flow Of course the question of how to choose startups presumes youhave startups to choose between. At the extreme, for someone like RonConway, it is basically identical with the deal flow of the wholeValley.

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