SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Customer/Market Risk Versus Invention Risk One day I was having lunch with a VC sharing what I learned from my students. It’s something VC’s can ask about, rationally analyze and feel comfortable if you can articulate a defensible technical and patent strategy. How would that change my company strategy?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Yet two smart VC firms, Sigma and Matrix Partners, realized that somewhere in this mess there was value. And with all of that they had gone broke, out of business and into Chapter 11. Their guess was that they would find value in the high margin graphics business. Nothing I couldn’t fix. I took the job.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. See Five Things Meme as an example. in Computer Science.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

These questions I know will be on top of the list that VC’s will ask.&# What are all the important questions that a VC will or should ask? Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] It’s not a substitute for customer input and understanding.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Before AngelList, investment dealflow was private and networks revolved around a few connected angels and VC?s. To my surprise, VC? Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly startupcto

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

tags: entrepreneurship startup business) [.] AKPC_IDS += "499,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] a comment » Yet another brilliant post from Steve Blank, this time about what it takes to found, co-found, or work in a startup at various stages of [.] Am I a Founder? carry on reading.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Technology | Tagged: Customer Development , Early Stage Startup , Entrepreneurs , Startups , Steve Blank « SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent and Values Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location » 17 Responses Michael F.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Benjamin Hron ( bhron [at] vcreadylaw [dot] com ) is co-founder of VC Ready Law Group, LLC , located in Cambridge, MA. VC Ready ( blog) helps Boston-area entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses by providing cost-effective legal and organizational guidance during the formative early stages of a company’s existence.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Specifically we’re working on building information stream handling tools (reducing large lists of incoming links and text into topical tags that can be searched or manually dug through) as well as connecting ads to a users interests (same tags now used for relevant ads/plugins). Examples here.

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Altgate

MAY 3, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship and tagged Google , Larry Page , Search , Search Engine , Terry Winograd , University of Michigan , Web page , Web search engine. altgate » Blog Archive » Vivid Dreams: Larry Page Describes Google’s Origin [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Raising Capital: 5 Reasons Convertible Debt Sucks HOT The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post Recovery 10 Tips On Negotiating With VCs Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette The Science & Art of Term Sheet Negotiation HOT How Liquidation Preferences Work HOT How Much Money Should I Raise?

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Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? Bookmark the permalink. Just make the price right.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Many VC’s talk about team above all. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. You have a check from a VC in your hand — and a substantial check at that. It’s All About Your Team. link] Sebastian F.

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Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Current Affairs , Entrepreneurship , Green Business , Management , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital , Venture Debt and tagged top posts. Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.] Are These Your Slides? Steve Blank [.]

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tags: startup cto job description startupcto. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited. XML sitemap. VAT registered #867 0159 09. Highlights: What do you need to raise investment? The problem with development consultancies How to recruit strong technical staff for start-ups Call: +44 (0) 844 3579899 Email: Tweet: @reincubate.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As a VC, I have sat through many presentations like this, and in most cases the service is actually interesting and compelling. Tagged with Business Model , CAC , Inbound Marketing , Low Cost Sales Model , LTV , Sales 2.0. I am in very early stage of planning for my venture and have my first meeting with a VC in 2 days.

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devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tim keeps a journal which he updates, tags, and adds ideas. Tags: startupcto. I will try to present my notes under topic headings that Tim mentioned, but since this was a open free formed discussion, I am sure I couldn’t capture everything and not all my notes are completely accurate. I highly recommend this!

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Altgate

JUNE 7, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital and tagged blog , entrepreneur , startup , Twitter.  You can copy these screen names and paste them into NinjaFollow, press submit and voila!  You can copy these screen names and paste them into NinjaFollow, press submit and voila!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

» 8 Responses Strategy versus Relentless Tactical Execution « Yet Another VC Blog , on April 2, 2009 at 6:19 am Said: [.] Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Startup Ethics: Albatross or Essential?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? When you are presenting to a VC there are two conversations going on – the one you are presenting and the one that investors are thinking as they are listening to your presentation. (If You might as well bring your lucky rabbits foot to the VC meeting. How many are there?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

VC’s will either not like your idea, or else like it and possibly want to fund you. link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » If you have an idea for a startup, talk about the idea with everyone. [.] During an informal discussion, one VC encouraged us with some wild ass suggestions. link] Yaniv Nizan.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? Tags: startupcto. Ultimately being a developer is not an essential criterion of founding an online startup. But it sure does seem to help!

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Amplifying that expertise through blogs, Twitter, live streams will get you the attention of VCs, too. If you dont qualify as either, all the right intros in the world wont get you VC funding." You can follow Roberts on Twitter (where hes most active), his personal blog Bryce.vc , on Facebook or on Quora. startupcto

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Altgate

JUNE 13, 2009

  Someone VC created the entrepreneur version of the VC non-admissions slide deck from last week. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged entrepreneur , lies , startup , venture capital. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Startups and tagged entrepreneur , lies , startup , venture capital.

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Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2009

Why should we – our VC’s had already told us what geniuses we were by fighting to even get into the deal to fund us. That’s what VC funded companies do, don’t they? But in reality our passionate belief that video would transform gaming was just our hypothesis. We were all about scale and swinging for the fences.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Most other folks are too nice to actually mention it, but since Im not a VC or big deal business tycoon, Ill just say the most important point outright: Asking for someone to sign an NDA also often makes you look amateurish. Not always, but too often. And that shouldnt require a contract at all. legal , nda , startups , trust. Jason Kottke.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

at 11:19 pm Despite the slow down 1000s of companies have posted jobs on [link] the job data base focused on VC backed companies. Job seekers can get notified when a new posting is added which meets their search criteria such as location, technology, role, investor, VC etc. 6 Ted Smythe on 01.12.09 at 7:01 am [.] at 12:56 pm [.]

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Altgate

JANUARY 27, 2009

Before you poopoo Randy’s advice because he’s a VC, know that he’s got quite the track record as an entrepreneur (including some impressive failures, most notably GO which is chronicled in Startup ). altgate » Blog Archive » Randy Komisar on Failure [.] Randy is an excellent speaker. Bookmark the permalink.

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www.readwriteweb.com

JUNE 13, 2011

startupcto

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

To an entrepreneur, being asked to join a venture firm with an Entrepreneur-in-Residence title means you have been tapped on the shoulder by the VC gods. It really means that the VC’s would like to own a piece of you. To a VC it’s a cheap investment, and if they somehow don’t bind you to their firm, someone else will.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Their VC firm, In-Q-Tel , has been in business for 10 years, and like most VC firms they have an annual event where they show off their new portfolio companies to their limited partners and other VC partners. So I gave my “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” talk as the keynote to the CIA’s venture capital conference.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

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