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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? A VC listening to your presentation is thinking, “Are you going to blow my initial investment, or are you going to make me a ton of money? Can it scale?”
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
You have to wonder: does the VC you have on your board today have the right skill set to help you succeed in today’s economic environment? What Do VC’s Do? Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors.
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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. Steve,&# he said, “you’re missing the most interesting part of vertical markets. How would that change my company strategy? We’ll talk about how to reduce risk in each type of market in the next post.
Steve Blank
JULY 13, 2009
Which at this stage of the company was marketing and financing. VC’s like them because if they can flip them, then they’re a successful business model – for them. The story had universal appeal, and we spun the tale and keep the buzz going.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2009
The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice.
www.seriesseed.com
MARCH 2, 2010
SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0 That’s because there are not that many issues to negotiate in a simple equity financing. 2) Redline - Series Seed IRA (1 v. 2) Redline - Series Seed Term Sheet (1 v. Then they laugh at you.
techcrunch.com
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Meanwhile, the VCs surveyed indicated that their firms are only doing a few deals every six months and go through one hundred business plans to close one deal. just my 2 cents.
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