Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer angel-funded startups – which because of geography or size of investment typically don’t have formal boards or directors – to attract experienced advice and investment outside of technology clusters (i.e. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old.

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. . __. faux·men·tum.

Balance Sheet 150

Balance Sheet eCommerce Venture Capital Acquisition 150

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Every time there is a big technology exit (usually via M&A), I attempt to quickly unpack key takeaways from the transaction. venture capital to date (more on this in a separate post), unfortunately relegating billion-dollar exits as “ho-hum” events to the technology crowd. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

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Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Balance Sheet Cofounder 62

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. At Stanford, Tom Byers , who runs the innovation and entrepreneurship program inside the engineering school, has made that a big deal and it’s now part of the curriculum.

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Incubator Lean Programming Government 331

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. The combination of venture capital and technology entrepreneurship is one of the great business inventions of the last 50 years. It provides private funds for untested and unproven technology and entrepreneurs.

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Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Lean 118

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The company also occasionally invests in startups out of the balance sheet (i.e. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. Commercial and partnerships.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 7, 2015

Technology Leads the World. In addition to the massive flows of capital and wealth created and distributed by the top tech. this leadership also attracts the best and the brightest scientists, engineers, and developers from around to the world to our shores. companies continue to lead the way. And new wealth created.

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Balance Sheet Private Equity Venture Capital .Net 48

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

In the past I’ve covered the rise of corporate venture capital and the growing number of Fortune 500 companies who are actively launching CVC arms or investing in startups/funds. Google Corporate Development – Google may sometimes invest in a company from the balance sheet. M&A – Acquisitions.

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Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

In the startup world, one of the most important parts of building a network for non-technical entrepreneurs is getting to know brilliant engineers and technologists. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works. It’s not like after completing the class I was prepared to negotiate a term sheet.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

In the startup world, one of the most important parts of building a network for non-technical entrepreneurs is getting to know brilliant engineers and technologists. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works. It’s not like after completing the class I was prepared to negotiate a term sheet.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer angel-funded startups - which because of geography or size of investment typically don't have formal boards or directors - to attract experienced advice and investment outside of technology clusters (i.e. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. He’s a star who has a very intuitive feel for technology and … no MBA. It pays for all of our great engineers. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. You should have a good solid executive summary, you should have full financials, and that means a projected balance sheet, P&L and cash flow.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. On the positive side, corporate profits are up, their balance sheets have been repaired and they have recapitalized themselves to have lower amounts of debt relative to equity.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to the 2019 Annual European Venture Report by PitchBook , European startups raised €32.4 Corporate venture capital (CVC) represented 45% of the total capital raised. The fund is done in partnership with several top tier venture capital funds including Accel, A16Z, KPCB, Spark Capital and others.

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Balance Sheet Startup IPO Venture Capital 201