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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Arguably a balance sheet investor has to be more mindful of her investment choices.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet. ” Stay lean and only raise a big round if you DO find product / market fit and which point you want to loosen the belt quickly and raise the capital to do so. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios.

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Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers

Steve Blank

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. The NSF will fund 100 science and engineering research projects every year. billion U.S.

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2 Reasons Why This is the Best Holiday Season Ever

Growthink Blog

Then there are the kinds of insidious liabilities that don’t show up on a traditional balance sheet. But to acquire more of these in 2018, first we must build the kinds of “softer” assets that power and fuel our business’ cash-generating engines. Of those ultimate and most important assets, cash and marketable securities.

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Twitter Link Roundup #235 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Hiring startup engineers? SaaS Startup Balance Sheets: How Much Cash & How Much Debt to Raise – crowdspring.co/XyDAJ3. – [link]. 1s051td.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. So, please don't get discouraged; there are many paths to success. Discuss.

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Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it

Steve Blank

It’s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by outsourcing everything, getting assets off the balance sheet and only investing in things that pay off fast. For the first 75 years of the 20 th century, when capital for new ventures was scarce, the smartest engineering talent went to corporate R&D labs.