Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). And a third firm “pressure tested” (i.e. link] leehower.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? If youre still very early stage, then you need to know what a true early adopter looks like. But all things are never equal.
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View from Seed
MARCH 22, 2016
This is for the early-stage companies — the entrepreneurs with great ideas and tireless work ethics who feel like they’ve emailed half of the country’s news outlets with nothing but the rare “thanks, but not interested” reply to show for it. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup. The irony hurts.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. If the viral coefficient is 0.9,
View from Seed
MAY 27, 2015
But we noticed that while the information in these podcasts is interesting, many are often far removed from the actual day-to-day challenges of very early stage founders that are just trying to go from nothing to something. We find that these are great, and I personally listen to many of them. Thanks for listening!
A Crowded Space
AUGUST 4, 2011
It’s a management and engineering consulting company in Boston. I moved from Boston to San Francisco and ended up at oDesk for about five years in a variety of different roles. Once upon a time I was a mechanical engineer, MIT student, and basically went into consulting for about four years at a company called Arthur D.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 17, 2013
Carlos Eduardo Espinal is a partner at Seedcamp , an early stage mentoring and investment program that engages startups through monthly Seedcamp Events, where entrepreneurs present their companies, network, receive mentoring, and compete for investment by Seedcamp. Seedcamp invests in approximately 20 companies annually.
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