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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

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Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

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ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

Professor VC

The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Since Im not a fan of any of those genres, I have been looking forward to the release of his latest work, Burn Rate. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Steve Bennet.

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. work at home. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM.

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1). Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► July. (1).

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, the works. And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated.

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What's Wrong With Today's Board Meetings: Part 1

ReadWriteStart

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.