Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

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. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Silicon Valley, New York). Here’s how. The Wrong Discussion s.

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Investors are business experts, while the entrepreneur is more likely the product expert. In every case, the relevant pitch needs to start by highlighting a real customer problem, then outlining a new solution, with all the features and disruptive technology. How the solution and business model work to fund the business.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. Fuzzy terms like “not user-oriented” or “too expensive” are not helpful.

Elevator Pitch 247

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2017

This will also prepare your business for filing taxes. Estimate your monthly “burn rate.” Define Your Business Model. There are numerous types and will determine how you grow and run your business. It is important to set up separate checking and credit accounts to keep expenses organized.

Burn Rate 100

Burn Rate B2C Finance Later Stage 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. Fuzzy terms like “not user-oriented” or “too expensive” are not helpful.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. Fuzzy terms like “not user-oriented” or “too expensive” are not helpful.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. Fuzzy terms like “not user-oriented” or “too expensive” are not helpful.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Since it is extremely difficult to predict, this will give the best chance of hitting the winners. ► July. (1).

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

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. The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Silicon Valley, New York). Here's how.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

Persistent is breaking out of the mold of labor arbitrage, and looking at new and exciting business models. My friend Tony Scott did an outstanding interview with Anand Deshpande , their CEO recently in which Anand discussed his vision for where he wants to take the OPD business. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. After a successful career in a technology leader (Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, etc.) The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow.

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. Some of the most popular projects from this years NIF were: I.C.E.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Technical Review Angel Investor 28

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

If you can’t find enough paying customers in the Customer Validation step, the model returns you to Customer Discovery to rediscover what you failed to hear or understand the first time through the loop.

Customer Development 242

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 242

pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. There has to be nothing else in the world you can do and possibly be happy. 25 comments.

Entrepreneur 45

Entrepreneur San Francisco Silicon Valley Technical Review 45

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

A: Technology companies and Drug dealers While the fall semester is in full swing, summer doesnt officially end for another few days. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► July. (1).

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They need to have a place where they can gain an understanding of their different options for financing the venture, how to determine exactly what is needed in the marketplace, how to negotiate, how to read contracts, the role of technology, how to write a business plan, understand what your ratios are saying. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. The Feld Technologies Professional Services Agreement. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1). Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1). ► July. (1).

San Jose 31

San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

Actually keeping the company in business, having it have a sustainable business model, having it pull in the funds that it needs to keep going, that's actually not a greedy thing to do. I mean when you go back over the last 50 years and you look at the greatest technological achievements, most of them came from this country.

Dallas 68

Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it. New Business Models. Tech Business Environment. TechCrunch A premier network of technology, startup and internet-related sites.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Every successful technology company raises money throughout its lifecycle, perhaps starting with a seed investment and progressing through Series A, B, C, late-stage investments, and, for the most successful companies, an IPO. These large, high-priced private financings are the defining characteristic of this particular technology cycle.

IPO 40

IPO Liquidation Preference Valuation Technical Review 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

For four years we have offered the synchronization service for no charge, predicated on the hypothesis that a business model would emerge to support the free service. No separation between the technology organization and the product organization. We focused too much on technology. We had the wrong business model.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Every successful small business goes through four stages during its entire existence: Existence : expanding from pilot production to broad-scale production. Survival : generating enough cash flow to stay in business. Success : business model works and is stable, but there is still untapped potential.

Exit Strategy 90

Exit Strategy Angel Investor Search Elevator Pitch 90

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Huge funding increases lead to massive wage inflation, rent inflation and thus higher burn rates. Companies are valued based on the expectation of future profits.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

link] We are developing a software technology that works on the web using cloud computing to build software 100X faster and reduce bugs and cut costs. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Blake Southwood. ► May.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

Erez Pilosof: Libox uses a combination of technologies. Our system is managed by a patent-pending combination of distributed, grid and peer to peer technologies along with sophisticated analytic algorithms to do the smart matching beween your media and the device. VC Cafe: What is you business model? Simple as that.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84