Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2010

Last week one of the schools I teach at invited me to judge a business plan contest. I suggested that they first might want to read my post on why business plans are a poor planning and execution tool for startups. At best I think business plan competitions are a waste of time.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Pre-Seed New businesses, often known as startups, have just entered the very first stage of the investment process. During the pre-seed fundraising stage, investors need a viable business plan to base their investments on. An investor can make two types of investments in a startup: direct and indirect.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

The dot.com heydays of free flowing venture capital and supercharged IPOs are not back. The market and venture capitalists are looking for business, but with a continuing focus on proven business models. Follow with a killer executive summary, investor presentation, and financial model.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I hate business plan competitions. I Love Business Plan Competitions I had a breakfast with a friend who has founded a few companies in Thailand and started the New Ventures Program at one of their universities. For all the reasons why business plan competitions are wonderful for students from outside the U.S.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but not from first-time startups. That represents a $1.5

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Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

  Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.    Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.  Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance.

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