Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. So what’s left?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

After the dot.com bubble collapsed, venture investors spent the next three years doing triage, sorting through the rubble to find companies that weren’t bleeding cash and could actually be turned into businesses. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You used to be able to raise venture money based on an idea and a team, but those days are long gone unless your name is Ev Williams or something similar. WOW, I hate the name. Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight. I am sure that is what you meant. Seriously mean it too.

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