Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Unlike small business entrepreneurs, their interest is not in earning a living but rather in creating equity in a company that eventually will become publicly traded or acquired, generating a multi-million-dollar payoff. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. They hire the best and the brightest.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Ludi, Thanks for sharing your experience. 3 hours ago. 5 hours ago.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For most big, established companies like us, our business models were developed years—even decades ago. We’ve built up strength in executing our business model, not creating new ones. In fact, I believe the movement is now mainstream—startups, VCs, accelerators, are no longer “new.”. And why wouldn’t it be?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this case, LinkedIn was the only logical one that came to mind and didn’t see a viable business model short of that result. I first contacted my friend, Manu Kumar, who incubated the company, coming up with the idea and finding the founders to build the product. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Just like in college, graduates of incubators are sent off to go conquer the world… with the dream of a multi-million dollar exit and dollar signs in their eyes. In life out of the incubator or accelerator bubble, why do most of these bright start-ups fail? But what about the remaining 99%? What is the missing ingredient?

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

In addition to the first prize, he was also given office space at the Plug and Play incubator for the summer and get to spend his days with other entrepreneurs and investors. We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. About Sramana Mitra.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Now our biz model is lighter, more flexible.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. The founders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

12:30 PM: Conversation with Michel Gondry 18ABCD – Elvis Mitchell, film critic at tthe New York Times interviews the director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind&# Cool. 12AB – A discussion about the new media democracy, citizen journalism and the wisdom of the crowd. Let me show you how to rework that.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. trillion. .

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