View from Seed
APRIL 14, 2020
With greater perceived risk to follow-on financing rounds, having a co-investor that can share the load of a second seed or a small series B round will be more attractive. Business Models and Sectors. I think the level of signaling risk from series A VCs doing seeds will be higher in a FOLD world.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 22, 2011
They suggested we call this “Finance Fridays&# to bookend Fred’s MBA Monday’s – I checked with Fred to see if he was ok with this and his response was “Hell yes. His focus was to incubate an internal start-up which is built on state-of-the-art technology, novel business model and innovative products.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
business models. But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Perhaps it’s the weather.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 7, 2016
The rub is that a startup likely has the ideas to take it straight to the top, but it’s also likely that the company lacks the business skills to make it truly successful. Right now, Silicon Valley has a highly creative pool of talent, but there is a blaringly obvious missing link between creativity and business.
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2018
Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance, and planning. Sloan transformed corporate management into a real profession, and its stellar example was the continuous and relentless execution of the GM business model (until its collapse 50 years later).
Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
business models. But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Perhaps it’s the weather.
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).
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