Business Model Government Seed Capital Web 
Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. A unicorn is a startup with a market capitalization north of a billion dollars. The founders.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. For products that are simply “bits” delivered over the web, a first product can be shipped in weeks rather than years.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours. Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. When I asked, “What are you working on?” Why small amounts?
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours. Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. When I asked, “What are you working on?” Why small amounts?
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. 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. Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz [link].
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