Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

On the first official day of SXSW I’m going to be at the convention center all day until I head over to Capital Factory to kick off the SXSW Startup Crawl ! Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston.

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Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2012

When I saw folks like Fred Wilson, who has a much bigger reach than I do, and all the major internet companies lining up against it, it’s easy to think, “Well, what more can I do to add to the volume… they’ve got it covered.” Senator Schumer spoke at Internet Week in 2011.

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IP New York LP Internet 131

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

internet/consumer software companies. Truth: There’s nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. internet/consumer software companies. Truth: There’s nothing wrong with raising venture capital.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup 167

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Here's how.

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Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 23, 2012

Fifty years ago this year, the New York City Board of Estimate voted down Robert Moses ' plan to build a ten-lane elevated highway across lower Manhattan--leveling fourteen blocks along Broome Street in Little Italy and what is now SoHo, as well as the West Village. So it collapsed , just like the dreams of Robert Moses' highway.

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New York City New York Italy Washington 109

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

million small businesses in the U.S. Small businesses are grocery stores, hairdressers, consultants, travel agents, Internet commerce storefronts, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc. They are anyone who runs his/her own business. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Government Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 335

Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. She has developed a new twist on the micro-lending concept.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Technical Review Angel Investor 28

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… New York. Loading… Business. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. more in Small Business. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. Here are the top 30 along with a brief snippet from the post. Delegate and automate. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked. And then I took a stand.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Click to email him.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture Hacks.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Jeff founded StubHub during the dotcom bust and funding for consumer Internet companies was disappearing rapidly. His gut told him the opportunity might not be there in a year and he dropped out of business school to launch the venture. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture Hacks. 3 days ago.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

For example, the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP) , the initiative I co-founded focused on helping women and minorities increase access to venture capital, will likely be highly profitable, but I also know it’s good PR in the target market I care about, which is entrepreneurs. Enter into personal competitions.

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PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

We almost always invest in the first round of institutional capital for these companies, in rounds that range from approximately $500K – $2M. Sectorwise, we focus on internet-driven innovation and believe that we are currently straddling two converging technology waves. Type of Product and Business: Consumer vs. B2B.

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Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

For example, the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP) , the initiative I co-founded focused on helping women and minorities increase access to venture capital, will likely be highly profitable, but I also know it’s good PR in the target market I care about, which is entrepreneurs. Enter into personal competitions.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our kickoff day will be hosted in New York and will focus on establishing inter-cohort relationships while commencing our pre-seed tailored programming. Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley.

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. We were working on new features when we had enough free time. Now I just need a business model.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Ross is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, battered but still standing after the Internet collapse. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture Hacks.

Burn Rate 28

Burn Rate San Jose Silicon Valley Angel Investor 28

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Thin line between life and death of internet service is a number of users. We had the wrong business model.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I wont go into the details of the bill, but at a high level, it allows entrepreneurs to raise funds over the Internet up to a maximum of $1M annually (or $2M with audited financials). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Venture Hacks.

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

million small businesses in the U.S. Small businesses are grocery stores, hairdressers, consultants, travel agents, internet commerce storefronts, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc. They are anyone who runs his/her own business. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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America Silicon Valley Washington Venture Capital 318

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

“The country’s main strength remains the excellent and improving capacity for innovation, the category in which Israel came in 6th place, which rests not only on highly innovative businesses but also on the availability of high-quality research institutions and is reflected in a high number of patents,” stated the report. Diversified U.S.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

billion in venture capital funding in Q3 2010, representing a 14% decline in total funding amount compared to the previous quarter. There are Many Angel Bubbles , New York Time’s A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs of Re inflating and Fred Wilson’s Invest in the mess ). Overall, 343 US companies raised $1.8

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Venture Capital Vertical Massachusetts eCommerce 79

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 28, 2011

By overdramatizing the leadup and missing the real threats presented by the storm—the flooding—the news media dropped the ball on its responsibility to inform its audience. This was the “cry wolf” moment for the news, and from here on in, we will be tuning out. Forget new business models for journalism.

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Libya Syria Covenant New Jersey 129

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. The next round of funding is the one in which you might deal with actual venture capital firms. This doesnt work well.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2015

Alex Blumberg at Internet Week in New York. This week, we hear from Alex Blumberg from Gimlet Media and the Startup Podcast in our new Bcast Bytes segment. Peter and Jonathan talked to Levi King from Creditera about why your business credit matters, and we share a few of our favorite subscription services.

Cloud 60

Cloud Small Business Silicon Valley Media 60

Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

That economy, our new economy, looks vastly different from that which we’re, perhaps, familiar in California or New York. Texas is embracing that as we see the impact of the internet being increasingly applied in Texas’ substantial industries of old: education, health, agriculture, real estate, energy, media, and more.

Texas 48

Texas Startup Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 48

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21 st century.

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Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally.

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Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 222

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. 12:30 PM: Who Needs Venture Capital?

Omaha 79

Omaha Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Media 79

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet. Eventually, Juno provided free access to browse the internet in addition to sending email. The experience was paid for by placing ads at the bottom of your internet browser.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. If you’re looking for five million dollars, you should be thinking institutional capital. My name is John Bates. It’s weird.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95