Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest.

Early Stage 286

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, We are committed to open-sourcing our learnings and materials.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. Later stage investors are using for sourcing private company marketplace services focused on more established companies, listed below under “Step 11: Exit”. 11) Exit .

Technical Review 78

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

We decided to go for Berlin also because we want to shape Berlin’s startup culture, always with the goals to expand to the US at a later stage. Another one I can really recommend is Business Model Generation. Right after launching, we open-sourced the first version to get additional help from our community.

San Francisco 125

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology. Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. Some have done earlier-stage deals and done well.

Venture Capital 296

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa.

Technical Review 78

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight. Will it kill these SV types to admit building HTML front-ends to open source products?

Technical Review 84

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