Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2018

What you don’t know is that MANY of these financings have been a months’ long series of no’s, compromises, hard terms, heartaches, arguments, self doubt, followed by a “yes” that saves the day. He was just a normal guy like the rest of us. When you finally get a term sheet you get three. I once asked him?—?and

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Some VC’s are walking away from signed term sheets. Ask yourself: Are there now new customers, new services and new channels to pursue? As part of these operating changes, make sure your heads of HR and finance recognize that they have entirely new jobs. Involve the board and the rest of the company.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Btw, the definition of each startup financing stage has changed in the last decade. The rest that makes up a company is called its business model. Note that each market – web/SAAS/physical products – and channel – online/direct sales – has different metrics and a different funnel steps.)For Step 5: Series, C, D….

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. That is best done through back channeling, where possible.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Through this journey, we have raised the visibility of fundamental issues like the causes of exorbitantly high infant entrepreneur mortality, and alerted the entrepreneur community with a simple observation: Entrepreneurship = (Customer + Revenue + Profits); Financing is Optional. The rest of the services are for paying members only.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Through this journey, we have raised the visibility of fundamental issues like the causes of exorbitantly high infant entrepreneur mortality and alerted the entrepreneur community with a simple observation: Entrepreneurship = (Customer + Revenue + Profits); Financing is Optional. The rest of the services are for paying members only.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Young founders tend to complicate things too much, from structuring partnership agreements, financing, leases, etc. Some entrepreneurs think it’s a luxury to have accounting, finance, or other support functions, but it’s important not to be afraid of spending resources early on for administrative efficiency. Social Media.

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