Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Today, you can start a web/mobile/cloud startup for $500,000 and have money left over. Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). Then take a year and $250-500K to start and run a mobile/web/cloud company. Here’s why. ——-. People skills. People skills.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

IBM partnered to provide sponsorship and hosting on it’s Bluemix cloud platform. This exposure helps in recruiting entrepreneurs for their rapidly growing Global Entrepreneur Program , as well their integrated suite of cloud services targeted towards tech and startup community members.

Early Stage 133

Early Stage Technical Review New York Deal Flow 133

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

That means they spend a lot less time actively seeking out new deals than they do responding to inbound deal flow. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Last month the National Venture Capital Association released a survey which reflected investor’s optimism on high-risk startups, and gave every indication that VCs would continue to invest, particularly in IT, mobile, and cloud-based technologies. Startups will sustain domestic employment.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. 4) Manage deal flow. But beyond that, not much.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In a blog post this morning, investor Fred Wilson described the talent war as part of what he identifies as "storm clouds" brewing in the tech industry. million to not leave for Facebook, Wilson says that this, along with the massive deal flow, is all "unsustainable."

San Francisco 118

San Francisco Non-Compete Deal Flow Startup 118

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Next, Michael Issa, from the San Francisco, CA, pitched Quipu Applications , which is a cloud based business plan financial modeling application. Michael has almost 90,000 free users and is looking for a way to be in the deal flow of people looking for business plan software. Quipu Applications. efforts to get them.

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