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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 What’s Missing Is Early Stage Capital.

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Ecosystem for success: the key ingredients to attract an early-stage investor

The Startup Magazine

Starting out with a clear strategy, vision and mission, will not only make your product more focused; it will also demonstrate competence to an early stage investor by showing that you are willing to do your homework. . My current focus is the cloud computing company Blade. Will it change the way people do things?

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Understanding the Regulatory Process throughout your next Hardware Product Design

The Startup Magazine

For system products that interact with the cloud or connect to smartphones the product must meet a defined varied set of regulatory requirements depending on class, country and product use location such as in a hospital or in your home. These labs are ‘for profit’ centers and very expensive.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

And with so many new funds in the market and looking to put capital to work it’s no surprise that there was an even bigger boom in the numbers of deals being funded in the early-stage markets. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

s roundtable, I started with a presentation on blue sky opportunities in cloud computing based on our Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing (TLCC) research. I took the audience through five cloud-based business ideas, discussed why they are relevant and pointed them to the sources I derived those ideas from.

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Steel In Their Eyes – Why VC’s Should Be Startup CEO’s

Steve Blank

Today, you can start a web/mobile/cloud startup for $500,000 and have money left over. Every potential early-stage Venture Capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner. Early-stage Venture Capital firms grow their partnerships in different ways, some hire: partners from other firms.

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The Coming Brick Wall in Venture Capital & Why This is Good for US Innovation

Both Sides of the Table

Or the Cliff Note’s version: Open Source & Cloud Computing (led by Amazon) drove down tech startup costs by 90%. With more competition in early-stage many VCs are investing smaller amounts at earlier stages. Some are going later stage to not miss out on hot deals. The Coming Brick Wall.