Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

We give abundant advice to founders about how to make startups succeed yet we offer few models about dealing with failure. While I had been part of a few failed startups, none of them had fallen squarely on my shoulders until Rocket Science Games where my business card said CEO. Redemption. Should be past grief.”

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Redemption Cofounder Silicon Valley Burn Rate 332

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

We give abundant advice to founders about how to make startups succeed yet we offer few models about dealing with failure. While I had been part of a few failed startups, none of them had fallen squarely on my shoulders until Rocket Science Games where my business card said CEO. Redemption. Should be past grief.”

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Redemption Cofounder Silicon Valley Burn Rate 224

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. Real-time points and mileage redemption appeared at the POS, first introduced over a decade ago and now going mainstream.

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

In both scenarios, it seems that startup venture initiation and idea validation are strictly dependent on the app. To determine the viability of an app or startup idea without building out the full solution, entrepreneurs should: Test potential buyers’ real buying intentions by monitoring their willingness to pay for a beta version.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Distribution Redemption Demand 96

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

But a Singapore-based startup, NoiseStreet , has introduced a smartphone-based solution that helps bridge that gap by bringing a level of interactivity, engagement to digital OOH advertising. Brands can track redemption rates and promotion-linked in-store sales. Well, you can’t.

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Advertising Redemption Singapore Database 159

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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