Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Building an Advisory Board In my travels outside the building I kept my eyes out for articulate and visionary scientists and engineers who had expertise we lacked, and were willing to help in an advisory capacity. I chose to hire engineers from within each of our target markets and set up “Steve’s one month MBA course for engineers.”

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Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 198

David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. I’ve just launched a new Meetup and online community I’m heading up with David. Engineers, product managers, and platform managers building tech solutions for private market investing.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I have a chapter in Startup Communities that uses CU Boulder – and specifically Silicon Flatirons – as an example of a much better way than the traditional approach (circa 2012) for a university to engage with the startup community. Phil’s note to the Silicon Flatirons community follows. You are awesome.

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Community Colorado Venture Capital Startup 238

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. million in venture capital to move.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

On the infrastructure side, Epic owns ‘Unreal Engine’ the second most popular 3D graphic engine, and creator of MetaHumans, a digital twin rendering software that can be used to create hyper realistic characters to ‘populate’ the Metaverse. The largest and most popular 3D engine has big plans for the Metaverse.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. a couple of people that worked for Softbank plus me got together and with sponsorships from Softbank created a separate venture fund.”. was starting.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. GeekWire Events.

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Venture Capital Seattle Cofounder Software Engineering 42

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! It’s ok to raise venture capital and try to build a monster business.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too.

Los Angeles 343

Los Angeles Las Vegas San Francisco Baltimore 343

Version One Ventures

MAY 29, 2014

We’re all too familiar with the very real gender gap within the tech community. Women are underrepresented as engineers, management, investors, and founders. venture capital deals go to women founders and CEOs. The post The rise of the female founder appeared first on Version One Ventures.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley Founder Venture Capital Technical Review 167

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

Many of the most talented entrepreneurs and engineers left India to study and then work in the US and Canada. There is definitely an enthusiastic community to build on and I met some very smart crypto founders during my trip! Venture Capital The VC scene is dominated by US and US-affiliated funds.

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India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2013

CrowdIt ( www.crowdit.com ) aims to take a different approach to crowdfunding by building an online community, as well as incorporating elements of mentoring, peer review and business networking for inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs and other associated dreamers.

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Networking Missouri Early Stage Cofounder 228

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

There is a common belief in the angel and venture capital community that you put your money on the best team, rather than the best idea. Fundable entrepreneurs have to feel comfortable talking and listening to engineers, financial people, marketing and especially customers. Solo entrepreneurs rarely find an investor.

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Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Software Review 152

The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

The Wiki of People is a free people search engine with 500K profiles and 1.2M Silicon Valley,” Wilson is what people call a “super-connector”, her expansive network including the “Who’s Who” in startups, venture capital, technology, entertainment, etc. Dubbed “Ms.

Silicon Valley 97

Silicon Valley Wiki Technical Review Seattle 97

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. Boulder, CO.

United States 113

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 113

Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs is one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. ESL, the first company I worked for in Silicon Valley , was founded by a PhD in Math and six other scientists and engineers. It might be its most important. ———-. Cold War Spin Outs.

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Engineer Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital 305

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Andressen Horowitz,ff Venture Capital,HOF Capital, Sequoia .

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2018

In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley. in Economics and a J.D.

Detroit 74

Detroit Michigan Cofounder Colorado 74

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. It may surprise you to learn that LA graduates more engineers than anywhere else in the country.

Los Angeles 376

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

While I didn’t get much time with the academic community, in talking to students, education seems to still be one of China’s bottlenecks – rote lectures, passive learning, follow the process, exam-based performance, etc. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get a venture capital analyst from a brand name firm who has just recently taken his job talking about what makes a company successful. Sometimes, I see people on venture capital panels that aren''t even VCs! To me, the absolute minimum criteria has to be that you work for a venture capital fund.

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Venture Capital Cap Table Startup Early Stage 140

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The story starts with a company you probably never heard of – Engineering Research Associates. It Started With Code Breaking For thousands of years, every nation has tried to keep its diplomatic and military communications secret. In January 1946, they founded Engineering Research Associates (ERA). Parker agreed to invest.

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Minnesota Engineer Minneapolis Silicon Valley 281

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. Think about venture capital. That seems very Brad to me.

Community 304

Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. WP Engine, Bumble, Kendra Scott?—?but but more importantly there’s a community that wants to support and see others succeed. In the venture capital world, it’s similarly staggering, with 4.2%

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Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

United States 82

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 82

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Understanding the left-side of the mission model canvas ( activities, resources , partners , and costs) forces all teams to ask, “Are we building a product for a DOD/IC customer only or do we have a “dual-use” product that could be sold commercially and get funded by venture capital?”. This post is a continuation of the series.

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Silicon Valley San Diego Technical Review Incubator 120

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. Miami has many of the assets of an entrepreneurial hub, notably a flourishing creative community, and a strong public university system. that cities such as San Francisco and New York have built.

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Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This includes a number of international venture capital groups which have set up offices in the country, local family offices , and sovereign investment funds. Another reason successful startups come to the UAE is the number of events and support options catering to the community. However, not all emirates are created equal.

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UAE Silicon Valley Startup Incubator 100

David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

At our firm, ff Venture Capital , we didn’t aim to go to Canada, but ended up there anyway. We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. In 2013, Startup Genome, a platform for analyzing startup communities, listed Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo, Ont., We are aware of only one other U.S.

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New York Venture Capital Canada Silicon Valley 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Engineering Serendipity Making real connections starts with having the right people in the room. Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community. 6:00PM HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN, SALON J HEATHER BRUNNER, WP Engine ROD FAVARON, Spredfast GREGORY L. You can see a much larger list at the end.

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

This week I sat down with Chris Dixon, co-founder / CEO of Hunch and Partner at Founder Collective in the most recent installment of This Week in Venture Capital. 2. Chris then discussed his time as founder and CEO of SiteAdvisor, his first venture-backed startup. Such that during that time, Chris “learned how to learn.”.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Cofounder API 281

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor. The reality is that their core business is not venture capital.

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Strategic Investors Venture Capital Due Diligence Early Stage 279

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

Additionally, the tech startup community has grown so quickly that Utah has a new nickname: The Silicon Slopes. For technologically inclined businesses, Texas has increased its STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce by 34,000 since 2009. Prospective business owners can get the best of everything in Texas.

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North Carolina America Utah Idaho 176

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

While I didn’t get much time with the academic community, in talking to students, education seems to still be one of China’s bottlenecks – rote lectures, passive learning, follow the process, exam-based performance, etc. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

From tips on international expansion strategies to using XR as a musical instrument, these sessions at Capital Factory showcased some amazing innovation in Austin’s startup community. Whether you’re an experienced entrepreneur or just recently entered the tech community, keep up with our events throughout the year at Capital Factory!

Fractional VPE 49

Fractional VPE Austin Artificial Inteligence Fractional CTO 49

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 18, 2014

It feels like the revenue engines of NYC are pretty under the radar compared to the teams that write the code. Don''t tell me time is money, because the average developer is putting in just as many sheer hours as anyone in the organization, but they still find a way to interact with the community. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Community Ruby Venture Capital Engineer 113