Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 12, 2013

Since he wasn’t from Silicon Valley, he decided to use his time up here networking with other meetings with VC’s and company executives. Silicon Valley has a “pay-it-forward” culture where we try to help each other without asking for anything in return. Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career/Culture.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan. At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley.

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