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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Of course, bringing startups (whether prospective or existing portfolio companies) closer to operating divisions has business and customer development benefits. Access to potential buyers and partners is, after all, one of the main attractions why startups seek investment from corporate venture funds. Are they good sales people?

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

McMicking and Terman introduced Ampex to the National Security Agency, and Ampex sales boomed when their audio and video recorders became the standard for Electronic Intelligence and telemetry signal collection recorders. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. In response, one of the many U.S.