Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.: We give out between $2 and $3 billion a year for these startups as 5,000 and 7,000 grants to small businesses doing everything from advance composite materials, space exploration, to IT, mobile security, you name it. It is money extremely well spent.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Thanks to a combination of these traits we were able to secure a first round of six-figure VC funding, which gave us a jump-start to start developing our sales and marketing channels.”. The Complete Guide to SBA Loans. Noah Parsons says, “Start collecting contact information for interested, prospective customers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

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. The McMicking’s bought 50% of Ampex for $365,000 (some liken this to the first VC investment in the valley.)

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