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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Business Plan Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital 140

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Access to the best deal flow – I think the most obvious thing you need to be successful is access to the right deals in the first place. Do you have access to that kind of deal flow? Deal flow alone is not good enough. That’s Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate. Are you sure? Is yes, have a seat.

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Silicon Valley Deal Flow Angel Investor Cofounder 306

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. I’m looking forward to seeing how they evolve.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. We did not expect to attract their attention this early on, but the serendipity of being in the Valley made that happen. The Valley has that.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. We did not expect to attract their attention this early on, but the serendipity of being in the Valley made that happen. The Valley has that.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 112

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Most people think that being a successful investor is about finding the right deals and nurturing the teams through the difficult times to come out with a great company. He’s backed so many of the Silicon Valley’s young elite tech professionals.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Portfolio Chad 280

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow. You’ll learn about the Texas startup ecosystem, develop relationships with other investors, and have a lot of fun.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The good news is, you don’t have to be a creative genius to develop a fantastic idea for a business. Anyone can develop and perfect a business idea—it’s all about learning the science behind creating great business ideas. Kimbrell was also a startup founder for five years, raising three rounds of capital worth several million.

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Silicon Valley Deal Flow Cofounder Affiliate 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb describes “Sell More Faster” as the indispensable guide for entrepreneurs seeking product-market fit, building their sales team, developing a growth strategy and chasing accelerated, repeatable selling success. “I 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct. RSVP here Sept. RSVP here Sept.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Today, Andrew Rachmell from Boca Raton, Florida, discussed peerbackers , a crowdsourced fund raising platform to help very early stage entrepreneurs raise small denomination funding ($50, $100) from friends, family, and peers to help finance the prototype development phase with about $25,000 in seed financing. efforts to get them.

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Hippoland

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I want to try to connect relevant entrepreneurs with new investors and help new investors get more qualified deal flow and exposure. She has advised on dozens of startups across Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, China, and Southeast Asia. I’m starting an interview series with new investors — both new VCs and angels.

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Southern California Los Angeles Seed Stage Asia 48

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

These are financing docs that were pioneered by YC and is apparently starting to see some level of acceptance in Silicon Valley. Both spoke a bit about the development of these respective platforms, how they have performed, and how one could get involved on them. SAFE docs are on the rise.

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Angel Investor Silicon Valley Cofounder Finance 71

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. ProfessorVC. Friday, February 26, 2010. Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? Was amused to read about Right Side Capital this week.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

BeyondVC

JUNE 8, 2005

While there are not nearly the amount of startups on the East Coast as in Silicon Valley, being in New York I do have tremendous access to Fortune 500 companies. Be proactive, develop an investment thesis, and reach out to the end users like James – I wish more IT buyers thought like him.

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Demand Venture Capital Early Stage Silicon Valley 60