Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. 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. The Valley has that.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. 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. The Valley has that.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78