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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

For Upfront Ventures, across > 25 years of investing in any given fund 5–8 investments will return more than 80% of all distributions and it’s generally out of 30–40 investments. Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund. So it’s about 20%.

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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

We’re changing the order in which we teach the business model canvas and customer development to better-fit therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. “Customer Development” to test the hypotheses outside the building and. We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum.

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

As pre-seed investors in the world of gaming (both studios and infrastructure) at Remagine Ventures, we stay up to date on the trends and new developments in the world of gaming. We are in the experimentation stage, where brands, IP, communities, are testing the waters for relevancy, connection with the younger fans, and new income potential.

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How to Onboard Remote Engineers: A Practical Guide from an Expert

ReadWriteStart

Onboarding a new remote developer is arguably one of the most important things you can add to your core competencies if you want to assure your new hires’ success. Checkpoints to evaluate onboarding success have not been established in advance, and the developer doesn’t know what’s going to under evaluation.

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Lessons Learned in Diagnostics

Steve Blank

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Jason Crane - PhD UCSF Manager Scientific Software Development. It includes reimbursement, regulation, IP, validation, channel access, etc. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Life Sciences , Teaching. Part 3: described what we’re going to do about it.

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation. These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.).

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?