Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Reply One difference between VCs and Entrepreneurs « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog , on April 20, 2009 at 7:06 am Said: [.] I love the way you differentiate. Blank: “Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large [.] in Entrepreneur, VC, decision making.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Also recognize that WITHIN a VC you have partners who focus on different areas. Most VC partners do 2-3 deals per year max (except for the higher volume shops).

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MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. The Union Square Ventures partners started whispering in his ear that “it’s all about social now”. We can do better.

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