Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. Startups still need capital to scale once they find good product-market fit and a repeatable-scalable business model.). Focus on capital efficient, scalable startups and founders.

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 290

Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” It’s a work-in-process but here’s what I’m thinking: Group events. In the past, these would always trip me up.

Venture Capital 105

Venture Capital San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco 105

www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

GeekWire Events. VENTURE CAPITAL. TECH EVENTS. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Startup Resources. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier.

Venture Capital 42

Venture Capital Seattle Cofounder Software Engineering 42

View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

Standing out with things like content, terms, speed, events, etc is harder and harder, even amid the most recent market correction. While this comparison within the craft beer industry and early-stage venture has been fun, I’m somewhat surprised as how closely the two industries have tracked over the past 12 years.

Merger 343

Merger Non-Compete Early Stage Venture Capital 343

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management. What events sparked the major revolutions in business models and distribution? /1 billion in 2022.

Generative AI 104

Generative AI San Francisco Technical Review Europe 104

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

It’s going to take time for the technology to reach a stage that is 1) widely distributed 2) ready for prime time. From tools for content creation, distribution and monetisation, to the ability to transact directly with their community, we’re just getting started. Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund.

Cloud 200

Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

David Teten

JULY 12, 2012

Distribute press releases on free sites like: PRWeb.com , Free Press Release , and PRLog.com. Identifying your company with charitable events or auctions helps you build positive brand sentiment. Host an event. Not surprisingly, though, these free services won’t get you in the top tier publications.

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital PR Technical Review Startup 122

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

These elements of the business model– revenue (pricing, pricing strategy), distribution channel, How to Get/Keep/Grow customers, Key Activities, Resources and Costs – are other, critical parts your start up needs to understand and have in place. But great product and eager customers are just part of what makes a great business.

Cofounder 431

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. Identifying your company with charitable events or auctions helps you build positive brand sentiment. Host an event. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly.

PR 114

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Instead of arguing why Dallas might be better than Houston we should be talking about how we can work together to get our share of venture capital dollars more in line with our population size and startup activity by unlocking additional capital sources that have been previously inaccessible to tech.

Texas 97

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Learn how to raise capital from angel investors and venture capitalists (and how to decide who you should target). Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. Khan Academy.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

Acquisition 333

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 333

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Fund raising is an ongoing process and not an event on a workplan. They tell you that they’re working on biz dev deals with distribution partners and they get the deals signed. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. They tell you they’re going to ship product and they do.

Technical Review 309

Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Two events this week in St. On Wednesday, a group of 13 companies presented to 50 investors, looking to raise an aggregate of $16 million in capital. The companies were all part of Capital Innovators, an accelerator venture fund that has been operating since last fall. Applications are due by June 15th.

St. Louis 127

St. Louis Kansas City Technical Review Kansas 127

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". Know thy self.

Venture Capital 167

Venture Capital Early Stage Portfolio Private Equity 167

VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

I learned so much about the culture, current events, and the Israeli venture capital industry. After spending just two months in the industry, I recognize the importance of venture capital for spurring innovation, especially in Israel. One firm that stood out during this search was Remagine Ventures.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Venture Capital ChatGPT 78

Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

Not Distribution. Alongside growth hacking there is another buzz phrase titled distribution hacking. Growth hackers generally tend to focus on product centric growth mechanisms, while distribution hackers focus on distributing a product using paid channels (i.e. Think Product. pay-per-click, retargeting, etc.).

Venture Capital 71

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 71

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. Identifying your company with charitable events or auctions helps you build positive brand sentiment. Host an event. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. Distributing content. Only married once, just for clarity…) .

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

It’s rich contact management, event planning, notification services, and task management, but at the family level. It’s quite simple, which is when you had systems where you had limitations on distribution or transportation of products, it enabled you to operate with a certain cost structure. What would they say it is?

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

N etwork – We organize events regularly to build out our community. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service. A nalysis – One of the luxuries of being a VC is that we have a larger data set than most entrepreneurs of performance. – Aggregation, ranking, and discounts from service providers.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Software By Rob

JUNE 20, 2013

Not Distribution. Alongside growth hacking there is another buzz phrase titled distribution hacking. Growth hackers generally tend to focus on product centric growth mechanisms, while distribution hackers focus on distributing a product using paid channels (i.e. Think Product. pay-per-click, retargeting, etc.).

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 40

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 9, 2011

Introduction This post originally appeared as part of the “ Ask the Attorney ” column I am writing for VentureBeat ; it is another installment of my ongoing series regarding venture capital term sheets. What Are Mandatory Conversion Rights? What Are the Key Issues for Founders?

Term Sheet 60

Term Sheet Conversion Rights Venture Capital Liquidation Preference 60

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

To an entrepreneur, being asked to join a venture firm with an Entrepreneur-in-Residence title means you have been tapped on the shoulder by the VC gods. The CDROM content business in the early 1990’s was one of the many of the long line of venture capital fads. We understood none of this. More detail in future posts.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

What I took away from that is that content (say therapy, or motivation) is important, but the delivery mechanism (events, books, podcasts) and the brand (Tony Robbins) makes a tremendous difference. ? 3) without venture capital, depending on bank loans to grow a business that didn’t turn a profit was nearly impossible.

Japan 117

Japan Cofounder Venture Capital Social Media 117

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

I hope to be asked back for next year’s event. Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. Venture Capital. VC can’t don’t invest in these kinds of companies because they can’t get out (no liquidity event).

Bankruptcy 403

Bankruptcy Offshore Liquidation Preference Balance Sheet 403

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

Lean 262

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 262

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking? That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Once you’ve been around for a few years, attracted some great people, landed real, paying customers and raised venture capital you’ve likely got a talented team around you. As virtually anybody in our company will tell you I was the last person to leave almost all of these events. We faced it when we were small.

Ireland 319

Ireland Sales Bankruptcy Germany 319

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. Dancing Around the Question Union Square Ventures was kind enough to sponsor a meetup the night before my class.

Customer Development 224

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 224

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience. That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In any event, they had such scale advantages in providing this Internet infrastructure that to this day nobody in the industry has come close to matching them. This has particularly hurt the print media businesses that can no longer charge enough to pay for editorial, printing & distribution. is getting 3 million views.

Non-Compete 386

Non-Compete Startup Internet Cost 386

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I try not to go out to entrepreneur events in LA every night – I have work to get done and a family. You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. years where I developed skills building distributed systems over networks.

Europe 352

Europe France San Francisco Chicago 352

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I finally understood how valuable these contests can be for students in cities or countries without a venture capital or entrepreneurial infrastructure. And even if you don’t win, participation in the event itself can open up your network and lead to possible future possibilities. to compete.

Business Plan 144

Business Plan Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital 144

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

With ~1,500 startups, the Capital Factory community will be all over SXSW! SXSW Pitch Events You know we’re no stranger to pitch competitions, and SXSW is no exception! Check out these Capital Factory companies pitching during SXSW. It’s changing the way cities, events and brands engage with local users.

Mexico 48

Mexico Silicon Valley Texas Austin 48