VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. As the first generation born into an established Internet, with a smartphone at hand from a young age, Gen Z’ers place a high value on self expression. ” Eric Feng. ” Eric Feng. The 1% rule is now changing with Gen Z.

Aggregator 207

Aggregator Vertical Audience Seed Stage 207

Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

The company’s familiarity is along what we consider to be the three most important criteria for an investment in a seed-stage startup – team, market, and product: Team – Two of the co-founders were well-known to the NextView partnership years before a line of code was even written.

Seed Stage 199

Seed Stage Cofounder Portfolio Curation 199

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

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. Others were able to provide additional data for one or more business verticals. The distribution of groups in the survey includes a relatively representative sampling of angel groups across the US and Canada. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals.

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

We’ll look at the model stage-by-stage. Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin.

Silicon Valley 260

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply Quora , on March 12, 2011 at 12:54 am said: What are the free software tools and online services one should leverage for an internet start-up just getting started from an idea?… This video should be the gold standard in explaining contract terms. Thanks for your work. I have lots to go through!

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110