David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. This model certainly makes sense. – Internal diversity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. This model certainly makes sense. – Internal diversity.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. Robert Scoble has weighed in calling AngelList, “ The New Silicon Valley Hype Machine. &# I’m not sure if that’s how AngelList would like to be branded.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

It’s an age-old scenario: You’re building a company, you have a product idea, and you’ve got the framework laid out in your head, but you want some expert advice and guidance on how to take the next steps. You can reach him at rip[at]techcrunch[dot]com → Learn More.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I asked her to work with the Clarify Your Story framework, something we ask people to use in preparing for the roundtable, but clearly, Jeanne did not do her homework. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. As a result, her pitch sounded like spray and pray to me. Vimagino.com.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. It can help you be a strong athlete, which makes you an attractive early-stage player.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors. It might be possible to create Virtual Valley Ventures.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. At 11 a.m., From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. and easy to remember?—?framework

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. And even more importantly, was there any way to reduce risk in early stage ventures? guiado por um framework comum e pouco questionado na indústria. Steve chama esse framework de Product Development Model. Order Here.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors. We propose that early stage startups communicate in a way that didn't exist in the 20th century: online, collaboratively, through blogs. It might be possible to create Virtual Valley Ventures.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb introduces readers to the “ W3 Method ” as an overall framework that businesses should take, built around three crucial questions: Who are you selling to? Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb. 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New Why do they buy?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The difference matters, because while there are more than enough conferences aimed at startups—more of them every year it seems—so many of them look the same: a succession of speakers who are on the conference circuit, and a series of fast pitches and demos from early-stage startups. The fine art of experimentation.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. Reply Steve Blank explains the evolution of Customer Development « FrameThink – Frameworks for Thinking People , on September 7, 2009 at 1:04 pm Said: [.] Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto « The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital” Part 2 Raising Money Using Customer Development » 8 Responses Jake Lumetta , on November 2, 2009 at 10:49 am Said: Great post. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Today, Andrew Rachmell from Boca Raton, Florida, discussed peerbackers , a crowdsourced fund raising platform to help very early stage entrepreneurs raise small denomination funding ($50, $100) from friends, family, and peers to help finance the prototype development phase with about $25,000 in seed financing. peerbackers.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 22, 2017

I can’t begin to tell you how many times I hear people say stuff like, “Oh, well, I don’t see a problem — Silicon Valley is a meritocracy.” As Paige mentions, the way to really tackle unconscious biases when making investment decisions on founders is to have an objective framework. And, everyone should be concerned.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. It scares the s**t out of me and I have no framework for why anyone would want to buy it. Ultimately, we sold that company to Silicon Valley Bank and it became the genesis of Silicon Valley Bank’s open platform approach.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. In normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. Advocate for the appropriate use of SAAS, design patterns, frameworks, SOA, ORM, and MVC. Silicon Valley Bank seems interesting. JS (for web/internet and mobile devices). I been trying it for a while.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

While many entrepreneurs find it difficult to answer all the questions in the CYS framework, I strongly recommend that you address the following items in your roundtable pitch at the minimum: A validated customer value proposition. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley. I love business plan competitions (and with my valley-centric bias, I think Berkeley and Stanford have two of the best.)

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

In 2010, Alex Osterwalder published his book, Business Model Generation , where he created a framework for what Tim called “business identity.” This form of planning condensed the business model onto one page and is most useful for high-growth, technically focused startups (think Silicon Valley). Step 5: Track your Performance.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. My answer is almost always the same: dont.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This 4-part story takes stock of the Austin ecosystem based on the 4Cs framework — culture, capital , customers , and competencies. It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin?

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Hippoland

AUGUST 20, 2017

But my perspective, as a high school student growing up in the Silicon Valley at the time, was different. And real-time applications, such as website analytics, may not move to this new framework. For more of my ramblings on early stage company formation, subscribe to my newsletter.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

For early stage companies, it’s important to show that you’re on path, that you have prospects, and that you can get to your vision. Analogies are a conceptual framework, so they’re not going to be 100% accurate. But even at this stage, lead with your overall investment thesis. If you have a good analogy, use it.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Sooner or later, using PHP or RoR or.Net or some Java framework, that 0.5x As a developer, I feel that design/creative is undervalued in the early stages of product development. John Furrier , Silicon Valley is my playground - Liv. to echo Yyz earlier you need to prove early stage market traction!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It is the traditional way seed stage startups get funded in Silicon Valley and it remains difficult and out of reach for most entrepreneurs. The bottom line is that you need a combination of any two of relationship, team or vision to get your seed stage startup idea funded the traditional way. “To

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

In fact, Saul Singer, author of Start-up Nation had also helped us promote the event, resulting in a massive turnout that offered us a very interesting view into the early-stage Israeli start-up scene. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. New Global Markets.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. — In the next segment, I spoke with Venk Shukla about his journey from bureaucrat in India to Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Venk Shukla has worked in numerous early-stage companies as an executive, investor, board member, or advisor.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Flash vs. HTML5: The "Pong" Version 37Signals Creates iPad-Only Web App An Open Source, HTML5 Framework for i.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program. And finally, we have defined 1M/1M as a framework for capitalism 2.0, I have learnt a great deal being based in the heart of Silicon Valley for the last 15 years, and having access to its inner circle.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

So are most disciplines within the investing world, but the fundamental framework and manner in which we compete in VC is pretty different. Even other forms of private investing (growth equity, buyouts, real estate, distressed, etc) have a pretty different competitive framework. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Author howerl.

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