Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2023

Typically, these companies are relishing prior successes, as did Blockbuster and Kodak in their heyday, or are totally risk-averse, as is the case with many mature businesses and government entities. There may be a lot of talk and activity, some initial workshops, boot camps, and visits to Silicon Valley, but there is no sustained support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Many investment banks even call themselves “boutiques.”

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Launching a successful startup in an environment which lacks a supportive local business ecosystem and startup friendly government, can become nigh on impossible.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

Governments may be able to provide support in these areas by removing barriers to growth and spurring venture capital to help Europe’s fledgling Metaverse ecosystem. Even though Finland offers free and high-quality education, it cannot compete with Silicon Valley regarding salaries.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. Given its inward focus, Berkeley has always been the neglected sibling in Silicon Valley entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two And there is so much money around being thrown at so many entrepreneurs that many firms don’t even care about board seats, governance rights or heaven forbid doing work with the company because that would eat into the VCs time needed to chase 5 more deals. two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The goal of Hacking for Allies , (which will launch a second cohort next week,) is to connect dual-use startups (those that sell to companies and government agencies) in allied nations to the U.S. government should attend the Hacking for Allies webinar February 23 rd at 8 am Pacific, 11 am Eastern. defense ecosystem. defense market.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2016

Another Vietnamese government arm, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), published their intention to launch a VC fund in 2015. Though Vietnamese policy-makers had ambitions of making Vietnam more “Silicon Valley-like”, they translated the idea of venture capital investing into debt finance.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? Should those entrepreneurs who have built their business elsewhere move to Silicon Valley to raise money? Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

This could be useful information for those that want to get involved with a early stage start-up and want to evaluate it but not necessarily for funding. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. These questions I know will be on top of the list that VC’s will ask.&# Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

billion in early funding. Dozens of outreach programs across the military now offer quick revenue to early-stage companies. ai, Joby Aviation, and other Silicon Valley standouts navigate funding gaps. A startup could land a contract worth up to $3 million within months of entering the defense market.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Patent Trolls.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

” Making early-stage investment capital accessible to a broader range of founders is the impetus behind my own investments in companies like Concrete Rose Capital , 645 Ventures , and Village Global , among others. But inequitable access to seed-stage capital is a pervasive structural issue.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. March 13, 2018 9:30AM?—?10:30AM 10:30AM Hilton? March 13, 2018 3:30PM?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. So we as investors, most investors, we call it in Silicon valley, but really what it is, it show us that people need this. That is the role of the CEO in an early stage company.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Some are running away from skyrocketing tax rates, dysfunctional government, and devastating wildfires. Planting roots I was recently talking with someone who moved here from Silicon Valley and he pointed out something that really resonated with me. Austin is positioned to be the biggest winner of them all. Why Jim Breyer?

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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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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

North America is not just about Silicon Valley. For years, Silicon Valley has been synonymous with the North American startup scene. Silicon Valley all about innovation and thinking big and yet, it’s cultivating this homogenous culture. Let’s find out. And, there’s a reason for that. Conclusions.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Silicon Valley, New York). There are none so blind as those who will not see. Jonathan Swift.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

It’s time to ask why startup board governance has failed to keep pace with innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Silicon Valley, New York). Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. Victor Hugo.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. We also do a lot of cross-sector collaborations: bringing in for-profit, government, nonprofits, etc. We’re not just focused on NY/Boston/Silicon Valley.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Like Silicon Valley, Denver is among the most educated cities in the U.S., Abundance of highly-educated and committed talent.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Silicon Valley, New York). There are none so blind as those who will not see. Jonathan Swift.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazon’s HQ2. Either you’re a mega fund or an early stage fund, being caught in the middle is a place you don’t want to be. Google also unveiled plans to double its NYC employee base to 14k.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Many investment banks even call themselves “boutiques.”

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are up to Silicon Valley standards.

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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. Time: 5pm to 6pm Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

“When we think about successful and innovative projects, we automatically think ‘Silicon Valley’. “Seedstars World is filling this gap with a worldwide competition focusing on emerging markets and fast growing startup scenes, allowing these startups to climb on the stage and get the attention they deserve.”

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. They work as hard as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Scalable startups are what Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their venture investors aspire to build.

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

[contact-form] Can any other region “catch up” to Silicon Valley, or be the next Silicon Valley? These towns are setting their expectations way too high while the real Silicon Valley giggles at the sight. Silicon – Uh, yeah, that word? It’s what started all this.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Key stakeholders in the broader healthcare ecosystem will be co-located under one roof: entrepreneurs, universities, established companies and strategic partners, providers, payers, hospitals, service providers, associations, advocacy groups, government and more.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. And besides, obtaining early-stage investment is no guarantee of success, either. The appeal of promoting entrepreneurship is obvious.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Many investment banks even call themselves “boutiques.”

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