ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. A government that's trying to help, but gets in the way. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Yet Tekes does that and is trying to act like a government-run Venture Capital firm.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Employee training. Developing an efficient employee onboarding process and training program will be increasingly critical to the company’s ability to grow and manage culture. . Access startup capital. NovOculi needs to investigate its options for obtaining capital. Expansion. About the company. Hire an intern.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Government-led programs like the Startup Visa Program and the Global Talent Stream are proving successful in attracting quality talent. To date, some 1,000 technology companies have hired 4,000 workers through the program. Public venture capital has been vital in establishing Canada’s leadership in the resource space.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Teaching and research on entrepreneurship : SOM’s Program on Entrepreneurship , Kyle Jensen’s courses. Yale has one of the best drama programs in the world. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

At our firm, ff Venture Capital , we didn’t aim to go to Canada, but ended up there anyway. We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. For instance, for every dollar spent on an engineering team, companies can get approximately one third of the cost back via government-incentive programs.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million employees (~1.4 Defense Innovation Scholars Program – 25 students now, 50 by the end of the year. Contracts should be >$100M so high- quality venture-funded companies will play. Conference.

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2013

The New York Times profiles two successful tech start-ups— GoodData , which at its start raised more than $50 million in venture capital funding, and RJ Metrics, which held out with self-financing for as long as possible—that went after the same market at the same time, and contrasts their approaches to finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. Who is this program for and why does it exist? The goal of the program is in the name?—?payroll payroll protection.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2016

As local governments work to transform their regulatory environments into ones that promote and nurture the establishment and growth of small businesses, it’s becoming easier to measure and rank their efforts. These sites can be invaluable to small business owners looking to share local information with potential clients and employees.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

Here are a few key to do’s: Identify what’s possible: How many actual hours of learning, and with what resources, would it take to get a developer up to speed to be usable as an entry level employee? Find a small group of technical advisors to oversee syllabus creation, program structure, etc.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

It connects them to all the companies they've met, invested in, the bigger companies that could acquire their companies and hundreds if not thousands of employees that have worked within their portfolio. Government and academic professionals also seek them out to get connected to the startup ecosystem. They also meet a ton of press.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

All branches of the military (the Air Force and Army would fund the program as well) wanted Stanford to build prototypes of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare systems that could be put into production by partners in industry. This means they could fund other non-military academic programs from this overhead.

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Silicon Valley RSS California Government 155

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

They hire local employees or family. The only capital available to them is their own savings, bank and small business loans and what they can borrow from relatives. Scalable startups require risk capital to fund their search for a business model, and they attract investment from equally crazy financial investors – venture capitalists.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

Fifteen months later eight of Shockley’s employees (three physicists, an electrical engineer, an industrial engineer, a mechanical engineer, a metallurgist and a physical chemist) founded Fairchild Semiconductor. government backed venture firms and limited partnerships. At the time it didn’t appear earthshaking or momentous.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program. In size, scale and commercial results China’s Torch Program from MOST (the Ministry of Science and Technology) is the most successful entrepreneurial program in the world. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 284

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 272

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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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them. Paying off debt.

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SBIR Small Business SBA Government 121

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program. In size, scale and commercial results China’s Torch Program from MOST (the Ministry of Science and Technology) is the most successful entrepreneurial program in the world. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 176

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And by 1949, 652 employees and by 1955, 1400. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Unfortunately for the company they couldn’t tell anyone as their customer was the most secret government agency in the country – the National Security Agency. A year later, 420.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those others that have been tried” – Winston Churchill. And there was a great discussion about generational change at Venture Capital firms handled so well by Benchmark & Sequoia and how Fred is thinking about it.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them. Paying off debt.

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SBIR Small Business SBA Government 102

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 5, 2014

We’ve had a very long period of low to no inflation, at least based on the way the government calculates it. While my cynicism around government math and how inflation is calculated is substantial, there isn’t much question that since 2008 capital has been extremely cheap.

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Valuation Venture Capital Flash Government 144

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

I’ve written a post about the need to “Always be closing&# whether it is fundraising, employee/partner recruitment and new customer sales. To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Need to hire more employees to support production, services or marketing. The SBA isn’t a direct lender; instead, it’s a government guarantee program for small business loans from qualifying banks, credit unions, and alternative lenders. Companies that have reneged on any government loans in the past are ineligible.

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Nevada SBA Angel Investor Finance 104

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The plethora of mentorship opportunities for entrepreneurs is mind-boggling — programs like TechStars and Mass Challenge , not to mention myriad business-plan contests. And many of them view the local government as an irrelevant factor in their business. What can be done to bridge the civic divide between government and tech?

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. My post looks at this from the consultant/employee point of view. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. government policy. Good point.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. Bryan Chambers, General Partner and VP of Accelerator Last year we hired our first full time employees in Houston and launched a partnership with The Cannon. The Network Effect? The Network Effect?—?applies

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

And it’s no wonder – the laidback, outdoorsy culture draws highly-skilled, overworked employees from larger cities. Politically, Denver’s local government has championed social causes, including increased gun control, LGBT rights and programs for the homeless. A quality of life that beats Silicon Valley’s. percent.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2013

On occasion we take a look at recent legislation coming out of our Federal government in Washington. If an investor puts up to $100,000 into a high technology small venture, they would receive a tax credit of as much as 20% of their investment! The Federal Government actually supporting new businesses by investing in them?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. It has a 43,000-square-foot office in the city housing 245 employees.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The key to this, of course, is that PayPal had over 200 employees when it was acquired. As Shai points out , if you sell for a billion dollars and have 13 employees like Instagram, you're really not going to do much for the ecosystem. Just because you help more people start doesn't mean you automatically get more success stories.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

One of my colleagues, Joel West, beat me to the punch with a summary of the program. In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. Venture News.

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