www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

A View from the Valley. Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. Equity for Consultants – Keep it Simple! posted Feb 3 in Equity , People issues. Is it atypical for founders to vest more than 25% of their equity after one year?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. The best and most consistent funds in Silicon Valley (e.g. Staying “lean&# is not an option. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will. Others will, too.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’ve spent a lot of time this past year running Lean Startup tests on our annual flagship conference to really nail down what you’re most interested in. Our goal—again, based on feedback—is to continue broadening the reach of Lean Startup and embracing the numerous ways people are using it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. HP Style) are dead.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

David vs. Goliath: Lean Startup Advantages | OpenView Blog – crowdspring.co/1x2JFtG. Why startups fail, according to their founders – crowdspring.co/1roF9DZ. Why Founders Shouldn’t Delegate Support Too Early – crowdspring.co/1rNFrpz. 7 Harsh Realities about Startup Accelerators – crowdspring.co/1ruQ8ya.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. Alex is a successful serial entrepreneur –with the same drive and energy of many we have known here in Silicon Valley, but different. Serendipity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I have a lot of good news to report on this front. You can click here to learn more.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Lean startup: o It’s situational so some businesses are operationally/people intensive, high LTV (lifetime value) means you can spend more upfront.

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Venture Chronicles

MAY 26, 2010

Back in March, Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz wrote a post called The Case For The Fat Startup, where he outlined some of the reasons why a fledging company might want to consider taking a large amount of funding — a strategy that contrasts with the ‘lean startup’ model that has become common in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2017

All founders could do was accumulate wise advisors and rely on their wits and instinct. It’s not the easiest read, but for the first time founders had a playbook they could follow. Thus it was that Eric Ries both extended Blank’s work and made it more accessible with the publication of The Lean Startup in 2011.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan. The focus of our first segment is how Silicon Valley and the U.S. military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. — Or, click on the links below to hear Matt discuss.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). We suggest that the founders/CEO invest 1 hour a week providing advisors and investors with “Continuous Information Access” by blogging and discussing their progress online in their startup’s search for a business model. Founders operate in a chaotic regime. Here’s how. 1) Structure.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). And in addition to helping each other, they also started funding each other , and even helped YC select future batches of founders. Mega VC, Micro VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Lean startup. Early-stage startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Lean startup. Early-stage startup.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 25, 2012

While the company is now profitable and its seven founders are getting paid salaries, that wasn't always the case. Contrary to popular belief, the road to startup success isn't always paved in gold: Instead, founders often work for years without getting paid at all. But those were equity purchases.

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Gust

JULY 8, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Lean startup. Early-stage startup.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

And Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture is a huge help to startup founders. Gary Marcus , one of the country’s best-known cognitive psychologists, is a professor of psychology and neural science at NYU and founder of Geometric Intelligence. Culture matters whether you’re starting up or helping others to do so.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 30, 2022

Sometime in your future, an investor will offer you money in return for equity. While investors can seem like a solution to countless problems you encounter as a founder, don’t be too hasty to start eating from their hands. One in particular from a famous VC in Silicon Valley. Will you be ready? You might even ask for it.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/dinner with some combination of the founders of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter and several brand name venture capitalists. California Dreaming.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 10, 2018

Twenty years ago there were precious few resources available for founders and most either had to find an advisor who had done it before or rely on trial and error. That increased the power of the network effects at the heart of startup hubs where it was easier to find those conversations – especially Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

We suggest that the founders/CEO invest one hour a week providing advisors and investors with "Continuous Information Access" by blogging and discussing the progress of their startup's search for a business model online. Structure : Founders operate in a chaotic regime. Now, as soon as the founders post an update, everyone is notified.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2009

I was positioning the company as the second coming of the video games businesses at the intersection of “ Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley.” My co-founder, head of business development and I were in Japan raising money. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Are those my initials on the slide?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

TL;DR: Using a “tiered” valuation cap structure in a convertible note or SAFE can provide flexibility that bridges the gap between (i) what founders expect their company to be worth in the near future, and (ii) what investors are comfortable accepting now. No upside for founders. Did you get a “good” valuation?

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? Fred Ehrsam , his co-founder, is also incredible.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? You got it.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

3) Lean Startup Machine - A three-day workshop that teaches entrepreneurs and innovators how to build disruptive products. 4) The Startup Conference - It is an annual conference that takes place in Silicon Valley. It is more of a social networking for raising equity.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. Solve a problem you can relate to.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. It details a landscape founders like me are excited to sink their teeth into? Of course not!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Brad Feld’s new book Startup Communities joins the two other “must reads,” ( Regional Advantage and Startup Nation ) and one “must view” ( The Secret History of Silicon Valley ) for anyone trying to understand the components of a regional cluster. His list of cultural attributes is an integral part of Silicon Valley.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Crowdsourcing & Entrepreneurship Advice by crowdSPRING co-Founder @mike_samson- [link]. Zynga, Equity & Tough Decisions – [link]. – [link].

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Today, he sees the opportunity to do a cloud capacity planning company.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment. I feel that it is not at all necessary to give this much equity up at this stage of the game. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Today, he sees the opportunity to do a cloud capacity planning company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

That's the impulse that led Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy , to believe he might someday be able to turn the not-for-profit online learning platform into a world-shaping institution along the lines of the Smithsonian or Oxford. I'm the Founder of Khan Academy. How did you become this unusual founder of this education movement?

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