Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

—— I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux. 9-to-5 Venture Capital.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 324

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. What’s the magic formula that helps a city to incubate innovation? What’s the magic formula that helps a city to incubate innovation? Malmö, Sweden.

North Carolina 168

North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The reinforcement of his example, in hours of darkness, has offered me light and direction to take on a big, bold idea: restructuring capitalism through the 1M/1M program. And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program. Every incubator you look at takes pride in how exclusive it is.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting Volvo Financial Services in its launch of its iLabX global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. The Volvo VFS accelerator, open to any global startup , is designed in partnership with L Marks. PROGRAM STARTS.

North Carolina 106

North Carolina Startup Technical Review Programming 106

SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

That’s why healthcare incubators and accelerators can play a vital role in a company’s success early on by connecting them with financing, work space, mentors, customers, business programs and more. Healthcare is a $5 trillion industry globally and about half that is U.S. healthcare expenditures.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? That’s one of the things we might develop during the summer program. We collectively get thousands of submissions, but only 1% are selected.

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today. Outsourcing is spreading at a frantic pace today with a global footprint and players like oDesk and eLance have made it very easy for companies to connect with outsourcing vendors.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

On Bplans, we often share information about United States’ specific resources, like SBDCs (small business development centers), but those resources probably aren’t as helpful to global entrepreneurs. Finding country-specific resources: Incubators and accelerators. Small Industries Development Bank of India. United Arab Emirates.

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Global South Africa United Arab Emirates United Kingdom 62

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. Ledface is not ready for financing, even though that was one of their first questions. As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. You can register to attend here. About Sramana Mitra.

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Brazil India Entrepreneur 115

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

There are countless more MBA benefits, so let’s dive in and see why it might be the right choice for you: Acquiring Managerial Skills: One significant benefit of an MBA program is that you can develop managerial skills through your degree program, whether you attend the on-campus or online MBA courses.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux. Even a more serious challenge is the lack of global business competence.

Finland 158

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

They have built a sophisticated public/private financing ecosystem to support these plans. as the global leader in technology. These programs ( DIU , In-Q-Tel , AFWERX , et al), are limited in scope, time and success at scale. as a national priority. In the first two decades of the 21st century, while the U.S.

China 323

China Venture Capital Government Artificial Inteligence 323

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). All three of today's roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. JCLABoutique.com.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Thursday, August 25, Register Here.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. The Perfect Storm.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Sequoia has financed them. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series.

Cloud 117

Cloud Fractional CTO Entrepreneur Bandwidth 117

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Amsterdam-based startup accelerator Rockstart last year launched a program to find and support ten teams of startup founders in Europe. It recently announced the results of its incubator program – and the results look promising.

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Silicon Valley Europe Venture Capital Incubator 231

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. If you want a deeper relationship with me, you are very welcome to join the 1M/1M premium program. This way we can stay in touch and it will help you to decide if 1M/1M is a program for you.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. Company: Founder Institute. Website: fi.co.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. This week's One Million by One Million roundtable was our 75th session, and we worked today with three entrepreneurs from the Midwest region of the United States.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

Many students’ college experiences are getting a makeover; frat parties are replaced with finance meetings, and kegs with KPIs. My college experience involved a program my senior year called Entrepreneurial Scholars (E-Scholars), where juniors and seniors spent the school year starting and growing their own business venture.

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Incubator Elevator Pitch Ireland Japan 79

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? That means that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply succeed in getting financed. His firm invests in four.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Idaho Entrepreneur 116

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. The business is already profitable with $2.9

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Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. I remember, for example, when business intelligence swept through companies globally. Did they do a major training program? And importantly we’ve had revenue.

Marketing 354

Marketing Incubator Turkey Metrics 354

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Other angel investors and smaller funds also copied this innovation, and many of these new Micro-VC fund managers (like me) came from operational backgrounds at companies like PayPal/eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, or Google, rather than finance backgrounds from investment banking or Wall Street. They are operators, through and through.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

What we didn’t envision was that one creative corporate VP would take that post and build a world-class corporate innovation program around it. Almost every large organization has some kind of incubator or accelerator program. And this has created a global entrepreneurial ecosystem. We’re betting on the latter.

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Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 326

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing. And along the way, if necessary and appropriate, she can raise financing with a vastly more validated business.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. About Sramana Mitra.

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Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

ViVu is also a startup (funded by DFJ, and seed funds Inventus Capital, Quest Venture Partners, and Amidzad), and true to our philosophy, we're using the 1M/1M program to give them visibility. My assessment is that this is not a traditional venture financing type deal. Advanced Dental Technologies. Qualitas Technologies.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It is, however, too early for financing. They will also share how they are using the 1M/1M program in that journey. If you want a deeper relationship with me, you are very welcome to join the 1M/1M premium program. This way we can stay in touch and it will help you to decide if 1M/1M is a program for you. StyleShop247.com.

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Poland Argentina Oakland Entrepreneur 126

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative. Open Sesame! (A

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? Whichever direction you go, please do not assume that some VC is going to finance you during this phase. How long can you go without a salary?

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