Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both. billion in all deals.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Silicon Valley has great weather and lifestyle, and nobody wants to leave.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both. billion in all deals.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now!

Silicon Valley 291

Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. In addition, Priyanshu is also considering an enterprise solution with the notion of cleaning up the profiles of employees (based on social media policies) of objectionable material.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. I took on a senior role helping Silicon Valley Bank think about the future of their interactions with startup customers.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Growthink Blog

MARCH 11, 2010

Today, I'm writing to you about Vator's upcoming "Splash" showcase, where you'll have an opportunity to pitch Silicon Valley. Tags: Financing. These 10 companies will also have a high quality video of their presentation produced.

Silicon Valley 59

Silicon Valley San Francisco Early Stage Social Network 59

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. The Premature Death Of Private Event Based Social Networks.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

We were on an immersion trip to Silicon Valley, and we said, “Let’s find a way to leverage [a previous open source project],” and we decided to build something around that. Our class was at least a third finance and a third consultants. Clark: Competing through Social Networks. Tom Eisenmann.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Read More ».

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. They finance companies that invest in new technologies, new ideas and new products. In the last year, we’ve seen Social Networks enable new forms of peaceful revolution.

Internet 295

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 295

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. And Social. We need some visibility.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. iBabyBox (E-commerce/social network). An example of a targeted social network.

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South Korea Asia Azure Silicon Valley 166

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

GLIIF, LLC is a Hot Silicon Valley Startup designed to disrupt QR Code usage in advertising. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind. It just seems to me that having a great idea without Silicon Valley connections becomes an obstacle. Social Media.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. million in venture financing. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture means that others will help when you’re starting up. Yet this same network of connected people affects who gets funded, how startup teams form, and who gets hired. . In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley North Carolina Cofounder Entrepreneur 120

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 8, 2016

Most networks crack this chicken and egg problem by using a hack of some kind to get either supply or demand in place. AirBnB famously scraped Craigslist to get their business started and here in London Hailo built a social networking app for cabbies as a way to get drivers on the platform before they had any users.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Startup Social Network Demand 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. There is really no other place in the world like Silicon Valley. I hadn’t thought about the fact that he would become aware of my link. I look forward to the next phase of our business.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

If you’re a non-technical entrepreneur in Silicon Valley that’s out of college now, it can be tough to find a technical cofounder. Mint & finances #distribution #andalsoproduct # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 3: Build brand buzz to epic proportions, aka a Purple Cow, ie. But it’s not hopeless.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

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Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 14, 2019

We felt that we were seeing something that others didn’t (specifically, the value of a professional social network), and understood that it would take a long time for the world to come around. In contrast, LinkedIn’s culture was far more collaborative and patient. The thing is, in most cases, all other things aren’t equal.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley Early Stage Hiring Employee 28

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” November 29, 2012.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We discussed NY vs. Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston. Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Social network app developer and ad network.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

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. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Second, understand the broader financing climate. Steer into your investors’ objections.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. The Premature Death Of Private Event Based Social Networks.

Customer Development 60

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. David: Absolutely. The third company is still alive.

New York 221

New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR 221

Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

If the organization purchases, for example, social networking software it must attempt to take these needs into account. Finance, IT, Legal). If you work in the technology industry and particularly in Silicon Valley, you become used to employees who work tirelessly to improve their companies.

Customer 78

Customer Technical Review Silicon Valley Internet 78

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. easy business finance software. applicant tracking and social recruiting. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Mailing lists/groups. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 16, 2010.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

I spend so much of my public life talking about the challenges of startups precisely because it’s not for most people and with Shark Tank and Silicon Valley and The Social Network we as a society have so glamorized startups that we expect them to be all fun and games. In reality working at startups often sucks.

France 150

France Silicon Valley Demand .Net 150