Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

News )—Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, UPenn Wharton, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, UC Berkeley Haas, and Columbia Business School—and eight of the top ten global MBA programs , are all on the list of unicorns. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton). Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). Red Ventures (2x Wharton).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

1) Corporate Venture Capital. Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps software startups by giving them access to a range of Microsoft software at free or discounted prices.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

With the recent influx of startups, there is a lot of competition for venture capital funding. However, the majority of venture capital goes to men, with only 16.8% of global VC deals going to companies with at least one female founder. However, this doesn’t mean you can’t grow your network. Partner up.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

However, there was no way for founders to share this information with other founders (this was life before the Internet, incubators and accelerators). Incubators and accelerators like Y-Combinator have institutionalized experiential training in best practices (product/market fit, pivots, agile development, etc.);

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. Aspect Ventures | Aligned VC We believe that the interests of investors and entrepreneurs can and should be aligned. For most of us, we have been the only woman partner or senior executive in our firm.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 27, 2023

In the ever-evolving global technology landscape, one nation has been making remarkable strides and capturing the attention of countries, companies, and start-ups alike. Beyond national borders, Korean start-ups are expanding their reach and forging partnerships in global markets.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. Las Vegas, NV.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Background: GRP Partners is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital firm with additional operations in London and Paris. Wait a second, what’s this CAA logo all about? Are you merging?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

NETWORK EQUIPMENT MAKER JUNIPER BUYS ISRAELI VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY FIRM ALTOR FOR $95 MLN. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

COMMUNICATIONS GIANT ARRIS GROUP BUYS ISRAEL’S BIGBAND NETWORKS FOR $158 MLN. is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations. HADASIT LAUNCHES JEWISH-ARAB BIOMED INCUBATOR IN GALILEE.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

“We’ve been seeing at least one post per week on TheFunded concerning mentor compensation”, said Adeo Ressi, the founder of both Founder Institute and TheFunded.com (a site focused on revealing the inside truths of the Venture Capital world). . Company: Founder Institute. Website: fi.co. Launch Date: April 16, 2009.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Social networking. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. National Venture Capital Association â?? Raising Venture Capital. Venture Hacks equity section.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. In Silicon Valley, the ambition is always global.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Most definitely. Not at all?—?although

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These often lead to angel investors and venture capital investments later, or connections to local company venture funds for selected focus and technology areas. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

United States 48

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. She joined Mesa Global where she is doing both venture capital and investment banking.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Anyone with an idea for a business can find a place to turn, an article to read, a war story to listen to, an online discussion, or a local entrepreneurship program or incubator to provide guidance. The institutes, the incubators, the accelerators. The networks. Entertaining, sure. The government.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

GigaOM Structure aims tackle the challenge of understanding how to architect data centers, networks and applications along with the big questions emerging in computing and IT. In addition, engaging keynote speakers, interactive breakout sessions and unprecedented networking opportunities will show you the best ways to grow your business.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

He said, “outside of investing in companies with proven network effects, what are some of your recent investment theses?”. So let’s see, generally speaking, obviously, I tend to orient towards things with network effects in the background. And they’re like, well, all of these incubators all failed, why would we pick up the 70th one?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

We’ve previously looked at the best cities in the US to build your startup , and we’ve even looked at some of the best cities globally. The Global Startup Ecosystem Report put Vancouver as the 15th best city in the world to start a tech company and for good reason. By Christian Raul Hernandez.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups. 2) There’s a hunger for venture capital funding. Spain, Argentina and Brazil have relatively low levels of venture capital activities ( Invest in Spain confirms this).

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. To determine which cities made the cut, I turned to Compass’s Global Startup Ecosystem Report for 2015. AngelList Boston.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Almost every large organization has some kind of incubator or accelerator program. And this has created a global entrepreneurial ecosystem. Big companies know how to scale—most have a lot to learn about starting (as in Lean Startup) but they know how to leverage assets, use network effects, plan and execute.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Lead Gen: I utilized my friends, professional contacts, and Harvard networks by sending out emails to list serves, reaching out to people, and getting referrals. I attended engineering-focused Meetups and networking events. After the group exercise, we were free to network some more and meet people outside of our group.

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David Teten

APRIL 28, 2016

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital , the HBS Alumni Angels of New York , and Alpha Venture Partners , are co-sponsoring their 6th New York City Demo Day, next Tuesday, May 3, 2016, from 10 to 12 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

A social translation program is one way you can make your website more accessible to a global audience for less. Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. A social translation program is one way you can make your website more accessible to a global audience for less.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

ISRAELI EDUCATIONAL APP TAKES MILLION-DOLLAR PRIZE AT GLOBAL CONTEST. ” JOHNSON AND JOHNSON TO OPEN MED-TECH INCUBATOR IN ISRAEL. Johnson and Johnson recently announced that it will be expanding its network of innovation centers, establishing a new center in Israel. Browse the headlines below for more news.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

So, we worked to raise capital. Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I see a TON of conscious capital opportunity in there, too. That’s a metric!

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