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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MARCH 19, 2020

Jeff Epstein is on the board of Shutterstock, Twilio, Kaiser Permanente, and was the CFO of Oracle, DoubleClick, Nielsen and King World and is an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He teaches the Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford with me. Some companies, and perhaps some governments, may default.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

If you don’t have scale as a goal then you shouldn’t be raising money from angel or venture investors, you should be getting a commercial or government small business loan.). • Search. Who are the partners? These sources are a lot more forgiving of iterations and pivots than later-stage venture-capital funds.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If you don’t have time to perform the research or would like a second opinion, there are people you can go to for help, like government departments and your local SBDC. Depending on the size and goals of your venture, you may need to seek financing from an “angel” investor or from a venture capital firm.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Today, we are lucky to welcome Dan Kimerling of Deciens Capital. Venture Capital is not a complicated business.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. I believe the analogy is identical for entrepreneurship.The capstone entrepreneurship classes like NSF I-Corps or a Lean LaunchPad class, are for those who have already decided they want to be entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

The Deputy also heard from us how the Department can better partner with and leverage the U.S. Innovation incorporates lean methodologies (customer discovery, problem understanding, MVPs, Pivots), coupled with speed and urgency, and a culture where failure equals rapid learning.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

To an entrepreneur, being asked to join a venture firm with an Entrepreneur-in-Residence title means you have been tapped on the shoulder by the VC gods. The CDROM content business in the early 1990’s was one of the many of the long line of venture capital fads. Lots of ideas sound exciting because people are clueless.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The venture capital landscape in Asia is varied and complex, as most of the active firms on the continent are concentrated in just a few areas. China’s top dogs include the likes of GGV Capital , Sequoia China , IDG , Qiming , and a handful of others. Golden Gate Ventures , Jungle Ventures , etc.),

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The combination of Venture Capital and technology entrepreneurship is one of the great business inventions of the last 50 years. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering - is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. Until today. billion U.S.

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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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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

If you don’t have scale as a goal then you shouldn’t be raising money from angel or venture investors, you should be getting a commercial or government small business loan.). • Search. Who are the partners? These sources are a lot more forgiving of iterations and pivots than later-stage venture-capital funds.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

While this signaled that investments in technology companies could be very lucrative, both Shockley and Fairchild could only be funded through corporate partners – there was no venture capital industry. government backed venture firms and limited partnerships. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

The university found government contracts profitable as the government reimbursed their overhead charges (their indirect costs.) Over a hundred government contractors reviewed Stanford’s work on tubes and systems. The lab would repeat the conference the following week for government agencies doing military work.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

Team Army Venture Capital. needs to reevaluate and improve its public venture capital relationship with companies with dual-use technologies. Final problem statement : Chinese adversarial venture capital investments in U.S. Original problem statement : the U.S. Original Problem Statement: How can the U.S.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Talk to people, including customers.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. Thus, the world’s scientists, medical experts, and governments are in new territory, determining what works and what doesn’t work as each country moves through the peaks and troughs of this pandemic.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. government policy. Reports and Resources.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

And some larger funds that specialize in later stage deals may have a partner or two who likes to invest at this stage. Lean Startups ? VC’s with formerly high-ranking government officials and Fortune 1000 CEO’s as advisors may be wonderful to help you grow your company in a later stage but not helpful now.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Yet, we were not successful in reaching our ultimate goal of raising what we needed in our time-frame to execute further on our venture. We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. Lean into it. What did our customers think?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

When I started in venture capital in the late 1990s VCs were regularly lambasted for taking long summer holidays and spending too much time on the golf course. Most investors thought of their job as picking good companies and making sure governance was strong. Low handicaps weren’t good! Building platforms.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2012

For a number of years, my partner Jason Mendelson has been teaching an extremely popular course at CU Boulder Law School with Brad Bernthal titled Venture Capital – A 360 Degree Perspective. Entrepreneurial Leadership in Government. Leadership Lessons From the Shackleton Expedition (Koehn).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Yet one of the most remarkable things about the boom in microwave and silicon startups occurring in the 1950’s and 60’s was that it was done without venture capital. These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. There was none. Whitney Co.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The Group is worth noting for: Investing their own private money, Reid Dennis would found Institutional Venture Partners in 1974 First group specifically investing in the valley’s electronics industry SBIC Act of 1958 During the cold war the launch of Sputnik-1 by the Soviet Union in 1957 both traumatized and galvanized the United States.

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Steve Blank

MAY 16, 2016

This week teams figured out how to measure mission achievement and success, and our advanced lectures were on activities, resources and partners. Why Innovation in Government Is Hard. Advanced Lecture – Activities, Resources and Partners. Pete Newell presented the advanced lecture on Activities, Resources and Partners.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

The combination of venture capital and technology entrepreneurship is one of the great business inventions of the last 50 years. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering, is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. billion U.S. This is a big deal.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 1, 2012

Amy and I just spent a week off the grid in Hawaii with my partner Ryan, his wife Katherine, and their son. He believes in the theory of localist and giving strong power to local government and weak power to national / federal government. This is a negative leaning book, but there is some positive and constructive stuff in it.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

Are you seeking a loan or investment from an angel investor or venture capital firm? A lean business plan would be a perfect fit for your business. Even if you do intend to pitch your business idea to lenders and investors, you can start with a lean plan, and flesh out the rest of the info later on.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The US government may actually give you a loan to start your company. However, the easiest way to avoid dilution is by learning to be what I call “ramen lean”. A good VC partner like Sputnik ATX (honk, honk) will help you fundraise also. It is worth looking into. Check out their website to learn more. Don’t blow it all now.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

A recession is your ally in building a lean, thriving company. Plus, it becomes a lot easier to do licensing deals with universities and business partners—no one else is. .   I've excerpted some of the core concepts in the article below: " My advice for other tech entrepreneurs thinking of launching right now?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. We met at a private party hosted by his venture partner Mike Yavonditte and I outlined my concerns for the lack of precision of the algorithm.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. I once ran a startup company partnered with a US company. March 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm. Wow, you’ve clearly never actually built a real.NET app or worked with a decent.NET developer. The Foolish.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s really legendary venture capital firms. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists. He was named the venture capitalist of the year in 2016 at the TechCrunch’s annual Crunchy awards. Bill Gurley : Oh, absolutely.

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