Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. That will take a long time to settle.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While established franchises have massive training programs, these smaller, newer franchises don’t. Unfortunately, states don’t have any particular legislation for franchises, and the federal government can’t be bothered to enforce the rules they already have in place. Watch Out for Private Equity Owners.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Government programs. You should also research the government programs like subsidies, funding, and grants that are available for your business sector and ensure you understand the parameters to qualify for these. ? For mature businesses, there are Private Equity or PE firms. ? Debt investors.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Canadian government announced on Thursday it will launch a new program on April 1 to encourage startup founders who will (hopefully) create new jobs and spur economic growth in the country. The program is the first of its kind in Canada and is being pitched as “a powerful incentive to attract individuals with great potential.”

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Defense Innovation Scholars Program – 25 students now, 50 by the end of the year. Our current approaches – both in the past and current administration – to innovation across the government are piecemeal, incremental, increasingly less relevant and insufficient. CONOPS Development. Conference. Acquire at Speed.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. to 3.0x.”. “We

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

Matt Weingart, program development manager in the Strategic Development Office at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. John Kuhn , who works at BMNT Partners.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. The industry built slowly until a few years into the new century. that year, accounting for 67.9%

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

One of my colleagues, Joel West, beat me to the punch with a summary of the program. We dont know the end of the story, but they have built a real business with hundres of machines sold to gyms all over the world along with government contracts for military purchases.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JUNE 1, 2010

Alumni have already ponied up some money to support the new program (which begins in the fall). Arenare is managing director and general counsel in the New York office of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investment firm. It’s exciting and important for the Law School to undertake this type of program,” Star says.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2019

Dallas and Frisco We started the morning off at Old Parkland in Uptown Dallas, which is “the Capital Factory of private equity”?—?a Thank you, @ATXStartupScene for a day we will never forget. link]  —  @TexasManifesto Day 1?—?Dallas Missed the full conversation, you can view it here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

It's easy to say that companies, universities and the government should be doing more to find a cure, but that ignores years of overlooking the importance of the work of those studying infectious disease, and in many cases, the lack of sophisticated tooling that they urgently need. The NIH didn't have a grant to make a diagnostic. Guess what?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

VCs tend to gain most of their returns through carried interest- a percentage received as compensation from the profits of a hedge fund or private equity. As business grows, the ever-growing laundry list of government regulations they are expected to follow grows. Driving sponsorships for your startup is a numbers game.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There remain many corporate pension funds still investing in VC, though a lot of DB pension funds in the private sector are no longer enrolling new employees. The third reason is less in the hands of these institutional investors, and that’s governance. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs).

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There remain many corporate pension funds still investing in VC, though a lot of DB pension funds in the private sector are no longer enrolling new employees. The third reason is less in the hands of these institutional investors, and that’s governance. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs).

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. This is the first citywide program in the US that allows a city (New York) to retain and attract foreign entrepreneurs by offering access to uncapped H1B visas.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. private investors spent $300 billion last year to fund new ventures that can move with the speed and urgency that the DoD now requires. In the U.S.,

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups.

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Transformify

MARCH 4, 2018

KNF&T specializes in diversity search, is a certified Supplier Diversity Office, and has been awarded by Banker & Tradesman for their executive search and temporary staffing programs. Founded in the 80s, The Execu Search Group has a niche clientele consisting of private equity funds and, venture capital companies, and hedge funds.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

passed the CHIPS and Science Act , one of the first pieces of national industrial policy – government planning and intervention in a specific industry — in the last 50 years, in this case for semiconductors. The result was that by default, private equity and venture capital were the de facto decision makers of U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2020

She is a business psychologist, advisor and consultant to public and private companies as well as government and nonprofit institutions. I’ve had a private practice for the last 30 years and I’ve had a corporate consulting practice for the last 28 years. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Dr. Melanie Katzman.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. Cohen asks. Impact Tech: the intentional use of technology and science to benefit people and the planet.

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