Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Technology pilots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Technology pilots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money. Stringent spending controls.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Over the last few years, Canada’s technology sector has been experiencing a renaissance. Increased venture funding has been helping to develop a robust tech ecosystem with major hubs in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. Here’s how public venture funding can help build Canada’s tech talent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Livescribe Notebooks by Moleskine marry analog and digital technology – crowdspring.co/1lYTFTX. Why Introverts Make Great Leaders – crowdspring.co/1yhmaS5.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The agenda ( full agenda here ) includes the following discussions: DEIS in Corporate Governance & Board DEIS in Human Resources & Talent Acquisition DEIS in Procurement DEIS in Edge Technology Product Development & Corporate Innovation DEIS in Go To Market DEIS in Venture Capital & Investment DEIS in Impact.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

They promise to disrupt the industry and completely change how their clients or customers view technology, society, or a little bit of everything. Be Strict With Compliance Every company should follow updated compliance laws to ensure they do not take any shortcuts, whether with in-office policies or product development.

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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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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. 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. This should not deter you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Current round: $20.0mm Series-B led by Andreesen Horowitz, with USV and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Competitors: Gowalla. See: TechCrunch.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies. It’s a fair question: the publishing industry is slow-moving, frustrating to navigate, and technologically backwards. Some are from famous companies that you've heard of, like Dropbox or Groupon.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. Rock Health).

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

His wife, about my age, could have been a poster child for the stereotypical California hippie surfer, with politics that matched her style – antiwar, anti government, antiestablishment. But it was a bit incongruous to hear her get wound up and rail against our government and the very people we were all working for.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

AVOID TECH PINGPONG: FINDING YOUR PLACE IN EDTECH SXSW EDU | Track: Higher Education Speakers: James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst for Technology at ACT | NRCCUA The Pitch: In EdTech, companies make conflicting claims about their products. They have overlapping functionality and it is not clear what different product types mean.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 2, 2006

I remember when I first got into this business over 10 years ago and one of my partners told me that the secret to success is about the people, not about the technology. Of course, any active venture capitalist can look into their existing portfolio of companies to determine what market really is.

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bhargreaves.com

MARCH 7, 2010

The reasons why I am not a big fan of development shops are too numerous to go into here. In brief, startups succeed because there is strong alignment of interests among all parties, especially with the people who are actually building the product. 5 Points: You are developing software for government or major corporate clients.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

ARRIS, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, specializes in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. ISRAELI AIR FORCE TECHNOLOGY HELPS IMPROVE SPORT PERFORMANCE. ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations. So originally the customer was the Department of Defense.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

India and Israel recently announced plans to set up a $40 million fund to support joint technological ventures. The report suggests dramatic increases in venture capital-backed exits, in average deal size, and in average return-on-equity ratios. 10-YEAR STUDY: DRAMATIC INCREASES IN ISRAELI INVESTMENT RETURNS.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

This doesn’t mean just more technology stuff, though we’ll get that. Over the last half a century, Silicon Valley has grown into the leading technology and innovation cluster for the United States and the world. What’s happening is something more profound than a change in technology. Compressing the Product Development Cycle.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve been asked to talk today about the future of Innovation – typically that involves giving you a list of hot technologies to pay attention to – technologies like machine learning. In fact, it’s not about any specific new technologies.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

Prior to starting Ozmo both Ming and I worked in a design house creating new and better products. Throughout my five years of experience in product development, I realized that most of product launch failure could have been avoided by getting the product right earlier on, or understanding the limit of the maker.

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