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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health. In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Fuzzy Governance.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Fuzzy Governance.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. How I can find the right investor (software)? How did you find your passion? And, what would you suggest?