Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. While there are 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access, 74% of Chinese Internet users make less than $500/month and are students, blue-collar workers or jobless. Unlike U.S.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. That will take a long time to settle. In the meantime, we have what we have today. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

Entrepreneur 283

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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.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Pascal's View

JULY 1, 2014

Can you name five successful, long serving CEO’s (excluding Warren Buffett ) whose governance histories are free of the “high-beta” associated with outliers such as Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs ? It is in this context that I found “Corporate Governance According to Charles T. It’s not easy.

Government 62

Government Technical Review Venture Capital Leadership 62

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Gox track down hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins to the Dutch police crediting the company with helping them find Hansa, one of the world’s biggest dark web drug marketplaces , to the company’s more recent Crypto Crime Series published earlier this year, much of the work that they do remains behind-the-scenes, but is no less critical.

Web 48

Web Silicon Valley Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. While there are 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access, 74% of Chinese Internet users make less than $500/month and are students, blue-collar workers or jobless. Unlike U.S.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

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Product Development Cost Developer Product 177

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. million in venture capital to move. Montreal is a spot for new start-ups and venture capital. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca

Canada 167

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

He has a vision and the experience to create a non-partisan organization to engage and educate people, especially policymakers in government, regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, and job creation. It’s a great book that every policy maker in government at any level should read.

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Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Government Grants. $3 US Government. Center for Venture Research. Venture Capital. $20 Friends and Family (F&F). $50 50 billion.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

software, songs, movies, web site content. _. A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. Posted in Technology, Venture Capital. Tags: Technology Venture Capital.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 213

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

In comparison to traditional business ventures, startups are expected to grow rapidly, at a rate of between 5% and 7% per week in their initial stage – Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator. The interesting thing about venture capital is that those providing it tend to have a more active role in whatever company they are backing.

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Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor 154

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Spot & Avoid Bad Web Hosting Companies | InstantShift – [link] crowdspring.co/YqAyHQ. The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The government is taking this opportunity and running with it, offering benefits to startups like a €200 million venture capital matching fund open to all startups headquartered in… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Portugal Spain Venture Capital Startup 167

Pascal's View

MARCH 12, 2010

This is the fifth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Please differentiate between the governance of a VC fund versus the governance of companies in a VC fund’s portfolio?

Government 28

Government Portfolio Technical Review Due Diligence 28

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. Amazon hosts an annual startup challenge for companies using Amazon Web Services (AWS). 4) Accelerators.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Support Venture Capital Balance Sheet 114

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. Collectively these companies just raised $43.2

Azure 74

Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

The Next Web

JUNE 6, 2014

Jay Patani is an analyst at EC1 Capital, a London-based early stage, Web technology focused venture capital company. The UK government has been keen to champion the UK as a hub for technology and innovation. This story continues at The Next Web. Email him at jay(at)ec1capital.com.

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United Kingdom Europe IPO Early Stage 141

Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

This is the ninth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? Yes I do. Share and Enjoy:

IPO 28

IPO Government SEC Venture Capital 28

Pascal's View

MARCH 16, 2010

This is the seventh in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question; How should institutional investors contact VC funds? Directly or via an investment consultant?

Institutional Investors 28

Institutional Investors Government Technical Review Due Diligence 28

Pascal's View

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Adult Education Corporate Governance Entrepreneur Venture Capital Web/Tech' And most important, they need to have some due diligence process in place before they writ the first check, as well as a similar re-evaluation process whenever they are called upon to fund a follow-on round.

New York 31

New York Technical Review Angel Investor Finance 31

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. Scalable startups require risk capital to fund their search for a business model, and they attract investment from equally crazy financial investors – venture capitalists.

Government 335

Government Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 335

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Today, it can sign one deal with a cloud service provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to replace all of the above. Patents are highly technical, hard to get, and the process is slow and expensive, but for those who succeed, the payoff is a 20-year government-sanctioned monopoly over the patented technology. Intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

It was originally started as a college dorm project, where many of the best products on the web seem to hatch. After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America. The average website size has also greatly increased, aided by automated rendering systems like Drupal and others.

Founder 42

Founder Los Angeles PHP Open Source 42

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

Lean 258

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Jonathan Swift.

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 290

Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. I have an idea for how to connect user social web conversations to 2-way search and contextual advertising.

Silicon Valley 179

Silicon Valley RSS Technical Review Lean 179

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. See the NSF web page here.

Engineer 278

Engineer Silicon Valley United States Intellectual Property 278

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Jonathan Swift.

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Build a web presence. Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. Build a web presence. Most template-based web design services offer some form of e-commerce functionality. Develop and refine your idea.

Angel Investor 85

Angel Investor Small Business Business Plan Intellectual Property 85

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Note that the tips refer mainly to web ventures. For consumer web startups, the more traction you show, the better valuation you will get. To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more.

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Elevator Pitch Incubator Technical Review Startup 102