Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Corporations running internal incubators face many of the same selection issues as startup investors, plus they must grapple with the issues of integrating new ideas into existing P&L-driven functions or business units. data that investors, accelerators and incubators can use to inform selection. Or watch the video here.).

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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. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. I call them “ Lean VC’ s” to emphasize why they’re different. Lean VC’s are Different. Here’s why.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

My co-author and business Partner Bob Dorf spends much of his time traveling the world teaching countries and companies how to run the Lean LaunchPad program. The program is funded by the Colombian government and modeled after the NSF Innovation-Corps program created and built by my partner and co-author Steve Blank.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2012

———– The Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Over the last 6 months, we’ve been teaching a version of the Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps. In an incubator, the Lean LaunchPad develops angel or venture-funded startups.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

My co-author and business Partner Bob Dorf spends much of his time traveling the world teaching countries and companies how to run the Lean LaunchPad program. The program is funded by the Colombian government and modeled after the NSF Innovation-Corps program created and built by my partner and co-author Steve Blank.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

In India, the leading firms are slightly more concentrated with Sequoia India , Accel Partners , and Nexus Venture Partners being a cut above the rest. SingTel Inno8 ), as well as one of the marquee cross-regional startup incubators, JFDI. Finding the right partner is a much bigger win than the extra cash or minimizing dilution.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I remind my students that I’m teaching them a methodology they can use the rest of their careers, not running an incubator. Hershey just bought Krave Jerky, a team in our 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class, for >$200 million. The Lean LaunchPad class works for existing businesses as well as new startups. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. In the second stage, it moves into Investing, Inventing, Incubating and Acquiring technologies and companies, and in the third stage building product(s ). Academics, consultants, incubators.

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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. This results not in innovation, but in Innovation Theater – lots of coffee cups, press releases, incubators and false hopes, but no real disruptive changes. See all the H4D posts here.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The Telefonica-backed Wayra London incubator officially opened its doors last year, but its current intake of startups have only called it home for around seven months. Alongside the likes of Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, EC1 Capital and Passion Capital, TNW spent the evening at Wayra London to bring you our favorites.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. When he tells his stories from the 1990′s your realize that he was probably the original “lean startup.&# That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. We think we can do better.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Richard Witten , is a former General Partner at Goldman Sachs with with 35+ years of experience in the global capital marketplace. On the alumni side, we set up an incubator downtown, called the Columbia Startup Lab. … Make Way for Entrepreneurship – Why the era of the University as just pure science research is over.

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Bryce Dot VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Since that first fund super angels have sprouted wings, accelerators have been, um, accelerating company formation and incubators have stopped being a 4 letter word. As a seed investor, we’ve always leaned towards larger rounds in favor of giving our founders at least 18 mo of runway with no revenue.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

BloomNation was then accepted to internet incubator Muckerlab, where they were introduced to investors at Spark Capital and many others—their funders now include Andreessen Horowitz, Ronny Conway, Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures, and CrunchFund. “It See Also Are You and Your Business Partner on the Same Page?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2018

Is your organization full of Hackathons, Shark Tanks, Incubators and other innovation programs, but none have changed the trajectory of your company/agency? In addition, companies and agencies have set up I nnovation Outposts (most often located in Silicon Valley) to be closer to relevant technology and then to invest, partner or buy.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. Rock Health).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. They should start “lean.&# The Blurring of Investment Lines.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. Startup Incubators – (2:13). Read also: Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. Peter: Joe talks a little bit about this idea of incubators.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

For example, Google’s acquisition of Nest (which had customers, revenue and a distribution channel) allowed it to enter the connected home market immediately. 4. Establishing an outpost enables innovation but does not constitute innovation. What is the timeline to a ROI for Innovation Outpost?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? “How What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. do something else.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

We're a technology company headquartered in Fresno, California, and together with the Kapor Center in Oakland have partnered to deliver Onward US, which is an initiative to put thousands of Americans back to work. It just so happens that my disposition will always lean toward the health of human beings, it is part of who I am.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

It’s to highlight some of the key parts of your opportunity and what makes it so amazing that whoever it is that you’re talking to, whether it’s a bank, or an investor, or a family member, or a potential business partner, that they are on the edge of their seat and they ask for your full plan, and they want to know more.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Without further ado, here’s my ultimate guide to raising money as a first-time founder – leaning heavily on the experience and advice I’ve learned from other smart people who understand raising money much better than me. When we went out to raise money, we raised with only a couple thousand dollars in monthly recurring revenue.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? They are many more examples.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative. November 29, 2012.

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