Steve Blank
JANUARY 17, 2023
He said that from what he read, the path to building and funding a company seemed to be: 1) come up with an idea, 2) form a team, 3) start testing minimal viable products, 4) raise seed funding, 5) then obtain venture capital. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. The CTO of many technical startups was the original founder. Of course, all co-founders need to remember that allocated percentages will be diluted as angel and venture capital investors are brought in. But don’t get greedy.
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Hearpreneur
JULY 30, 2016
I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). I would also like to see our creative intellectual property better protected. . #2 – More Opportunities. Photo Credit: Mella Barnes.
David Teten
JANUARY 28, 2019
My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.
www.inc.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Advisor. ); STARTUP. Intellectual Property. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., For example, Morse notes that neither C corporations nor venture capital funds structured as partnerships can, by law, be S corporation shareholders. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays.
Up and Running
MARCH 1, 2016
Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. He calls this “the secret of the market.”. Do you know a specific market’s secret?
steveblank.com
JULY 8, 2011
Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Blogs (web development): Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots – [link] Company blog of thoughtbot covering Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, databases, and mobile development.
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