Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

It’s obviously very large, but most start-up activity is concentrated in a few cities: Bangalore (the “Silicon Valley” of India), Delhi (the 33m strong capital of India), Mumbai (the financial capital) and Chennai. Venture Capital The VC scene is dominated by US and US-affiliated funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2013, the Q1 increase marks three consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. China Venture Capital. venture capitalists invested $26.5

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. Internet penetration in Beijing is greater than 70% while it’s less than 25% in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The gamble was that we could train Professors doing hard-core science, who had never been near a startup or Silicon Valley, to get out of the building and talk to customers and Pivot as easily as someone at a web startup. we couldn’t keep them in Silicon Valley for all 8 weeks, so we tried an experiment in teaching remotely.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

Los Angeles 138

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The law firm Fenwick & West LLP has released its Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey looks at the valuations and the terms of financing for over 100 technology companies in Silicon Valley that reported raising capital in the third quarter of this year.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups. Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. And, thus began the Scooter Wars, which saw consumers across major U.S.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. China Venture Capital. venture capitalists invested $26.5

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

The Equity Kicker

JULY 30, 2013

Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger wrote a post yesterday about the disruption of venture capital which lists the changes afoot: Information about VCs on the internet. Online access to VCs - over the last 5 years or so it has become possible to build relationships with VCs over the internet.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. million in venture capital to move. Montreal is a spot for new start-ups and venture capital. Hibernia Atlantics network of subsea cables provides some of the worlds best internet connections. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

We receive about one business plan a day, and the Silicon Valley VCs at least 10 times more, so I am pretty sure we face a similar issue: too many business plans, too little time to respond. Not all entrepreneurs are aware of the responsibilities associated with receiving venture capital. Why a ‘no’ can be a good thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. Internet and healthcare deals stayed flat and funding actually dipped. Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I was once thinking about writing a blog post called “Is Reid Hoffman the Kevin Bacon of Silicon Valley&# because it seemed that every angel / seed investor I knew looking at deals was shopping their deal to Reid and everybody wanted Reid’s opinion before committing. So what are you waiting for? Go get your anchors.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Growthink Blog

APRIL 9, 2014

venture capital investing activity, Silicon Valley is the nation’s unrivaled tech early technology investing epicenter. But it does beg the question: Has Silicon Valley become so dominant - has it so separated itself - that the best opportunities can only be found there? With 41% of all U.S. Great for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

A new study, just published by CB Insights, titled Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes these three characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US during the first six months of 2010. Tags: startup human capital founder venture capital business.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. I was an idiot. Order 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. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. But there are other regions in the world that might not be as fancy as Silicon Valley but have a remarkable potential for growth. Southeast Asia is one of them.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t have an MBA and I don’t live in Silicon Valley. According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. Companies have less than a 1% chance of getting funded by a venture fund and less than 3% by angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 271

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. The best and most consistent funds in Silicon Valley (e.g.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Relevance: In 2011 (mentioned on page 18 if you view the presentation), Facebook only had 11% of the world’s internet users on on its platform – the figure was at 50% in North America. Economics Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship M&A Mobile emerging markets Facebook india innovation mobile Venture Capital whatsapp'

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India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital. Carpe Diem. Breathtaking Scale.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

I was out and about in Silicon Valley doing what I would now call Customer Discovery trying to understand how marketing departments in large corporations worked. I remember presenting our ideas for Marketing Automation to one VP of Marketing in a large Silicon Valley company. Welcome to the Internet bubble.)

Silicon Valley 225

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 225

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

What Hasn’t Changed: The Internet Keeps Getting Bigger. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P. Special Report: Silicon Valley’s dirty secret – age bias | Reuters – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. Microwave Valley was about to take off. military, the CIA and the National Security Agency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

In another report more specifically on Venture Capital Activity for 2012 , CB Insights noted relatively flat but still healthy funding levels, compared to the previous year (down in total dollars by 7.5%, but up in total deals by 7%). The Internet sector is tops for seed deals. Top five states for venture capital.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The culture and work ethic of Convergent had earned it the title “the Marine Corps of Silicon Valley”. Later he would leave for a few years to start the Computing Directorate at the National Science Foundation , help spec what became the Internet and then come back and run Ardent’s engineering.) Order Here. Now In Print!

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

If we look back ten years, the venture world was quite different. And given the fact that the majority of top investors were congregated around Silicon Valley, many entrepreneurs felt compelled to move to the valley to start their business. And what is true for start-ups is also true for venture capital firms.

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Silicon Valley Global Finance New York City 161

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

Silicon Valley 182

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 182

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.

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