Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve been asked to talk today about the future of Innovation – typically that involves giving you a list of hot technologies to pay attention to – technologies like machine learning. In fact, it’s not about any specific new technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. Note that many were included in our pitch deck templates for raising seed capital. You can find those here. ).

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Every time there is a big technology exit (usually via M&A), I attempt to quickly unpack key takeaways from the transaction. venture capital to date (more on this in a separate post), unfortunately relegating billion-dollar exits as “ho-hum” events to the technology crowd. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Through connections, or through a chance meeting at a networking or social event, an angel investor hears the entrepreneur's story, likes them and their technology, and on the spot, writes a check to provide the company with its first outside financing. Second, look for companies that have short and realistic liquidity (exit, IPO) timelines.

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David Cohen

JUNE 16, 2015

Marc Nager, Clint Nelsen, and Franck Nouyrigat got involved and brought real structure and operating chops to the table. Techstars remained involved informally – we hosted and attended events, promoted them, and ultimately funded many companies that emerged from these weekends through our accelerators and venture capital funds.

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