Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. And I said, “Yeah, unless we call it Maples-Miura-Ko Investments, it's probably going to hold me back.” She’s also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit committed to improving diversity in both funders and founders.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2010

At Stanford, Ann Miura-Ko and I have been working on a simplified Silicon Valley version of this model. In your startup’s business model, the boxes will have specific details of your company’s strategy. Alexander Osterwalder's Business Model Template. (At Ann will be guest posting more on business models soon.).

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2010

My teaching partner Ann Miura-Ko and I both love the concept of Business Model Generation. My favorite book of how to diagram your business is Business Model Generation written by Alexander Osterwalder. It has the notion that any business model can be drawn with just 9 separate boxes. It’s a great idea. The Real World.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I’ll be teaching this class with two world-class VC’s: Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate , and Jon Feiber of MDV. In fact, starting in January, Stanford will offer Engineering 245, a.k.a the Lean Launchpad, the first hands-on class utilizing the entire business model/customer development / agile development stack.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate. Do you have access to that kind of deal flow? How about teaching engineering at Stanford and seeing the best & brightest before they’re even out in the wild. Or teaching entrepreneurship at Stanford like Steve Blank.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

We’re actively considering running an experiment of making the lectures an on-line homework requirement (with on-line quizzes to make sure they view the material.).

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Howard Ko | Morpheus Ventures. Jennifer Kaehms | Canvas Ventures. Ansaf Kareem | Lightspeed Venture Partners. Eylul Kayin | NEA. Eva Khoo | Vertex Ventures. Maxwell Kim | Interwest Partners. Jocelyn Kinsey | DFJ. Lauren Kolodny | Aspect Ventures. Gabriel Kra | Prelude Ventures. Shrina Kurani | Better Ventures.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 6, 2012

.” [link] Blog-Related I just posted some more solid nuggets for entrepreneurs from the book Venture Capitalists at Work [link] New motivational vid post: “Greatness Is a Lot of Small Things Done Well” (via Ray Lewis): [link] I just uploaded this solid clip of Ann Miura-Ko (via @StartupGrind ) [link].

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ray Ko is the Senior Ecommerce Manager at ShopPOPDisplays. Follow the tips in this post and use them to successfully implement social distancing measures in your retail store. Your customers will feel that their best interests are kept in mind, and they will certainly reward you with repeat visits. About the Author.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 29, 2011

Chantel has been amazing to work with, as has my fellow board member Ann Miura-Ko from Floodgate. I'm excited to finally be able to talk about working with the company more extensively now that they're public. She has an infectious personality and is a natural sales leader.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It still seems like yesterday that Ann Miura-Ko and I were creating a new class – the Lean LaunchPad at Stanford to teach students an alternative to how to write a business plan. If you can’t see the video click here.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Kathryn Gould of Foundation Capital and Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate also want to try it. Jon Feiber at MDV is going to try investing in startups emerging from Universities with great engineering schools outside of Silicon Valley that have entrepreneurship programs, but minimal venture capital infrastructure.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2010

I taught the class this semester with Ann Miura-Ko a partner at Maples Investments. The class which was authored by Tom Byers , is offered every quarter and taught by four different professors. But thanks to Tom, we all get to teach it with a slightly emphasis. Teaching Goals.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Second, and full disclosure, I’ve invested in a few of these funds ; and third my teaching partner Ann Miura-Ko is a partner in one of these funds. First, my students are confused about who to talk to and how to think about funding their consumer internet startups.

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Venture Chronicles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

5) Steel fist, velvet glove: Finish with a KO punch, don’t run out of gas halfway through. Don’t equivocate, state your message clearly and with conviction. 2) Speak to the audience: Use language that everyone in your audience can relate to and don’t talk down to them. 4) Would you like it? Be honest with yourself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 2, 2010

Session 1 9:00-10:15 Eric Ries : Welcome & Introduction to Lean Startup 9:00-9:30 Steve Blank : Customer Development 9:30-10:15 AM Break 10:15 - 10:45 Session 2 10:45-12:00 Sean Ellis : Product/Market Fit & the Startup Pyramid 10:45-11:30 Matt Brezina : Xobni case study, "The 5 stages of Xobnis growth and 5 pivots along the way" 11:30-12:00 (..)

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2021

An ego ideal KO not OK chaos created by an obnoxious cautious unconscious subconscious who thinks it has wit. Obstination to abstention drowns realization. A compass that encompass no destination. Your super Id goes, with a superego, who consciously hit fists, sink ships, viciously hid grit.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

Kathryn Gould of Foundation Capital and Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate also want to try it. Jon Feiber at MDV is going to try investing in startups emerging from universities with great engineering schools outside of Silicon Valley that have entrepreneurship programs, but minimal venture capital infrastructure.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Jon Feiber of Mohr Davidow Ventures and Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate are co-teaching the class with me (and Alexander Osterwalder is a guest lecturer.) I’ve introduced a new class at Stanford to teach engineers, scientists and other professionals how startups really get built.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

While Ann Miura-Ko was part of the original teaching team, having all male instructors for the last five years didn’t help. In addition to myself the teaching team has been: 2011 Instructors : Ann Miura-ko, Jon Feiber. 2012 Instructors : Ann Miura-ko, Jon Feiber. 2013 Instructors : Ann Miura-ko, Jon Feiber.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 28, 2015

One of my favorite people to work with as a co-investor is Ann Miura-Ko from Floodgate. If you were a one-man-band then heck you may already be cashflow positive and profitable, but that’s rarely the case in most startups. 100K/month.

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aweissman.com

DECEMBER 31, 2008

But I will be thinking about my three favorite places in the world - Dublin , Juan- les -Pins , and Ko Samui - and at least planning on visits to each in the next years. But I will be thinking about my three favorite places in the world - Dublin , Juan- les -Pins , and Ko Samui - and at least planning on visits to each in the next years.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Standing Out as an Individual When I asked Ann Miura-Ko about what she was doing to achieve her world class results, she advised people to, “Figure out ‘What's your different’ - hard to stand out when you're just like everyone else.”

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Getting Organized. These blog posts were written as I thought about them, with little thought about organization by topic. This new “book,” Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost , attempts to remedy that by organizing the 2009 blog posts in a coherent fashion.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I have been lucky to know and been mentored by many folks who have actually started VC funds and scaled them into institutions. ” Another co-founder of a multibillion-dollar fund told me what it was like when, 10 years ago, most of their LPs abandoned them, and how they built the firm back up brick by brick.

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Steve Blank

MAY 10, 2011

Jon Feiber of Mohr Davidow Ventures and Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate co-taught the class with me (with Alexander Osterwalder as a guest lecturer.) (We couldn’t get someone in time this year). It Takes a Village. While I authored these blog posts, the class was truly a team project. Thomas Haymore was our great teaching assistant.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And thanks to Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate (my first Lean LaunchPad co-instructor) for her suggestions. Jeff’s presentation is from the point of a view of “What Investors Want” (see resources here ) while Mar’s takes it from a founder trying to figure out the funding landscape.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

One other note--I'm very excited to be back in the boardroom with Ann Miura-Ko at Floodgate, who is also a co-invester in chloe + isabel. It's a great team and a fun culture so if you'd like an introduction, please feel free to reach out to me at charlie@firstround.com.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Tyler Kapper, photographer and videographer , added that many companies have seen big returns from video… Tyler Kapper , Tyler KO Photo : “The benefits of using product videos are clear. The presentation and organization goes a long way to generating comfort in the purchase decision.” ” (via Unbounce).

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

KO-A-LATE.” .” A baby monitor hidden in the copy room allowed the rest of the office to listen to their co-workers attempting to get the machine to copy their reports by using everything from a seductive voice…”ooonnnne. ONE cop-py. ONE PLEASE.” To a robotic and computer like, “Co-a-late. To a loud Staple &*@#$!”

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

While Ann Miura-Ko was part of the original teaching team, having all male instructors for the last five years didn’t help. This head start has allowed the teaching team to accelerate the velocity and depth of learnings past the basics.

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Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 1, 2011

5 Companies That Know Why They’re Great (ALV, COST, ISRG, KO, XOM). tags: blog. Why do only a handful of companies excel at cultivating customer loyalty? CustomerThink. tags: blog. Social tech in biz more than collaboration – ZDNet Asia News. tags: blog social. Infographics: Why Your Company’s Intranet is Failing.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

I think Ann Miura-Ko would agree that I tend to be the emotional person… Continue reading on Austin Startups ». Floodgate is a place of unexpected contradictions in so many ways.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

He , Srikanth Narayan , Ben Werdmuller von Elgg , Jo Vi Ko , Justin Lee , Giovanni Tardini , David de Weerdt , Vineet Thanedar , Ryan Brideau , Jonathan Meiri , Rob Weedn , Krzysztof Kowalczyk , Greg Pilling , Kevin Leland , Parham Michael Ossareh , Dan Loewenherz , Mary Specht , Engin Erdo?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

Reply Ann Miura-Ko , on June 18, 2009 at 10:31 am Said: Steve – a fantastic post. carving out time to develop a new hobby/skill, frequent walks, recharging “me time&# ). I know you’ve probably got some thoughts on that as well and I’d love to hear them.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

So my book and Berkeley class turned into the Lean LaunchPad class in the Stanford Engineering school, co-taught with two VC’s – Jon Feiber and Ann Miura-Ko. But then I realized rather than just writing about it, or lecturing on Customer Development, we should have a hands-on experiential class.

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