Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business. If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2021

One was a continuous refrain from senior DoD leadership that new tech, weapons, and operational concepts are insufficient to guarantee the U.S. Secondly, our senior military leadership recognizes that now more than ever we can’t go it alone. Venture capital and startups have institutionalized disruptive innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I support their summary of the seven capital assets that are the core required to create a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and produce real economic value for your startup and the rest of us: Intellectual capital – ideas, information, technologies. Financial capital – revenue, equity, debt, funding.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Sea Turtles and VPN – the connections to the rest of the world. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military. They are the signs of a leadership frightened not by external enemies but by their own people. was known for. They come so far, and yet….

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

Navigating Failure: The Science of Failing Well in Entrepreneurship written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Amy Edmondson, the Novartis professor of leadership and management at the Harvard Business School.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Sea Turtles and VPN – the connections to the rest of the world. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military. They are the signs of a leadership frightened not by external enemies but by their own people. was known for. They come so far, and yet….

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! It was around 1 am and they needed to fill out the rest of the time. How Bad Leadership Spurs Entrepreneurship – [link]. Study: Want More Female Leadership?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. So what are you waiting for?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Reducing noise … should be a signal to rest of market … YC W13 Will Be Smaller - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. And the rest, as they say, is history. This is another big week for us at Bolster.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

The rest you should see for yourself. So if you’re going to raise venture capital and compete in large, growing, winner-take-most markets you had better be prepared for other people to want to knock you off your stool, steal your limelight, grab your customers and muck you up. Leadership Tech Market Analysis'

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

More than 50 percent of all searches conducted in the United States involve using voice recognition technology, and Lazarus anticipates the rest of the world catching up to this figure soon. People also use voice recognition in their cars, on their home computers, and with their portable devices. Luke Lazarus’ Social Media Presence.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2011

This dual leadership style keeps things constantly moving forward, despite the bumps in the road. Entrepreneurs who have repeated success don’t rest on their laurels; neither should administrators. When it comes to leadership, pronouns make more of a difference than most understand. Academics by nature value input.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The latest funding round led by Active Venture Partners , a European venture capital company with a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, is expected to help the online ticket trading platform drive its international growth.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

These vectors work for a lot of celebrities, and for some businesspeople and politicians, but I’m uncomfortable with them and it will impede my ability to do the rest of my job. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Plus, my wife doesn’t let me date celebrities. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.”

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

With both OfficeMax and Max-Wellness, being the benevolent dictator provided the critical leadership necessary to take an idea and transform it into reality as fast as possible. By getting the hard stuff out of the way early, you don’t have to work with a sense of dread and you’re freed up to enjoy the rest of the day.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Reply steveblank , on June 29, 2009 at 1:07 am Said: Charlie, Nivi at Venture Hacks has great advice at [link] – look at the “Equity&# section. The rest is worth reading as well. » Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. , steve Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I finally understood how valuable these contests can be for students in cities or countries without a venture capital or entrepreneurial infrastructure. And the rest of the advice on this blog is irrelevant. to compete. And even if they did – customers don’t ask to see your business plan.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

Only a small minority of people are born into the kinds of connections and life paths to provide them instant access to capital. The rest have to work super hard to create access for themselves, build trust and win investors over. For most founders, fundraising is a struggle.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life. It’s my belief that through exceptional leadership you attract great teams that do more than the sum of the parts. ON LEADERSHIP. I am a strong believer that leadership and team development comes from these daily interactions.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The rest of the vertical marketing recruits had similar backgrounds (and similar careers.) (I never could find one from the petroleum industry so I wore that hat along with the VP of Marketing title.) Our head of finite element analysis came from General Motor’s Chevy division, where he headed up one of their analysis groups. (He

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He had made some structural mistakes in NextMedium that meant the Cap Table and leadership team was a bit wacky. Hamet started his career in Venture Capital working for the first post-apartheid VC fund in South Africa. So what gives? Mark, why wouldn’t you fund him? I saw too much of myself in Hamet.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

If that’s you, by all means hire a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and call on established mainstream companies – and ignore the rest of this post. In Apple’s case Burrell Smith was designing a computer in a skunk works unbeknownst to the rest of Apple’s engineering.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types « “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch Closure » 21 Responses Tweets that mention Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development « Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on November 16, 2009 at 7:20 am Said: [.]

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.” Each city has its own special character.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The rest of the progress report sounded just like this. Me: How are we doing on the Nastran port? Jim: Wonderful, they said they’ll get back to me next month. Me: How about Dyna 3D ? Jim: It’s going great, we’re on their list. After hearing the same report for the nth week, I called a halt to the meeting.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The rest of the organization (product development, marketing, support) has been burning cash, all according to plan, expecting Sales to make its numbers. Why is it only alarming now? Because the company based its headcount and expenses on the expectation that the Sales organization will bring in revenue according to plan.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM 1:30PM Location: Hilton? If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

It’s no longer business as usual for the rest of the economy. See the advice from Sequoia Capital here.) Leadership – Plan, Communicate and Act with Compassion. In fact, shutting down the economy for a pandemic has never happened. Does it have some benefits if delivered that way?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

” As the managing editor of Bplans, I’ve had the good fortune to learn about business via the content we share; through interviews with LivePlan customers and other business owners; and thanks to brilliant, informal coaching from people like Tim Berry, Noah Parsons, and the rest of the executive leadership team at Palo Alto Software.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

They had this great architecture, and Apple had figured out to get movies into their own computers for a demo, but for the rest of us there was no physical device that allowed an average consumer to plug a video camera or VCR into and get video into a Mac. But the rest of the management team really skeptical. Little did we know.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Government Regulations I turned to the class and said, “The rest of you can keep building your company and shipping your product because you don’t need to worry about government regulations. Rest assured there are differences, and they can be significant. You’re a startup, just get your product out the door.”

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 24, 2014

Working with amazing entrepreneurs is the number one reason we enjoy venture capital, and rarely do you have the opportunity to work with a team that has a track record like these two. Internet Mobile Uncategorized Venture Capital video Web/Tech Hulu kilar Vessel' We look forward to an incredible journey.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The rest is history. But if, like Snyk, you’re trying to change behaviour and persuade a community to embrace a new practice, you may want to think about thought leadership, and maybe even investing in certain communities. I think ideas through by talking about them. So you might just need greater awareness and reach.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

The prototypical Silicon Valley venture capital approach to investing is structured around the pace that start-ups evolve. After all, long-term value usually results from long-term strategies crafted and executed by a strong leadership team. Innovation comes from long-term thinking and iterative execution. billion in 2013.

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