Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

One is the “denominator problem&# which says that if an LP invests X% (the denominator) into “alternative investments&# such as venture capital and if their total amount available to invest (the numerator) goes down by 30% then the amount they allocate to VC will by definition need to go down by 30% to stay the same percentage.

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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. Pre-seed Round of Funding. In the pre-seed stage, a startup is searching for product/market fit. Funding: Startups typically raise anywhere from $100K to $750,000 in pre-seed. Seed Round of Funding.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup. SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. The SBIR/STTR program represents a critical source of seed funding for U.S. Eleven U.S.

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SBIR Maryland Lean Seed Stage 120

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

According to all of the blogosphere chatter over the past month, seed-funded internet startups are entering this year gearing up for the now-near-infamous Series A Crunch. The nuance which isn’t being recognized is that most of the companies of this latter profile, while viable businesses, aren’t venture-scale businesses.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

I'm a strong believer in having a board, even at a seed stage, to report to and set strategy with. VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. Advisors, investors and board members come in all shapes and sizes.

Technical Review 111

Technical Review Due Diligence Seed Stage Lean 111

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

of companies should never raise venture capital. Venture capital, it’s a very particular industry. Dan: Jason, we’re certainly leaning more towards what you said. So VCs invest in different stages. You have seed stage, A round, B round, C round, D round. Let me say this to you.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. 12comments: Dougvs said. In that I see opportunity.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom says that you follow on in your winners in venture capital, but I''m not sure you can always accomplish that so cleanly. If you''re making investments in seed stage companies, I''d argue that if you don''t have a very big fund, you''re much better off just writing one check for each company, and not following on.

Marketing 60

Marketing IPO Seed Stage Lean 60

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The only way to succeed in venture capital is backing wonderful entrepreneurs and working hard on their behalf. As the fundraising became competitive, there was another seed fund which wanted to take a larger part of the round – essentially function as a single lead. It''s not about the investors, it''s about the CEO ].

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Cofounder Term Sheet Seed Stage Portfolio 105

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. We’ll look at the model stage-by-stage. If the startup is to be backed by venture capitalists, the financial model has to be alluring as well as believable.

Silicon Valley 268

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 268

Bryce Dot VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

We’ve been deeply fortunate to have been able to catch the seed stage wave early and work with some of the most dynamic and thoughtful founders in our industry. As a seed investor, we’ve always leaned towards larger rounds in favor of giving our founders at least 18 mo of runway with no revenue.

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