Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

He said that from what he read, the path to building and funding a company seemed to be: 1) come up with an idea, 2) form a team, 3) start testing minimal viable products, 4) raise seed funding, 5) then obtain venture capital. Why Would an Entrepreneur Join a Venture Studio? He also wasn’t sure his idea was great.

Technical Cofounder 346

Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 346

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding. And know that just because a venture failed doesn’t mean that you’re a failure. He stressed that your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding: One thing that we learned very early on was, have a plan for fund-raising. …

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Silicon Valley Ohio Columbus Entrepreneur 120

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". Know thy self.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Portfolio Private Equity 167

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

You incorporate expected company returns, mortality rates, and fee structures to try to predict how a venture capital fund works from a cash in, cash out, and NAV standpoint. And no, the numbers don't exactly add up--but they're more than close enough for venture capital. It's also not the "average fund".

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IRR Valuation 60

Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2013

That said, professional venture capital firms that lead a Series investment round usually make their investment contingent on a board seat. And they have a fiduciary responsibility to their own limited partners.) Filed under: Venture Capital. Venture Capital' Your advisory board is your friend.

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Advisory Board Venture Capital Angel Investor Limited Partner 319

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

I met with a major institutional limited partner the other day--the kind of money that funds VC's. These types of services will help put people back to work by matching talent and services to opportunities in a more liquid, efficient market. So will we have a market correction? A bubble burst?

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Angel Investor Valuation Startup Revenue 104