The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. Seed capital is a component of the initial investments made in young businesses. In most cases, this is the first important round of venture capital funding that the company has received.

Seed Stage 125

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 125

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Commercial product prototypes. Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

Product Development 120

Product Development Developer Product Angel Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary. It’s the time when you create tremendous value out of nothing.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Commercial product prototypes. Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

Angel Investor 256

Angel Investor Early Stage Incubator Government 256

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

With the right product or service for the Indian market and strong execution, an “India for India” start-up can see incredible growth. India for the world” has traditionally focused on outsourcing and leveraging cost advantages, from customer service to product development.

India 87

India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

SiliconHills

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Other participating in the round were Noro-Moseley Partners, Harmony Partners, Altos Ventures and Capital Factory. The Austin-based startup plans to use the money on office expansion, product development and new vertical markets.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Vertical Austin Social Media 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Commercial product prototypes. Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Expanding the product line. Business commercialization.

Early Stage 412

Early Stage Angel Investor Incubator Government 412

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Developing a popular mobile scheduling app, they raised $1.2 million in venture capital to move. Betakit.com, a startup news website, reached out to the Montreal tech community with a list that was developed with all the new up and coming tech companies in 2019. Montreal is a spot for new start-ups and venture capital.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

RunTitle, an online title search marketplace geared to the oil and gas industry, has landed $4 million in Series A venture capital led by Austin Ventures. The Houston-based startup also relocated to Austin as a condition of the financing.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Houston Austin Distribution 78

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. That’s in stark contrast to the traditional Product Development Model where it’s expected a customer is already there and waiting and it’s simply a matter of [.] familiar with Customer Development you should be.

Product Development 143

Product Development Developer Silicon Valley Product 143

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor. The reality is that their core business is not venture capital.

Strategic Investors 279

Strategic Investors Venture Capital Due Diligence Early Stage 279

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

Customer Development 238

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

SiliconHills

JUNE 9, 2015

The Austin-based startup plans to use the money to hire five or more additional employees and for product development and marketing, said Darin Hicks, its CEO. Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills. Hive9 helps companies concentrate their marketing spending on […] The post Hive9 Receives $5.4

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Austin Partner Product Development 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Switch your focus from product development to sales.

Merger 379

Merger Due Diligence SEC IPO 379

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. I’ve Been in Venture Capital for Two Months. VCs sure do love writing. ” (David Beisel).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

SiliconHills

JULY 23, 2015

The Austin-based startup plans to use the funds on product development, sales and marketing and community development. The company […] The post Continuum Analytics Gets $24 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Analytics Open Source Austin 48

SiliconHills

JUNE 23, 2015

The Austin-based startup plans to use the money for product development and to hire more sales and business development employees. Silverton Partners led the founding round which included participation from ATX Ventures and […] The post Alert Media Raises $4.16 million in a Series A funding round.

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Media Austin Product Development 48

Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. Luckily in the last quarter of the 20 th century a new source of money called risk capital emerged. At its core Venture Capital is nothing more than a small portion of the Private Equity financial asset class. ——-.

Liquidity Event 120

Liquidity Event Founder Liquidation Preference Venture Capital 120

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Traction can simply mean showing that you’re making progress with customers, product development, channel partners, initial revenue as a proof point, attracting well-known angel investors, winning industry awards / recognition. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital.

Technical Review 309

Technical Review Term Sheet Venture Capital Revenue 309

David Teten

JUNE 25, 2012

I see 2 ways to build this: a) You can start your own company and build this product, and self-fund. As payment to me for generating this idea, I’ll just ask for complimentary lifetime licenses for all ff Venture Capital employees. b) ff Venture Capital might invest in a startup to do this.

Developer 144

Developer Venture Capital Startup Valuation 144

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. ————-.

Japan 292

Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 292

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Do they have better sales, marketing, or product development groups? What the winners start with is the realization that in a world of continuous disruption, they have only a few years to develop new capabilities or be pushed over the brink. Is it that some CEOs are better than others? Are their people smarter?

Incubator 402

Incubator Lean Agile Business Model 402

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Something isn''t going to go your way--product development, hiring, revenues. Angel investor Jeff Stewart once told me that either the product takes twice as long and costs three times as much to build as your plan, or takes three times as long to build and costs twice as much--you just don''t know which one.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor Venture Capital 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. In fact, most often, it is limited to seeding a startup business rollout or scale-up after development is completed from friends and family. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs. Seed-round investment.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Without the revenue to match its expenses, the company is in now danger of running out of money.

Customer Development 224

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 224

David Teten

JUNE 25, 2012

I see 2 ways to build this: a) You can start your own company and build this product, and self-fund. As payment to me for generating this idea, I’ll just ask for complimentary lifetime licenses for all ff Venture Capital employees. b) ff Venture Capital might invest in a startup to do this.

Developer 114

Developer Venture Capital Startup Valuation 114

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Six Things Physical Product Development Taught Me About Experience Design | UX Magazine – crowdspring.co/X7NCjD. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

On the other hand, if you arrive at a VC pitch without a comprehensive understanding of the industry you’re hoping to compete in, or without a clear path to profitability or a thoughtful product-development road map, you’ll likely leave empty-handed. Investors want to feel confident that they’ll see a return on their investment.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

However, they remain key to your email identity, and fundamental to your marketing and even capital-raising. The ff Venture Capital portfolio is evidence of how much we believe this, e.g., our companies Alerts.com , Gobbler.com , Identified.com , Patents.com , Phone.com , and Plated.com. I previously published this in Forbes.

Naming 114

Naming Semantic Venture Capital Startup 114

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

This year, The Startup Magazine is proud to sponsor the entrepreneurship and venture capital conference, SeedCon, run by the Chicago Booth business school. On Friday, January 25, the entrepreneurial community at Chicago Booth looks forward to hosting their annual conference, SeedCon. Event Focus.

Chicago 101

Chicago Venture Capital Cofounder Incubator 101

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Social Proof in Action … Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of using social proof and authority in raising venture capital. So the early part of a technology company is about finding your hard core group of early adopters and making them passionate about your products. Sure, they need a little social proof.

Customer 294

Customer Marketing Technical Review Iowa 294

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My Yet when I talked to my venture capital friends, they said, “Well, that’s just how startups work. My mother kept asking if they were going to make me pay the money back.

Silicon Valley 125

Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital Customer Development 125

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Most startups view venture capital funding as a blessing from above — eager to take it as soon as they can get it. Tempted by large sums of money and the perceived validation that comes along with being funded, founders turn to venture capitalists to accelerate their company’s growth. Focus on Product Development First.

Early Stage 85

Early Stage Venture Capital Bootstrapping Pre-Money Valuation 85

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

4 Mistakes New Product Managers Make – crowdspring.co/1rXNZrC. In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together (you want contrasting opinions) – crowdspring.co/1o1YA2b. Good insight on startups and product development in this AMA with Jason Fried – crowdspring.co/TmVP1. 1v00G51.

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Silicon Valley 97

Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Startup hubs like Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Singapore offered access to venture capital and vibrant start ecosystems thus attracting the brightest founders. Over the last decade, a new trend emerged as tech talent was scarce where it was needed the most.

Hiring 98

Hiring Bulgaria Italy Spain 98