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“Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch

Steve Blank

But Cafepress’s most memorable moment was when the founders used a “Lessons Learned” VC pitch to raise their second round of funding and got an 8-digit term sheet that same afternoon. The VC firm delivered a term sheet for an 8-digit second round that afternoon. Here’s how they did it. And learn from it.”

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

Reply How to close a term sheet quickly - Venture Hacks , on April 28, 2009 at 10:43 am Said: [.] Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences. you can see the video here.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

Reply Raising capital - The 50 or so things you should read first | JonBischke.com , on November 9, 2009 at 10:59 am Said: [.] & & Raising Capital Pitch Perfect 4 ways to get automatically rejected by an angel investor Raising Money Using Customer Development Due Diligence Checklist Term Sheet Archives (from Brad [.]

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

Both Sides of the Table

I first met the founder of Pose, Dustin Rosen , when he was a junior person with an LA-based venture capital firm called The Mail Room Fund. Within 48 hours of meeting him we had a term sheet agreeing to fund $1.6 My first two calls were to True Ventures & Founder Collective. Pose is no different.

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supermac War Story 7: Rabbits Out of the Hat - Product Line Extensions

Steve Blank

Reply steveblank , on April 16, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Jerry, As Domino’s and Amazon found out this week, social networks can quickly disseminate information faster than most traditional marketing organizations can react. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 Edition)

VC Cafe

venture capital and private equity) the VC index (by Refinitiv) shows a nearly 40% decline. While Q1 2022 looked normal, in venture, there’s a lagging effect in pricing, and deals that get announced in Q1 and even early Q2 2022 might have been signed in Q4 2021. Source: Pitchbook NVCA Venture Monitor. Just sayin.