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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

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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Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s)

Steve Blank

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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Why You Should Know Your Local SBDC

Up and Running

The SBDCs are financed by three mostly public sources: the federal government (through the SBA), state governments and local education. I’ve been a regular at the conference since 1995. Details are slightly different from state to state. The fees charged are surprisingly low.

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ProfessorVC: Man Camp

Professor VC

Several years later, Bandon Trails opened in 1995 and the fourth course (Old Macdonald) is scheduled to open by summer 2010. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

In 1995 Netscape changed the rules about going public. A 20th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. This allows founder(s) to sell part of their stock (~10 to 33%) in a future round of financing. Filed under: Venture Capital. 4. Founder-friendly VCs.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

In 2009, Barry was a category winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a winner of Crain’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was included on Treasury & Risk’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance. He serves as a Managing Partner of both funds. Among his pathbreaking books are Yen!

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Market Timing Is A Skill Not Luck

Altgate

This is one of the striking conclusions of a newly released working paper by Harvard Business School entrepreneurial finance professor Paul Gompers, et al. It means that guys like Mark Cuban were not simply lucky for starting a streaming video company in 1995 and selling it to Yahoo for $6 billion in 1998. Think about that.