Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. Consider this.
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Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 19, 2018
The final word, media, helped to define the vertical we were to operate in. Lowground Records was the easiest business I have ever named and I knew the name fit the second my business partner said it. Since launching, our brand name has been one of the elements that prospects have referenced time and again in sales calls.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 21, 2010
Among a sample of companies started in 2004, two-thirds of founders were in the 35-54 age bracket. The vertical axis measures the “percentage of individuals. The article summarized several findings that I personally found surprising: Technology company founders born in the U.S. This last point is illustrated by the chart below.
ConversionXL
JUNE 5, 2014
million in 2004 to $6.5 For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. image source.
ConversionXL
JUNE 5, 2014
million in 2004 to $6.5 For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. image source.
ConversionXL
JUNE 5, 2014
million in 2004 to $6.5 For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. million in 2006 – only one year after implementing the customer feedback forum. image source.
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