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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. Part 1 outlining the program is here. The origin.

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. Part 1 outlining the program is here. The origin.

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How to Meet VC's

Babbling VC

Since joining Neuhaus Partners in late 2006, I've done 6 deals directly. Note, I am focussing more on how to get the initial meeting and shortly thereafter. The heavy lifting which takes place on both sides as part of the due diligence process is not addressed with this post. As a side not, this was my first investment at Neuhaus Partners.

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Why the New Seed Might Be a Bad Seed

This is going to be BIG.

in seed money instead of $1.5M You should target 18 to 24 months of runway post Series Seed." Otherwise, we should just call this new $2.5mm seed round what it really is: Series A circa 2006. Yay, participation trophies! Why not raise $2.5M to give yourself the best shot at perfecting this data? Sounds good, right?

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers. When we moved to Palo Alto we rented a place. year old boy and another one due in 1 months.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Seth Sternberg, MBA Class of 2006, blogging about how to do a startup, on TechCrunch. As for the non-technical folks who wonder how they’re supposed to start a company, I feel your pain.