Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both. billion in all deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Note that all of these names were not started in Silicon Valley. Chang Xu for her tireless effort in helping me prepare and analyze the data) If you met with LPs to raise a fund in 2009–2012 the most common refrain was, “We have too many managers and too many dollars in venture. We’re trying to limit our exposure.”

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

On November 28, 2012. Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 The current average is slightly more than 13 months to raise follow-on financing. This is nothing new.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

August 23, 2012 at 7:00 am PT. According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Two big-ticket financings upped the Q2 number, which would have been 70 percent if they were removed.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. As you know, I started a company in 2012 focused on the question of open banking. Dan Kimerling: In 2011 and 2012, I was working at a startup doing payment processing. On Leaving Silicon Valley Bank. That scares me.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

March 13, 2012. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. Leader on Mar 5 2012. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. GLIIF, LLC is a Hot Silicon Valley Startup designed to disrupt QR Code usage in advertising. July 18, 2012 10:15:01. July 18, 2012 10:20:12. July 18, 2012 10:26:22. July 18, 2012 10:36:46. July 18, 2012 10:52:20. July 18, 2012 11:14:22. Like Tweet.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Of the ten startups in the inaugural 2012 class, four have raised follow-on funding to date, and one even reached the break-even point and expanded to Silicon Valley. It recently announced the results of its incubator program – and the results look promising.

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Business Plan Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Seed funding to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley reached over $192M across 242 deals in the first half of 2013 alone. Though, unless there is a large push in the back half of 2013, it looks like internet see deals will be less than 2012. Seed funding in the San Francisco area appears to be on pace for another record year.

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Start Up Blog

JULY 2, 2015

2nd car – Tesla Model S: $75,000 (released 2012). The Tesla model 3 is so cheap that an electric car is no longer a plaything for Silicon Valley types, but a viable new car option for everyone. Avg Cost new car finance = 6-7% unsecured interest rate. Here is where we get an entire curve jump. Cost to buy = $35,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. We need some visibility. Cut where needed. Fawk, man.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. in 2012 sales and $2M in income. Zomm is probably counting on a big Q4 holiday bump to hit its 2012 sales and profitability projections. So the $2M in 2012 profitability is far from in -the-bag.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. Bigfoot Capital. Decathlon Capital. Key elements: . “We

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The World Economic Forum has published the Technology Pioneers report for 2012. This year, several of the companies chosen have a social responsibility agenda, as they cater to the poorer, underserved populations, offering growth opportunities through financing for businesses in emerging markets.

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Early Growth Financial Services

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Outsourced financial services firm ranked in top 50 of fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley. As Silicon Valley Business Journal notes, in Silicon Valley, “it takes explosive growth to get noticed.” billion in revenue for 2013, and company growth for 2012 to 2013 came in at 62.69%.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. You’re a small fish. This team is talented.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. Some banks, including Silicon Valley Bank and Comerica , specialize in funding startups and will lend against inventory, infrastructure or for general corporate purposes. Fat Ass Fudge.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Silicon Valley 100. 6, 2012, 1:09 AM. |. Notes like this are part of Grahams ongoing process of steering them through the thickets of Silicon Valley startup life. The whole point is to provide a fast, easy form of financing that avoids wrestling over valuation. JOB OF THE WEEK: Operations Manager.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

A seed fund this size (and with increasing numbers of venture funds being raised by LA-based VC’s) has overcome a decade-long resistance and belief that you could only build great tech companies in Silicon Valley. As you can tell, they sound like the prototypical, Silicon Valley, VC backgrounds.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Social Contacts.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She never gave up.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

billion dollar business this year to $5 billion by 2012, taking market share away from DVD retailers and intensifying the carriers' ambition to bid for the best (and first run) titles. Has the U.S. movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant? How about Internet Video? Annual U.S.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 2, 2012

Excited, I flew to Silicon Valley and showed up at the appointed time, only to have Grove say, “Look, stuff has happened. He had read one of my early papers about disruptive technology, and he asked if I could talk to his direct reports and explain my research and what it implied for Intel. We have only 10 minutes for you.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

If you’re a non-technical entrepreneur in Silicon Valley that’s out of college now, it can be tough to find a technical cofounder. Mint & finances #distribution #andalsoproduct # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 3: Build brand buzz to epic proportions, aka a Purple Cow, ie. But it’s not hopeless. startupcto

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

billion dollar business this year to $5 billion by 2012, taking market share away from DVD retailers and intensifying the carriers' ambition to bid for the best (and first run) titles. Has the U.S. movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant? How about Internet Video? Annual U.S.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose, November 16, 2012. Bezos is simultaneously admired on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, filling the void left by Steve Jobs as the most admired leader in technology. Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour by William Ackman.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

This isn’t just a Silicon Valley CEO spouting the magic of technology – the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data supports this trend. Between 2002 and 2012, enterprises with over 1000 employees lost over one million employees. Trends Have Been Happening. By our count, there are over 500 business tools serving this bottom-up economy.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

At the same time we have seen the start-up ecosystems in New York, London and Berlin emerge as meaningful competitors to Silicon Valley. Those VCs were nearly all situated in Silicon Valley and most companies couldn’t get very far without going to them. It’s no coincidence that these two developments have come together.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. February 9, 2012 7:40 PM. February 11, 2012 11:00 PM. April 12, 2012 11:10 AM. April 12, 2012 3:16 PM. April 12, 2012 4:48 PM. in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing. ► 2012. (1).

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. ► 2012. (1). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Newer Post.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

The second major trend was the rise of the angel that was a function of the boom in Silicon Valley wealth (Google, Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, Salesforce.com, etc) plus the rise of crowd-funding platforms (AngelList) plus the rise of Y Combinator / 500Startups / TechStars. Rise of Angels. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

The Difference Between “No” and “Not Yet” January 12, 2012. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Read More ».

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www.lanceglasser.com

MAY 13, 2012

Finance and budgeting. Silicon Valley melting pot. Glasser 2007-2012. Business Essays, Blogs, and Musings. A Model for Return on Engineering Expenses. Growth, Profitability, and the Stock Price. Metrics for cyclical businesses. Let the Games Begin! Stock buybacks. The Year of the Black Swan. Product development.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. The charter of the SVCE (Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship) is to work with all of the colleges in fostering entrepreneurship. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". ► 2012. (1). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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