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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

business models. But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

business models. But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. ProfessorVC. Monday, November 14, 2011. Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid Idea?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. This is the blog post I needed to read. link] Chiwuzie Sunday Great Article!,

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Author : Todd.