Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. 5:00 – 5:55).

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6 Out of the 12 IPOs, Mimecast is the only company from Europe.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2014

So he teamed up with a few PhDs and set off to write a book about each major vertical – Healthcare, Technology Media and Telecom, Energy and Industrials, Retail and Consumer Goods, etc. A There’s quite a range of information sources from curated reports to aggregated data. 1) Industry reports. 3) OnePagers.io.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” . A Global Impact Tech Alliance.

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