Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

From 1979 when pensions funds began fueling the expansion of venture capital, the way VC’s sold their portion of your company was to help you take your company “public.” Perhaps in direct proportion to the number of “freemium” and “eyeballs” web deals funded.) I find the same still going on with a few firms and partners.&#

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Since I wasn’t an engineer, my contribution was around the team-building and fund raising. This could be useful information for those that want to get involved with a early stage start-up and want to evaluate it but not necessarily for funding. I was an idiot. It’s not a substitute for customer input and understanding.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

After talking to tons of customers and almost as many VC’s, we got Epiphany funded as a company that was going to automate Marketing Departments. These guys just got funded, and they sound a lot like you guys.” Here was a competitor who had appropriated our idea and gotten funded. Fast Forward Fast forward nine months.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

But Cafepress’s most memorable moment was when the founders used a “Lessons Learned” VC pitch to raise their second round of funding and got an 8-digit term sheet that same afternoon. Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.] Here’s how they did it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2016

Here’s a recent one I did on Fund Raising in tough markets. Of course I fund people outside of that age range but statistically startup founders of VC-backed tech companies are more likely in that range. You can follow me on Snapchat at msuster. https://medium.com/media/fcbf3382017c6dc3792ff6baf03d260b/href Nope! I enjoy the process.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

Reply DodaPedia » Blog Archive » How to decide where to live , on June 21, 2009 at 7:18 am Said: [.] Reply Scott Rafer , on June 21, 2009 at 6:13 pm Said: A book called Imperial San Francisco (amzn link [link] ) provides a bit of history about the Stanford and Hearst families’ funding of Stanford U and UC Berkeley.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged angel funding , Equity Split , founder equity , technology. If having co-founders changes the probability or rate of closing funding rounds, it would substantially change the conclusions. Bookmark the permalink.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. The reasoning behind investing in an index fund is that it closely matches the overall market - and it?s To my surprise, VC? Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly spray-and-pray?

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

All teams raised their hands and screamed: we hundreds of angels and dozens of VCs, all of them say they will only fund deals with prototypes, beta customers, first revenue and executive teams all in place, and they say it will be 2 years from now because their coffers are out of cash and LPs in default.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Our VP of Business Development had no problems getting meetings and fund raising was easy. << (tags: startups) [.] Not everybody knows somebody who knows a VC… Reply Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for July 15th - The zeitgeist daily , on July 14, 2009 at 8:39 pm Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

In particular, you will likely have to do without venture funding becuase it is costly. Reply Max Marmer » Blog Archive » Market Evolution: The Special Case When a Startup Has No Market Risk , on July 1, 2010 at 12:58 am Said: [.] How would that change my company strategy? In this situation one must make a choice: 1.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

million of what partners hope will be a much larger fund. A report out today from Dow Jones indicates that 82 venture capital funds raised $13 billion during the first six months of the year, an increase of 31 percent over the same period last year. We’re seeing that reflected in the healthy fund-raising numbers.”.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

All branches of the military (the Air Force and Army would fund the program as well) wanted Stanford to build prototypes of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare systems that could be put into production by partners in industry. This means they could fund other non-military academic programs from this overhead.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. I was also actively pursuing raising VC funds with the help of a very talented and well connected friend. It’s free. Get started here.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 22, 2011

At first I almost just archived it on general principle. I decided that since it was a parody, it got to go in a different category than “Christmas-Music” in my brain and I tagged it instead as “Hilarious-Parodies Humor TechStars.” Twelve companies funded. And then I listened to it. And it was hilarious.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

A month later, after raising $4 million dollars (we literally had VC’s fighting over who else would fund us), Peter and I started our video game company, Rocket Science Games. Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid « Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.] There are still no laws like that in the venture capital business.

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devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tim keeps a journal which he updates, tags, and adds ideas. You will be at conferences, sales calls, giving presentations, and fund raising. Angels and VCs aren’t funding research efforts, don’t just chase after big impossible goals. Tags: startupcto. The Idea People should keep a journal of ideas.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It’s always tempting for entrepreneurs to accept seed funding from friends and family in exchange for a promise to repay the money or issue the lender equity in your company when it is formed. All tags: Forex Brokers. Login or register to tag items. Monthly archive. are not met. 4) You’re ready to raise money.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. A year or so ago the news was that Google and or YouTube was going to help small partners/studios with funding that would be recovered by ADD revenue.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

And there was a moment as they shared their stories, that they all began to realize that our company (one that had just come off of life support) was beginning to kick the rear of our better-funded and bigger competitors. We all marveled in the moment. What did I learn so far? on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

You’ll have to be further along and closer to funding to convince them to drop their idea for yours. But if you are sufficiently prepared, you may be able to convince someone who is between jobs (or open to a side project) that your idea can be implemented quickly and rapidly funded or launched. How much will you need?

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← The Future of the Web is Small, Academic Earth, Beatles Rock Band, Top Developer Blogs, et al. 5 Stephen’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » Some great startup advice on 07.26.09

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Only in Silicon Valley could we have got funded with this idea, and not surprisingly, it was our technology that had the VC’s confused. will get you a cup of coffee (and maybe some VC funding). Or “I’ve seen a lot of movies so let’s start a movie studio.” Founders need to validate their vision in front of customers early and often.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The chart show average pre-money valuation by liquidation preference for 667 rounds of first or second fundings for US technology companies that actually had a liquidation preference. link] Tweets that mention @altgate » Blog Archive » More on Liquidation Preferences — Topsy.com [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Specifically we’re working on building information stream handling tools (reducing large lists of incoming links and text into topical tags that can be searched or manually dug through) as well as connecting ads to a users interests (same tags now used for relevant ads/plugins). Examples here.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Closing HTML Tag Killer I know how to fix the problem: If I go into footer.php and remove the closing HTML tag the home page and single post display work…if I add it back they crash (500 error – when I look in the error log the message is “Premature end of script headers: php5.cgi&# at 5:20 pm [.]

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

To an entrepreneur comments like, “you need an MBA, we don’t fund companies like yours, we don’t buy from start-ups, you have to go through our vendor selection committee&# are just the beginning of a negotiation rather than the end.) Ask and It Shall be Given « Steve Blank (tags: startup marketing) [.] Thanks Steve!

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

b) Do you already have great investor relationships who will pull the trigger on funding pending the addition of a technical partner or completion of a product? Then, theres no reason not to have people who say "If you build that, Id be very likely to buy that/fund that." Tags: startupcto.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 22, 2012

Once you decide to check email, follow this pattern: Quickly scan your inbox for important emails and mark them as ‘Priority’ (using a tag or star). I use tags in Gmail for this. Archive them all. Mark any other emails that are important, but not time sensitive, as ‘Later’. Note: This means you won’t answer every email you get.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It even comes with an ATM card and a pin so they can check their account balance, make deposits, and withdraw funds. The only drawback is the price tag. It allows them to deposit real coins and bills and displays the data on a screen. If you’re looking for presents for younger children, you may want to try something a little simpler.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

You have limited resources to sustain yourself as you bring the company to full funding. And his previous startup failures may have been the result of non-technical business issues like failure to find funding or missed market timing.) Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds. 41% of them feel that they qualify for venture capital funding. link] Matt Wrench “The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Keep an archive of your old scorecards. Tags: scorecard venture value Akira Hirai business valuation. As noted earlier, your Venture Value Scorecard should be updated monthly. That way, you can go back and review the progress you’ve made. His website is [link].

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tags: startup cto job description startupcto. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited. XML sitemap. VAT registered #867 0159 09. Company registered in England and Wales #5189175. Highlights: What do you need to raise investment?

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Myth #1: I need to get VC funding to make my company successful. Does your definition of a successful company involve getting VC funding, working for a few years, and then selling it off for gobs of money, never to return to work again? Plenty of VC’s watch the companies they helped fund go down all the time.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? I believe this applies specially to startups which have not been able to raise any significant funding, which is likely to represent most of them in the near future.

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