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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. In the Fall of 2008, the credit crisis wiped out mergers and acquisitions as a path to liquidity as M&A collapsed with the rest of the market. So what’s left?

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The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product.

Steve Blank

Assuming no early liquidity (via an IPO or merger) for the company, more fund raising is required. The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product Development Diagram « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product Development Diagram « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.]

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Rocket Science 3: Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

My partner had convinced several major Hollywood names that this was the inevitable consequence of the merger of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. We believed that by putting full motion video (i.e. This wasn’t just some random Silicon Valley fantasy. And at the time it was a plausible scenario.) Make sure it is yours.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder? Reply mikev , on June 15, 2009 at 12:03 pm Said: What happened to Convergent Technologies work ethic and business ethics after the merger with Unisis? The Adventure of a Lifetime.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

1 [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: focus on what matters most [.] link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg says don’t take venture capital money [.] Tags: startupcto. link] Rockstar Sid Wonderful post. You’ve really motivated me. +1