SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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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. The VC firm delivered a term sheet for an 8-digit second round that afternoon. Here’s how they did it. Your results may vary. Order Here.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

His point was that it was in the VC’s interest in having entrepreneurs swing for the fences. However the VC’s are managing a portfolio while you, the entrepreneur are managing one company – yours. While VC’s might love you and your firm, a 2x return isn’t why they’re in business. Vision and $1.65

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Customer/Market Risk Versus Invention Risk One day I was having lunch with a VC sharing what I learned from my students. It’s something VC’s can ask about, rationally analyze and feel comfortable if you can articulate a defensible technical and patent strategy. How would that change my company strategy?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Yet two smart VC firms, Sigma and Matrix Partners, realized that somewhere in this mess there was value. And with all of that they had gone broke, out of business and into Chapter 11. Their guess was that they would find value in the high margin graphics business. Nothing I couldn’t fix. I took the job.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startup product-management strategy) [.] I think your definition of hitting a “repeatable and scalable sales model&# also answers the question for a lot of people about “when&# to take VC money. Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.]

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. See Five Things Meme as an example. in Computer Science.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

These questions I know will be on top of the list that VC’s will ask.&# What are all the important questions that a VC will or should ask? Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] It’s not a substitute for customer input and understanding.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2016

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. For those that don’t mind reruns, I’ll publish the archive 1–2 weeks later, when I get around to uploading the video to the cloud, tagging and providing links. I enjoy the process.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

VC’s like them because if they can flip them, then they’re a successful business model – for them. << (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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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Before AngelList, investment dealflow was private and networks revolved around a few connected angels and VC?s. To my surprise, VC? Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly startupcto

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

tags: entrepreneurship startup business) [.] AKPC_IDS += "499,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] a comment » Yet another brilliant post from Steve Blank, this time about what it takes to found, co-found, or work in a startup at various stages of [.] Am I a Founder? carry on reading.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. NextView is thrilled to have co-led this round along with our friends at SoftTech VC and Farmeron’s existing investors 500 Startups, Seedcamp, and TAG. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. How To Think About The Future. May 10, 2012. seed round today.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

And throughout my career as an entrepreneur I kept asking questions of my VC investors and friends; Where did entrepreneurship come from? Reply DodaPedia » Blog Archive » How to decide where to live , on June 21, 2009 at 7:18 am Said: [.] How did Silicon Valley start? I’ll stop channeling James Burke now.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

You can bootstrap without VC money. Don’t let VC money slow you down. Moore’s bowling ally does tell us to get eight clients in different, widely separated verticals. You will sum them going into the horizontal market, so spread them out. Vertical markets are a risk and cost reduction strategy.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Technology | Tagged: Customer Development , Early Stage Startup , Entrepreneurs , Startups , Steve Blank « SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent and Values Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location » 17 Responses Michael F.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Benjamin Hron ( bhron [at] vcreadylaw [dot] com ) is co-founder of VC Ready Law Group, LLC , located in Cambridge, MA. VC Ready ( blog) helps Boston-area entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses by providing cost-effective legal and organizational guidance during the formative early stages of a company’s existence.

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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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Altgate

MAY 3, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship and tagged Google , Larry Page , Search , Search Engine , Terry Winograd , University of Michigan , Web page , Web search engine. altgate » Blog Archive » Vivid Dreams: Larry Page Describes Google’s Origin [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Raising Capital: 5 Reasons Convertible Debt Sucks HOT The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post Recovery 10 Tips On Negotiating With VCs Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette The Science & Art of Term Sheet Negotiation HOT How Liquidation Preferences Work HOT How Much Money Should I Raise?

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Share this: Tags: consumer web , social media , social web , traffic. Tags Amazon. Disruption: David Pakman's Blog. Chronicling the undoing of traditional media. Contact Me. You are here: Home > Not All Traffic Is Created Equal. 26 September 2012. 20 Comments. Not All Traffic Is Created Equal. 26 September 2012 at 10:10 am. #.

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

VC bloggers are fascinating to follow.    I have a few hundred feeds that I follow in Google Reader and the way that I find new ones is a random process of discovery so Larry's post was great in that he not only provided a rank-ordered list but also a convenient way to mass subscribe. Bookmark the permalink.

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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? But VC’s depend on the founders thinking that a VC wouldn’t let them go down in flames.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I would assume most businesses are going to claim they should get VC funding in order to help their PR, even if no one at the company actually believes it. Just wrote about this at [link] Dave Hanna Sorry Kameko- digital life archiving is thriving. Y combinator is an example that VC’s should learn from. hmmm- Amazon S3=?

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Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? Bookmark the permalink. Just make the price right.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I was also actively pursuing raising VC funds with the help of a very talented and well connected friend. Post-Mortem Title : 6 reasons why my VC funded startup did fail. October 4, 2010 | Brian | Tags: Business, entrepreneur, start up | No Comments » [.]. Author : Stephan Schmidt. And we did too. Why do startups fail?…

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Many VC’s talk about team above all. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. You have a check from a VC in your hand — and a substantial check at that. It’s All About Your Team. link] Sebastian F.

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Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Current Affairs , Entrepreneurship , Green Business , Management , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital , Venture Debt and tagged top posts. Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.] Are These Your Slides? Steve Blank [.]

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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. Highlights: What do you need to raise investment? The problem with development consultancies How to recruit strong technical staff for start-ups Call: +44 (0) 844 3579899 Email: Tweet: @reincubate.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As a VC, I have sat through many presentations like this, and in most cases the service is actually interesting and compelling. Tagged with Business Model , CAC , Inbound Marketing , Low Cost Sales Model , LTV , Sales 2.0. I am in very early stage of planning for my venture and have my first meeting with a VC in 2 days.

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devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tim keeps a journal which he updates, tags, and adds ideas. Tags: startupcto. I will try to present my notes under topic headings that Tim mentioned, but since this was a open free formed discussion, I am sure I couldn’t capture everything and not all my notes are completely accurate. I highly recommend this!

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