VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Quibi didn’t stop to test the hypothesis with a lean startup approach.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

.” Let’s meet in the virtual world – Even as IRL events return, expect these virtual destinations to continue as a way to make events more accessible to a global audience, according to Ketchum. From virtual concerts to conferences, art installations and shopping events… this is the beginning of the metaverse.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I asked what the audience most needed to hear. This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. I’m looking for ones that understand that in order to build huge, meaningful companies they’ll need to likely build through these boom years and some lean ones. If you are interested the Vimeo is here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

The Lean Startup Book is done. If you've been waiting for a comprehensive account of the Lean Startup and how it can help you achieve dramatically better business results, this is it. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Evaluate your target audience. Instead, your plan can follow a Lean Planning process that involves creating a pitch , forecasting your key business numbers, outlining key milestones you hope to achieve, and regular progress checks where you review and revise your plan. Investment and lending options include: Venture capital.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Running a lean startup takes major budgeting skills. For other investment options, like small business loans, venture capital, and angel investing, you’ll need a solid business plan and proof of concept before anyone will be interested in investing. Don’t make assumptions about what your target audience wants—ask them.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link].

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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. Just like in the world of startups, we can start to use micro-scale pilot programs, executed in lean fashion, to gather real facts for making ROI decisions about new project investment. What is the right revenue model?

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 18, 2013

A hook captures the audience''s attention and gets them leaning in. Venture Capital & Technology' We''re constantly distracted, off on tangents, difficult to keep focused. We also get bored really easily. That''s why you need to start off every pitch--be it in an elevator or in a meeting--with a hook.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

The nuance which isn’t being recognized is that most of the companies of this latter profile, while viable businesses, aren’t venture-scale businesses. Businesses which should and do attract venture capital are ones which have the potential to be both high-growth and extremely large.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Which is precisely why I mention *it depends on audience* — take genuine interest in cultivating the relationship by talking about things that interest your customer — for some it could be sports scores, for others it could be the latest presentation on highscalability. Someone correct me if they have a better memory.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Most importantly, the phrase “ bootstrapping a startup ” translates into “growing your business with little or no venture capital or outside investment. It is also important to realize that, statistically speaking, most startups become operational without any venture capital or external funding sources.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). PlentyOfFish has 11 million registered users, is the #1 dating site in the UK and Canada and the #2 in the US by audience share. He basically outsources everything.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

We were constantly creating metrics to see the effects of different PR messages, channels and audiences on end-user purchases. I wanted our PR department to get close and personal with the press and use it to generate end user demand and then drive that demand into our sales channel. ( The same was true for the Product Marketing group.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

Effective persuaders 1) ask in multiple ways depending on the audience, and 2) they are relentless in asking (see Steve’s original post.) Reply David Binetti , on July 30, 2009 at 11:14 am Said: @Mark I would argue that asking and persuading are essentially the same; it’s just a matter of scale. For the former, books can help.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

Allyson says that she and co-founder Meg knew that more traditional sources of funding like venture capital wouldn’t be the easiest avenue for a social enterprise, so they connected with an organization called Investor’s Circle. Cote says: “Know your audience. The Lean Startup by Erik Reis.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Your sales people can gather the crowd, work the crowd and use their sales skills to see if prospects in the audience have interest. The difference between booths offering a demo and those without one is striking. One of them is a loser. It isn’t going to be your booth.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

My two cents is that’s it’s less of a “disinterest in history&# than an inability to make the history of technology accessible to a non-technical audience. And now am leading a startup of my own ( [link] ) where we’re students of you and Eric Ries’ lean startup principles. Few writers do it well.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. 2) Market

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2017

If you don’t have a specific immediate need to show a formal business plan to a banker or investor, then you are probably better off doing just a lean business plan , for your internal use only. Your business plan should present what a banker or venture capitalist expects to see, in the order they expect to see it in. Opportunity.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Waterfall, Agile, Lean? Reply David Locke , on June 20, 2009 at 1:47 pm Said: As for marketing being different in different verticals, the audience is different from one vertical to another, so content would be different, as well as communications channels. Intellectual Property/Patents – Strategic or Tactical, timing?

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. Try to sample your ideal audience, and not just anyone.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Even though out product is targeted to a niche audience(female in our case) and have many unique features for niche audience. Reply np , on August 20, 2009 at 2:06 pm Said: Rule 4: Custormer compares our product to a big comapny say BC they start to ask why should we use your product insted of BC.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 21, 2011

.” I have slides in our financing session telling them to ignore stories of venture capital as it is overrated as a source of capital. I have wondered openly why so much of entrepreneurship education is focused on the venture model of business planning and pitching. No one in the audience applauded.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

The audience was awesome as well bringing together many rock stars of the past with those of the future. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

The audience was awesome as well bringing together many rock stars of the past with those of the future. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Choose your specific calling and then market your skills to that niche audience. How to identfy your brand's audience, and more! How to identfy your brand's audience, and more! Write copy with your target audience in mind. This will reassure your audience that you’re accessible, knowledgeable, and reliable.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 26, 2017

times the size of the global venture capital industry today. With so many businesses seeking to capitalize on the crowdfunding trend, there’s more competition than ever. Build trust with your audience by telling your story and introducing your team. Your campaign page is your new venture’s face to the world.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. What exactly are you doing, who is your target audience, who are key partners or employees, how much money do you require to get started? Personal investment.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

bands take their built in audience and then branch into their own material. Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:29 am Said: [.] Reply Lean Startup Customer Discovery & the Value of First Impressions , on January 25, 2010 at 6:12 am Said: [.]

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2013

In fact, their first venture capital investment was actually beamed from PalmPilot to PalmPilot live in a restaurant in the Bay Area. And this is a case where what we talk about in Decisive overlaps very nicely with The Lean Startup because this speaks directly to the philosophy you have. DH: That’s a great question.

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