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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

The best and most consistent funds in Silicon Valley (e.g. But my conversations in the private corridors on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley is that many fund sizes will be smaller going forward. Staying “lean&# is not an option. Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Accel) can and will easily raise money.

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Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers

Steve Blank

Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. This approach would shape Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial ethos: In startups, failure was treated as experience (until you ran out of money). And Stanford’s Lean LaunchPad class could do just that.

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How One Startup Managed Its Investment Cash Flow

ReadWriteStart

We got a chance to look deep into the company's balance sheet and see exactly how it managed its cash flow over the past five years. There are going to be lean years as you build your business and ramp up your operations. Backblaze, a leader in cloud storage, just celebrated its fifth anniversary.

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Eureka! National Science Foundation's I-Corps Trains a New Generation of Scientists in Business

ReadWriteStart

Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. This approach would shape Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial ethos: In startups, failure was treated as experience (until you ran out of money). And Stanford's Lean LaunchPad class could do just that. This is a big deal.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

People talk about businesses that are obviously lending businesses as if they take no balance sheet risk or have no credit exposure. Ultimately, we sold that company to Silicon Valley Bank and it became the genesis of Silicon Valley Bank’s open platform approach. On Leaving Silicon Valley Bank.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers. So you met me in 2010.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

The company had a wild year, from the initial crisis management that came in the form of restructuring the company and refunding millions of dollars off their own balance sheet, to lobbying Congress, to provide support to hosts, [and] launching initiatives to provide housing for frontline healthcare workers. So you met me in 2010.