Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). Traditional startup board meetings spend an insane amount of wasted time using Fortune 100 company metrics like income statements, cash flow, balance sheet, waterfall charts. And for startups outside of technology clusters, there’s almost no chance of attracting Silicon Valley VC’s or angels.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Andy came to Silicon Valley in 1983 to work for Regis McKenna and help Steve Jobs launch the Macintosh. Entrepreneurship stretches from Main Street to Silicon Valley, from startups to big companies. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 25, 2012

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. One of the things I love about Silicon Valley," he says, "is that you have plenty of other people who are also nuts and want to join, help or support you.".

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

” The word showed up again in Nick Bilton’s Vanity Fair article Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble. We basically doubled the number of unicorns in the past year and a half,” says Aileen Lee, the founder of Cowboy Ventures, who has herself become a mythic creature in the Valley after coining the term.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Andy came to Silicon Valley in 1983 to work for Regis McKenna and help Steve Jobs launch the Macintosh. Entrepreneurship stretches from Main Street to Silicon Valley, from startups to big companies. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

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). Yet this system isn't perfect.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). The Wrong Metrics : Traditional startup board meetings spend an insane amount of wasted time using Fortune 100 company metrics like income statements, cash flow, balance sheet, waterfall charts. Here's how. What's Wrong With a Board Meeting? better user growth.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley. Despite the overblown stories about the decline of Silicon Valley, the fact is that it remains the strongest entrepreneurship network in the world.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley. Despite the overblown stories about the decline of Silicon Valley, the fact is that it remains the strongest entrepreneurship network in the world.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

constantly write it down the value of your exchanges, keep your own private balance sheet on those interactions. It's ok if you're not in Silicon Valley but who is your emissary? Things become very personal and a CEO coach is very important." People who are your advisors, on your board and other influencers.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

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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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. In fact, for a good laugh, I just went back and checked our accounting system, and at the end of one quarter in 2005, we were down to $143 cash on the balance sheet. ProfessorVC. Friday, April 11, 2008. Babys All Grown Up. This got me thinking about my role in helping companies grow up.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. However, I am teaching the ELAB and a new experimental course (The Silicon Valley Experience) for the MBA program. How much needs to be shown in the form of a cashflow statement, and balance sheet? ProfessorVC. Friday, August 26, 2011. I have to build a financial model?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

5:01) Brian's thoughts on the human dimension to his approach and how that sets him apart in Silicon Valley. (6:06) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23)

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

I’ve also built my own pitch decks and presented to major Silicon Valley VC firms over the years and have learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. A balance sheet is also often required. Be prepared to provide a detailed sales forecast, profit and loss forecast, and cash flow forecast.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This number looks relatively low compared to $330B+ of cash and cash equivalents sitting on the balance sheet of the cloud giants and public companies in our global cloud Index. The firm was founded more than 35 years ago and the team quickly realised that innovation was not confined to Silicon Valley.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. ProfessorVC. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. We drew $1.5

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

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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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

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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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

On the positive side, corporate profits are up, their balance sheets have been repaired and they have recapitalized themselves to have lower amounts of debt relative to equity. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Now the company wants to allocate some capital off balance sheet to invest into specific startup ideas the CEO, Henry Ward, sees as strategically important. Silicon Valley has long been a fan of “Startup Mafias” Perhaps the most famous web 1.0 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz. Alumni funds.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 15, 2017

The Silicon Valley giants have been able to come back into a market they abandoned with very little effort. While I admittedly had a hunch this was the case, these stats are the first concrete proof supporting the hypothesis.

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