Up and Running

APRIL 25, 2014

The cast of “Silicon Valley” Image credit: HBO. Silicon Valley is a crazy place. I’ve opted not to return to the Valley for various reasons, but still have plenty of friends who work there and return regularly for business meetings. You have to prove your business model.

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Silicon Valley Business Plan Entrepreneur Cap Table 104

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a business lawyer working with startups in technology and digital media every day, I’m fortunate to have a front-row seat as entrepreneurs create value out of thin air. What can we do on the public policy front to turn the United States into one giant Silicon Valley?

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Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Accredited Investor San Francisco 187

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Smart business people understand their own agenda, and they figure out the agenda of others, to build win-win relationships.

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Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 312

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Steve Weinstein 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. He runs H4X Labs.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. It’s the right way to get money without giving up too much equity or control of your business. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. Glen Mello: Venture debt is a good complement to equity. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. Business model? What are some pros and cons?

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Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. The danger of waiting to long to find a business model? In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P. Special Report: Silicon Valley’s dirty secret – age bias | Reuters – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

However, you will be dealing with almost daily change, (new customer feedback/insights from a Customer Development process and technical roadblocks ,) as the company searches for a repeatable and scalable business model. By now the company may have found and settled on a repeatable business model. steve Am I a Founder?

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 219

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The class teaches the three basic skills all entrepreneurs need to know: business model design. Called “ How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad ,” it walks you through the Business Model Canvas and an overview of the customer development process. Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley. customer development.

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Open Source Silicon Valley Lean Customer Development 335

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

John Jantsch (02:29): So I'm curious, how did you get into the business of advising startups? Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions.

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

The differences between the Bend, Oregon region and Silicon Valley are obvious. The sheer density of talent, companies, capital and universities that exist in the Valley are second to none. Job creation in Bend is everyone’s business. People who make the move typically need to start a business to have a job.

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Oregon Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital 312

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We don’t have any equity or control over the business….”. “As

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review IPO Venture Capital 217

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.) It sounds interesting.

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Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

The pre-pandemic economy was characterized by a mysterious, decades-long decline in business formation. Although the media has been full of inspiring stories about start-ups in Silicon Valley, the reality is that the rate at which Americans have been starting companies has been in decline for a long time.

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Limited Liability Company Silicon Valley Business Model Stock Options 163

Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may allow venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 281

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)… Posted on April 7, 2011 by Travis Biziorek. Surly, Silicon Valley wasn’t in a bubble. equity in the company. Sounds like you pivoted from your original business model. The first time we hired partners for Kibin was way back in late 2009.

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

This is a 3-day program for entrepreneurship faculty from around the world how to teach entrepreneurship via the Lean LaunchPad approach ( business model canvas + customer development ) and bring their entrepreneurship curriculums into the 21st century. Mainstream Entrepreneurship. We think we got it figured out.

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Silicon Valley Lean Utah Customer Development 305

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Unless you are a serial entrepreneur with a string of successes behind you, you need a business plan to convince investors that you can build a business out of the dream that has been driving your passion to change the world. Provide details on the business model and cash flow.

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Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Silicon Valley Business Model 163

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. VCs ONLY want to invest in momentum deals, which means you already have serious customer validation and traction and you are looking to raise money to scale your business. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. This is important, so please listen up.

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Cloud Incubator Silicon Valley Finance 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Brian Cohen , chairman of the New York Angels, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. It’s the right way to get money without giving up too much equity or control of your business.

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Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors.

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Entrepreneur Accredited Investor Silicon Valley Angel Investor 274

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

. ———– The National Institutes of Health recognizes that Life Science/Health Care commercialization has two components: the science/technology, and the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 261

K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

Some days in Silicon Valley it feels like there are more investors than there are entrepreneurs. You get a situation whether investors are incentivized to put in more money into a company, not only to buy more equity, but also to fund the quick growth. And there absolutely are more investors than there are good deals.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Founder Seed Stage 117

K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

Some days in Silicon Valley it feels like there are more investors than there are entrepreneurs. You get a situation whether investors are incentivized to put in more money into a company, not only to buy more equity, but also to fund the quick growth. And there absolutely are more investors than there are good deals.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Founder Seed Stage 105

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

by Dr. Xiao Wang, Chief Fire Starter, InnoSpring Silicon Valley. So you’ve decided to enlist a technology incubator to help your new business get off the ground. You have a great idea and a strong business plan, and an incubator is just the partner you need at this stage. Can they share some past success cases? .

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Incubator Silicon Valley China Cofounder 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Smart business people understand their own agenda, and they figure out the agenda of others, to build win-win relationships.

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Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2012

Even banks, as well as equity investors, look more favorably on a proven business model than a new and unproven one. Just because something works in Silicon Valley, doesn’t mean it will work in Peoria. Hopefully, you can skip some of the costly pivots made by them. Easier to find investors.

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Silicon Valley Equity Technology Cost 211

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Even banks, as well as equity investors, look more favorably on a proven business model than a new and unproven one. Just because something works in Silicon Valley, doesn’t mean it will work in Peoria. Hopefully, you can skip some of the costly pivots made by them. Easier to find investors.

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Silicon Valley Startup Equity Technology 228

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. What will most upset them is what they perceive as unfair treatment.

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. The process they use to guide that search is "Customer Development" ; and to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document their week-by-week changes – the business model canvas.

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Silicon Valley Startup Early Stage Business Model 118

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Kennet has a white paper on that summarizes why bootstrapped businesses are the best.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Silicon Valley Frontlines. Two Tales of "Working For Equity". Working for equity only is, realistically, the way most startups have to get going. a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it.

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Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Software Review 40

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 27, 2011. work at home.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

And it goes beyond the fact that like so many of the great investment stories of the past 15 years - PayPal, YouTube, Zynga, LinkedIn, Yelp - Facebook’s early investors primarily came from a very small group of interconnected Silicon Valley investors. And when stormy weather comes as it always does, courage’s cousin grace is needed.

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Silicon Valley Private Equity Early Stage Equity 78