corporate-venturing 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. The billion dollars he just raised is on top of the $750 million NewTV’s parent company, WndrCo, has raised for the venture. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
In January, Jerry Neumann wrote a long and detailed analysis of his view of the VC industry in the 1980’s titled Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980’s. For example, my firm at the time, Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, the wholly owned SBIC of Chicago’s Continental Bank, had many successful investments.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Board Control.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. Description of the business entity you plan to form.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Beware The Consultant John Greathouse – Posted in: Cash Flow Management , Launching Venture , Strategic Planning. There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. Thanks for visiting!
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. This article originally ran on PEHub.
Steve Blank
JUNE 22, 2009
It was still a year away from its IPO. For the first 25 years HP’s business model was static. Of course HP did ship new products and innovate, but their center of innovation was sustaining innovation , around the core of their existing business. But first some background.) Wall Street wants quarterly earnings.
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