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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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. From my experience, negotiating debt deals with an experienced investor will result in a number of the same terms and wont save much (if anything) on legal fees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, April 7, 2011. Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways. So when does convertible debt make sense?

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2020

We ended up receiving a $5m term sheet from investors, dozens of government customers from all across the western United States, and several offers to acquire us for 10x the initial investment. It compares advantages like business model , target market, and product features. Getting there was a struggle.

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Product Marketing Silicon Valley Term Sheet 82

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

For a Series A round you want to prove you have built a repeatable and scalable sales/revenue model and understand all parts of the business model. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Team, Product, Traction, Business Model and Market. Business Model.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. ProfessorVC. Monday, June 20, 2011.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I doubt Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures believed that a horse with a horn existed when she wrote Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups in late 2013, but she probably had no idea that it would become a hot buzzword in Silicon Valley and hit the cover of mainstream business press, Fortune Magazine.

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Las Vegas IPO Pre-Money Valuation Valuation 28

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. The general rule is one business model drives the business. As it happened, we did end up pursuing all three lines of business.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The funding search began the day after Labor Day and continued throughout the fall as the environment continued to worsen, and resulted in a term sheet the day before Thanksgiving. ProfessorVC. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Steve Bennet.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I was an entrepreneur there was no public information about how term sheets worked or how investors thought. Back then Michael Arrington accused some of Silicon Valley’s top seed funds of “colluding” by meeting secretly to talk down the valuation of startups. All of these are false. What hogwash.

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I have learnt a great deal being based in the heart of Silicon Valley for the last 15 years, and having access to its inner circle. No, you do not need to come to Silicon Valley to learn entrepreneurship. Any startup that wants to fast-track to being ‘Silicon Valley VC ready’ should participate in this program.”.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents â?? WSGR Term Sheet Generator. Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Useful sources of information and awards for businesses based in Camden. broken vc model. Business Culture. Business plan.

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