Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 25, 2018
Prepare a pitch deck to document and share your plan. Advisors and investors need to see your whole story in as few as ten slides. A full business plan and financial modelling can come later to add details. You need to recruit advisors, key partners, and cofounders well before approaching investors.
The Next Web
JULY 20, 2013
They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. Prior to Credo, Andrej worked at an early growth fund Benson Oak, the first backer of AVG Technologies . VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 13, 2013
It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. Technical founder. And my specialty was computer networks.
crowdSPRING Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Business Plans Are an Historic Artifact | WSJ – [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Why Bravo’s ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ Is Bad for Entrepreneurship - [link].
Steve Blank
MAY 11, 2009
The Cinepak codec was written by the engineer who would become my cofounder at Rocket Science Games.) I was the Senior Technical Writer for SMac from 1988-1991. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. There was nothing for the consumer to do. It worked great on the slow CPUs at the time. Order Here.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
In Silicon Valley, rock climbing’s a current hot spot for startup folks. There’s at least one weekly ultimate frisbee game I’m aware of that’s chock-full of people from the startup industry, on both the business and tech sides. To be blunt, find a way to move to Silicon Valley.
steveblank.com
JULY 8, 2011
Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Reply You don’t need a business plan yet: 7 ideas for Customer Development « Information Maven: Greg Meyer , on May 22, 2011 at 7:37 am said: [.] Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.
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