SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Putting customers first. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. After all: Tech support deals with insane customers. Enjoyed this post? The Application. Stay Tuned.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

The external startup has to work long hours, and make many pivots, to identify the product-market fit, validate the MVP, and articulate a winning business model that can then be repeated and scaled. Worse, Robert Adams and his two partners got 20% of the carried interest in the fund, resulting in payouts of $30 million to the partnership.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

But the biggest innovation was the “carried interest” (called the “carry”.) Aligning their interests with their limited investors and the entrepreneurs they were investing in. In a typical venture fund, the partners receive a 2% management fee. This is where the partners would make their money.

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