Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks).

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

You just don't wind up with $25 million to name a dorm unless you've gotten equity upside in something. Give them that and they'll decide on their own to be a founder. Be a community center. They don't have to be big, contrived incubators--just a few couches and maybe a plug or two--and open wifi. Kick the students out.

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Incubator .Net Cofounder Software Developers 133

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But a new class of life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space is another. A new life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space. It looks like someone is actually pulling this together in a life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space in Chicago called MATTER.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 265

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

On Friday, January 25, the entrepreneurial community at Chicago Booth looks forward to hosting their annual conference, SeedCon. This year’s conference will take place at 1871, Chicago’s startup incubator located in the Merchandise Mart. Event Focus. Investors and Entrepreneurs.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2014

By Elton Rivas, co-founder of KYN. Let’s break this down, typically, a startup’s accelerator will provide entrepreneurs with mentoring, guidance and a small amount of funding in return for a small equity stake in the company. Advice For The Young At Heart business incubation business incubator Elton Rivas startup'

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Cofounder Incubator Programming IPO 171

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I’ve identified a wide range of organizations who are working on bridging the economic, cultural, and political gap between Israel, the Arab community, and the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”) through technology. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Apply here. Siraj Capital.

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UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan. John recently co-founded P360, a business that produces animated training content for the military, and he works for BMNT Partners. He connects the Lab with the defense user community. Listen to my entire chat with John.

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Channel Japan Bosnia Silicon Valley 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? I’m 100% certain this would benefit our community and not just the entrepreneurs that work there.

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San Francisco Incubator Silicon Valley Startup 285

The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Here, the 40-person Summit Series team, led by co-founders Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal and Jeremy Schwartz, is anything but “settling down.” In late 2011, Summit rallied the community to raise nearly $1 million to create a marine reserve the size of Manhattan in the island chain that hosted Summit at Sea.

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Utah Congo Cofounder Incubator 168

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Google Apps – Email, Chat, Docs Skype - free voice and video communication tool Campfire – team collaboration Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers Ning – Create your own social network Yammer – free enterprise social network Doodle – online group scheduling Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference (..)

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Ning Communities. On-line Communities. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Google Ads.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Richard Witten , special advisor on entrepreneurship to the President of Columbia University ; and Kathryn Minshew , co-founder of the popular online career platform TheMuse.com both joined me in Sirius’ New York studio and shared their version of being knocked down and coming back stronger. It has been phenomenally successful.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur New York Cofounder Equity 120

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

But what if these institutions, valuable as they are, are just a transition state on the way to truly new modes of communication and exchange, and even a new emphasis on values other than profit-and-loss? Adam Berk, Founder of Neigh*borrow. Adam Black, Founder KeyWifi.com. Jeff Stewart, Founder of Lenddo.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

Gina Mancuso , Founder and CEO of LoveThatFit. Derek Shanahan , Chief Community Officer of Foodtree. Avichal Garg , Co-Founder and CEO of Spool. Take into consideration board seats, the investor’s equity stake in the business and whether they will receive preferred or common stock. Choose your investors carefully.

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Cofounder Startup San Francisco Silicon Valley 140

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. (The

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. I have contacts within the university and entrepreneurial communities and would be happy to help you set up something if interested. Let me know. It is valuable.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

5: Raising Money : The higher your evaluation is, the more equity you have to work with. 8: Connect With the Community : Hold a live town hall where you can collect feedback and get advice from your users. Rose also co-founded Revision3, and Pownce (acquired by Six Apart). Beg, borrow and steal. Invest in Advisors. my favorite.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital San Francisco New Zealand 69