steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. There is really no other place in the world like Silicon Valley. I look forward to the next phase of our business.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” Now it’s glutted.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The Co-Commerce Revolution – Well it isn’t really a revolution, more of a devolution. The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. A bit like Silicon Valley. You’ll find it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions. And now it is over.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Everyone wanted to work in finance. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. It would be ideal if Yale built a similar tool which allowed students to filter for companies with a) quality teams, b) >10 employees, c) backed by a credible VC, and d) (optional) a Yale cofounder.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Second, understand the broader financing climate. Steer into your investors’ objections.

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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. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? How do you find co-founders who are willing to work for 18 months without getting paid? She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 16, 2010.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

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. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. If you’re looking to find / earn a technical co-founder then Andrew’s article is the best read.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. Silicon Valley Bank seems interesting. I been trying it for a while.

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Furthermore, founders become highly emotional about their companies. Company : BricaBox.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

While the rest of Silicon Valley is slamming drinks at SXSW in Austin and trying out the mobile app Bang with Friends , I'm sitting in my office thinking about last week's Launch Festival. There was a ton of energy, great networking and the jam sessions were epic! Hopefully, we can turn that fake investment to real financing.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Social Network SEC 28

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Think Again. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. That’s massive. 18) Better Person.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Financing, that is.I had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. ProfessorVC. How much is enough?

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Also, if it turns out he neglected his girlfriend too much while starting up the company, hell certainly have the opportunity to meet plenty of co-eds as he hands out flyers for the site on campus. We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We discussed NY vs. Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston. Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ. No big shocker since it is co-founded by Biz Stone and Adam Ruegel. Social network app developer and ad network. We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. TechCrunch article.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

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. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. What hogwash.

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