Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

One of the most interesting results was the outpouring of support and questions we received around how we built the product, why we built the exercise, and how much did it all cost. Cost: $64.88 (per year). Total cost: $0.00 (I know! Total cost: $900.00 Total cost: $348.00 (per year). The details matter.

Software Review 103

Software Review Cost Cofounder New Zealand 103

Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2014

All of a sudden, it is boom time again for venture capital funds, with over $10.3 billion in fresh capital raised by 578 funds in the 1st quarter, up 36% from 2012. But for the individual investor, is investing in a venture capital fund really a good idea? This all costs money. Here’s why: Market Efficiency.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Disintermediation Technical Review Term Sheet 101

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs. The buyer has the challenge of scaling the business, and managing all the operational growth requirements.

Exit Strategy 264

Exit Strategy Private Equity Equity Technical Review 264

ReadWriteStart

JULY 5, 2023

Neko Health will be able to revolutionize the healthcare industry and expand its operations beyond the borders of its home country of Sweden as a result of the funding received. After a full-body examination that lasts for ten to twenty minutes and costs a patient €250, the results are discussed with a medical professional.

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Sweden Artificial Inteligence Cofounder Technical Review 126

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost. Stanford List of Venture Capital and Private Equity Sources.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

They aren’t operating on big bankrolls of venture capital (at least initially), and they don’t have trust funds to fall back on if the business fails. As a self-directed business owner, you have full control over what the business does next as well as how it operates and how it grows. If they don’t come through, who will?

Entrepreneur 205

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Silicon Valley Bandwidth 205

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Warlock was so large that it was kept at the ERA factory and operated as a remote operations center. ERA Disk Drives One of the problems code breakers had was the difficulty of being able to store and operate on large sets of data. Costing $250,000 ($3.2 Each ATLAS I cost the NSA $1.3 million today.)

Minnesota 281

Minnesota Engineer Minneapolis Silicon Valley 281

Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

Team Army Venture Capital. needs to reevaluate and improve its public venture capital relationship with companies with dual-use technologies. Final problem statement : Chinese adversarial venture capital investments in U.S. Original problem statement : the U.S. Team Aurora.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Technology Taiwan Venture Capital 281

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. Amazon AppStore – The Amazon Appstore (mobile/tablet) for Android and Fire OS operated by Amazon.com. Amazon Pay – For startup payment acceptance and collection. Physical space.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The real question is, “do the founders or operators understand the role of governance and embrace it, or are they trying to intentionally undermine the very notion of governance?” As a result of many technical voting requirements, this can be rationalized as a way to make operating the company smoother and simpler.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Non-Compete Government Delaware 113

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Industry-specific domain experience becomes critical when identifying operational pain points ripe for transformation. This outside work provides a valuable source of revenue able to be used to fund operations. Over time, this revenue reduces the dependency on outside venture capital sources.

Incubator 188

Incubator Startup Software Developers Software Development 188

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs. The buyer has the challenge of scaling the business, and managing all the operational growth requirements.

Exit Strategy 376

Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2020

Many companies seek angel investors, venture capital and even family and friends’ money when they’re planning to start a company. an entrepreneur should have about 6 months worth of fixed costs on hand at the beginning. Financial intelligence is important to anyone starting a company. office space, legal fees, payroll, etc.)

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Finance Forecast Balance Sheet Angel Investor 217

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Another frequent partner for Hauser Private Equity is the Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.

Private Equity 129

Private Equity Equity Technical Review Software Review 129

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

For the last 75 years computers (we’ll call these classic computers) have both shrunk to pocket size (iPhones) and grown to the size of warehouses (cloud data centers), yet they all continued to operate essentially the same way. Classic Computers – Programming. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features. Example here.

Artificial Inteligence 417

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 417

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands.

Restful 222

Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 222

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

View from Seed

APRIL 14, 2020

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. However, not everything will be a net negative to the ecosystem.

Early Stage 374

Early Stage Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence 374

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2017

Furthermore, they] are usually small and initially financed and operated by a handful of founders or one individual.”. You will need to develop and test your product, fund the initial production run, as well as pay for overheads such as your website developing and hosting, telephone bills, and other sundry costs. Venture capital.

San Diego 138

San Diego Venture Capital Startup Bootstrapping 138

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

Some focus on the core model level, developing large language models or diffusion technology for image and video creation, and others operate in the application layer, powering their generative AI experiences by combining one or a number of APIs that are either open source or commercially available.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =. Operating Costs.

Startup 418

Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. In all of these new product and cost-focused new trends, a big problem has emerged that all of these movements have not addressed. The cost side of the equation is also important.

Business Plan 334

Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real. That will take a long time to settle. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital!

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Any place with a fixed cost that relies on foot traffic will come under pressure. Cut costs to stay alive for 24 months. Operating Numbers. Payroll costs/other variable costs. Sources of additional capital – For existing companies: debt commitments, and new lenders. How many months of cash do you have?

South Korea 333

South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 Open source became a movement – a mentality.

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Venture Capital Software PHP Open Source 334

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

The tech industry has this growth because of lower housing costs, affordable living, and strong incentives. million in venture capital to move. Much of this was attributed to the low cost of living. Montreal is a spot for new start-ups and venture capital. Saskatchewan Tech Sector Continues to Grow.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We mutually anticipated it would be a three year role, after which Kate could decide if she liked investing or wasn’t ready to leave the world of operating (she joined us from 5+ years at Uber). KS: So much of what is shared about venture, especially on Twitter, is an endless string of wins. It’s very different in venture.

Venture Capital 85

Venture Capital San Francisco Portfolio Operations 85

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

And they’re getting a handle on what it costs to build a company to deliver it. And in these last two weeks of class, they learn what activities, resources and partners they’ll need to deliver their solution and derive what it costs to build the company to deliver it. This post is a continuation of the series. WEEK 8 Presentation.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley San Diego Technical Review Incubator 120

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Will the Bay Area’s cost structure compress the precious runway these newco’s have? Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud).

San Francisco 116

San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value. Per-unit cost less cost of goods sold is your gross profit or margin. Quantify overhead costs. It’s amazing how fasts costs escalate as you grow.

Forecast 290

Forecast Burn Rate Widget Business Plan 290

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Personnel Costs and the DoD Budget. Today’s topic was Midterms with Congressman Mike Gallagher.

Technical Review 235

Technical Review Technology China Taiwan 235

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Equity DC Leveraged Buyout 78