Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Steve : And they wanted a bigger business than just a vent company.
Steve Blank
JULY 2, 2009
Entrepreneur-in-Residence After SuperMac I had been approached by one of our venture investors to be an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), a Silicon Valley phrase which says one thing but means another. I offered to introduce him to the firm whose Entrepreneur-in-Residence offer I had just accepted.
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Steve Blank
JULY 15, 2010
The Golden Age for Entrepreneurs and VC’s. The two decades from 1979 when pension funds fueled the expansion of venture capital to 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst were the Golden Age for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. Here’s why. The system worked in predictable and profitable ways. Yet while the U.S.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
A more efficient approach is to mine the data exhaust from the Limited Partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. 2) Raise capital.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors. Teten: The new generation of entrepreneurs is asking more from their investors than just money. What do they offer entrepreneurs that independent VCs cannot, and how does that position them uniquely in the innovation economy? Are they good sales people?
Steve Blank
JUNE 1, 2011
Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. What is the entrepreneur supposed to be doing? From a VC’s point of view there are two reasons for board meetings. 1) It’s their fiduciary responsibility. The Wrong Structure.
Steve Blank
JUNE 1, 2011
Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. What is the entrepreneur supposed to be doing? From a VC’s point of view there are two reasons for board meetings. 1) It’s their fiduciary responsibility. The Wrong Structure.
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