ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany." Blank teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University and UC Berkeley and blogs at steveblank.com.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. At the same time neither banks nor local governments had the cash to finance startups on the scale the country needed. Like the U.S. It went bankrupt in 1997.).

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Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 272

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 4) help nurture and grow the companies they invest in. Warning sign? At best. ~

Silicon Valley 224

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 224

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. existing enterprises are establishing corporate innovation groups. This is a big idea.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. At the same time neither banks nor local governments had the cash to finance startups on the scale the country needed. Like the U.S. It went bankrupt in 1997.).

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Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 164

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

understand who their core and tertiary customers are, and the sales and marketing process required for initial clinical sales and downstream commercialization. identify financing vehicles before you need them. This user/customer-centered approach is a huge step in the right direction in the life science/health care commercialization.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 262

www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. What many first-time CEOs might not realize is that they may need to setup an Advisory Board as a condition of receiving financing. This is typically done with a small piece of equity.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 280

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. It’s not about the financing path, it’s about what you’ve decided to build. And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. Nguyen knows how to keep the magic going long enough for the payday.

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IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

With no money, how do you expect to have great design, engineering, copy, marketing, content marketing, customer service, operations, and everything else that comes along with running a successful startup. How much and at what terms, is up to the deal you strike with your investors, but you can’t take money without giving away equity.

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Bootstrapping Cap Table Liquidation Preference Cofounder 63

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

It means they have to deal with finances and customers and investors and other things that aren’t what they love to do, which is building software. ” I believe that by this he means they want cash rather than equity. Finance (1). But software engineers also pay a price for working by themselves. Thoughts on.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

Programming 172

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 172

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 6, 2014

It detailed exactly what everyone was to do at every stage for every product, with instructions for every department ranging from hardware to software, and on to operations, finance, marketing, even the support teams that troubleshoot and repair the product after it goes to market.”

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Product Venture Capital Lean Finance 84

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

equity debate. Converts versus equity deals - Chris Dixon , August 31, 2010 There has been a debate going on the past few days over whether seed deals should be funded using equity or convertible notes (converts). Paul Graham kicked it off by noting that all the financings in the recent YC batch were converts.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Finance, IT, Legal). The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. But I don’t think so. What went wrong?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

Especially because I could have used this time on marketing, sales and customer development, and actually helped our business move forward. Go for a convertible notes/equity and save the legal nightmares for when you actually have proven that you’ve got a credible business model. I found this a real waste of time and energy.

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Netherlands Technical Review Software Review Cofounder 159

www.aaronkharris.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I recently left one of the worlds largest hedge funds, and finance in general, to launch Tutorspree. Skipping ahead a bit Suffice it to say that we spent much of the last few months on customer development, a topic which merits its own post, and at which I think we’ve done a decent job. How am I going to do that?

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CTO Hire New York City .Net Cofounder 40

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 5: Get financed. You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”. Additional resources to help you finance your business: How to Get Your Business Funded. How to Apply for a Federal Tax ID Number.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Will developers and designers provide services for a piece of the company? Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. Initial developer: partner or hired? Offer equity to a programmer?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

My way of explaining our support and service role to the marketing department was that: Sales is the sharp end of the stick, and marketing at best, is the stick. But while the sales team works for commission, the rest of the employees have equity (stock) in the company. It varies by company and changes over time.

Silicon Valley 127

Silicon Valley RSS Non-Compete California 127

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

They have many, many man-years of development and customer development in them. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. How do you split equity? Edwin: There are a million others. Edwin: I know.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

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. It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages. I’ll add more as time goes on.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 10, 2011

Each of the selected concepts for our first year of operating this microfund received $15,000 in equity capital and special arrangements with participating partners for marketing, accounting, legal and technology services. This is true in the typical areas of accounting, finance, marketing, fundraising (like other micro funds).

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Nashville Tennessee PHP Ruby 65

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). You don't necessarily need a team of specialists in each field (product, management, marketing and finance). 2) The Biz Person (organization and equity person) who understands how to structure the company and raise capital.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank. SW Courses.

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