VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AWS EdStart – is the AWS educational technology (EdTech) startup accelerator, designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics, and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud. Amazon AppStore – The Amazon Appstore (mobile/tablet) for Android and Fire OS operated by Amazon.com.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

They accomplished their goal, but at a huge, unanticipated cost: the processes and committees they designed ended up strangling innovation. An existing company or government organization is primarily organized for day-to-day execution of its current business processes or mission. There’s a much better way. As the head of the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. Government programs. You should also research the government programs like subsidies, funding, and grants that are available for your business sector and ensure you understand the parameters to qualify for these. ? Early-stage.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. – The Torch Program. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

It’s something the financial community – along with government resources, for that matter – needs to think about as it works to help young business leaders consider their financing options. Among those the Canada Business Network suggests: Government grants and financing.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Underpinning this growth is good governance. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward. This may mean straddling the line between governance and management when necessary. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

Early-stage startups might want to consider local opportunities first before plunging into national awards! Dedicated to early-stage companies, there were over 15 categories to choose from in the 2018 edition, including, inter alia: B2B Business of the Year, Crowdfunded Business of the Year and Export Business of the Year.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. “It is not a targeted plan designed to deal with a particular subject. Tax incentives for investors in early stage Israeli high-tech companies. There’s an urgent need for exits, and big ones while at it.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Put your users first: pretend that your customers have a seat at the table when you design your product roadmap. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. In many cases, the failures (financially, morally etc) happened because of a charismatic founder and not enough governance.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. – The Torch Program. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2020

And one question that many startups overlook at the early stages of formulating their business plans: do you have a well-reasoned, effective, and budget-savvy marketing plan? You might ask a marketing firm to write and design your pitch book, which is pretty much the cost of admission to an angel’s office.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2012

Here are some key objectives to keep in mind when designing your prototype to make it attractive to investors: Validate the customer need and opportunity. There is nothing wrong with starting simple, engaging a friend who does mechanical design, or a student at a local industrial design school.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The French government has translated the JEI program into English as the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative , an annual competition run by the French Embassy to the US. The boards of these organizations include large companies, local and regional government representatives, universities/public research labs and SMEs. The Big Players.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description. Patents are highly technical, hard to get, and the process is slow and expensive, but for those who succeed, the payoff is a 20-year government-sanctioned monopoly over the patented technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Here are some key objectives to keep in mind when designing your prototype: Validate the customer need and opportunity. There is nothing wrong with starting simple, engaging a friend who does mechanical design, or a student at a local industrial design school.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

One motivating factor is the number and generosity of Israeli-sponsored government programs incentivizing growth in STEM fields. The Early Stage Incentive Program, for example, is designed to promote technological development, offering grants of up to NIS 10 million every year for approved budgets.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

You have to be careful when it comes to your startup’s legality in all aspects, from design to service system. You might be running after someone who stole your design, committed a crime that resulted in a loss, or an insurance carrier acting in bad faith. Comply with Government Requirements. Document Everything.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Any type of design. However, one major issue for many creators of early stage IP who are looking to obtain formal government protection is that once submitted, the IP becomes public record and available for all to see. See Also: Getting Investors and Protecting Your Idea. Wireframes. Original writing. Source code.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Nevertheless, this example demonstrates that, even in the absence of data (which is frequently the case, especially with early-stage startups), this technique helps us arrive at a clear and sensible decision. In this case, quantification of the upside/downside would also lead us to a clear winner of doing feature Y.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Founded in 2015, Niesh provides an app designed to meet the challenges of the modern university student, and now offers both a suite of services for brands to connect with the youth market and deals to make every student’s life easier. New Zealand startups need to know that the local market is limited by the relatively small population of 4.8

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

We demonstrated the prototype, and presented a few design concepts. With the launch being a great success, we then decided to raise capital from a German government fund called Hightech Founders Fund. At an early stage, be sure, he or she commits to at least spending some hours each week working with you.

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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. The Goldwater/Nichols Act governs the requirements processes for the services.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Public venture funding has become a valuable avenue for growth for early-stage businesses in the sector, helping to put Canada’s tech industry on the map for professionals both locally and abroad. Government-led programs like the Startup Visa Program and the Global Talent Stream are proving successful in attracting quality talent.

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Up and Running

MARCH 19, 2018

Social entrepreneurs want to improve social and/or environmental conditions, but unlike nonprofits, they are not registered 501(c)3 organizations, and their structure is designed to generate profits, but to do it ethically. As a small business or early-stage startup, start small. to ban animal testing for cosmetics.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 26, 2017

It has the potential to contribute to the “re-design” of our world supporting the creation of sustainable, accessible, and inclusive cities for all. Picture Description: CodeNEXT Logo and Tag Line: “Shaping The Austin We Imagine” Will Austin’s revised land development codes hurt or help people with disabilities?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Please note that we expect our members to invest at least $25,000/year in early-stage investments, although there is no contractual commitment to do so. Cell>Point ( www.cellpointweb.com ) is a late-stage biotech-molecular imaging and therapeutics company with strong IP.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 19, 2021

GRAB A PIECE OF THE PIE The government is known for its red tape and long processes, but it also has a huge budget to spend on innovation?—?and Learn how to traverse the government procurement system, and understand how it’s changing and evolving. and it’s looking for technology from beyond its traditional sources.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Each year, we bring you new case studies from Silicon Valley startups (and beyond), government agencies, and global enterprise companies, along with expert advice from seasoned entrepreneurs and newcomers alike. Kelvin Kwong of Jawbone will discuss how to design behavior changes in your customers, for example.)

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

The Atlantic Council found that the early-stage entrepreneurial activity, which measures the rate of individuals actively involved in business start-ups, is highest in most countries for young entrepreneurs than for older ones. There are plenty of programs designed to help young entrepreneurs overcome these barriers.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But, in the alleys, most of the improvised cafés and galleries that used to enliven the city have been cleared away, in the name of order; overhead, the race to build new skyscrapers, which attracted designers from around the world, has stalled. To curb the population the government paid a bounty for dead cobras.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Over my career as a serial entrepreneur I observed that since the late 1990s, no early-stage Silicon Valley investor had used business plans to screen investments. It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. Early-stage investors don’t read business plans.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

This will be a boon to startups as this encompasses finding PII, securing data, and incorporating privacy by design. Designing software with a privacy-first mentality becomes a core theme in 2019. Either you’re a mega fund or an early stage fund, being caught in the middle is a place you don’t want to be.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

It looks forward to a world where users and creators govern the Internet and the economics flow more fairly to the creators directly via the platforms. As an investor, it’s not always easy to assess the team at the very early stage, especially if they didn’t come from working in the space before.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There are a number of different government funding opportunities for projects in the early stages but we recognised there was a gap between government grant funding and the private sector funding,” says MPI Commercial Manager Andrew Clark. “So

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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