Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

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Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

“What you get&# is one of the most mature, seasoned & experienced mobile games developers that has existed. I fell in love with the team immediately as did my partners. My partners spent one-on-one time with them. We have massively engaged youth using our product. They have no interest in an early exit. I can do that.

Later Stage 310

Later Stage South America Mobile Silicon Valley 310

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. The more they know your strategic objectives the more laterally they can act on your behalf in key situations. What Rob wrote in his post is right. Have topics.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more.

Incubator 231

Incubator Silicon Valley North America Small Business Administration 231

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. Later stage, public companies are right-sizing their teams, so there are many opportunities out there.

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Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more.

Incubator 398

Incubator Silicon Valley North America Startup 398

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

These optimization tips can help companies at early and even later stages make great strides to optimize the potential of their website… and business. In January 2011 he was appointed CEO and led 99designs in April of that year through a $35 million + Series A investment round led by Accel Partners.

Web Development 100

Web Development Later Stage Hosting Web 100

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Investors with dedicated, large-scale sourcing teams are almost all top-quartile performers across stage, vintage, and sector.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. In fact, it’s quite the opposite - making sure you have the same goals as your financing partner is probably the best thing you can do as an entrepreneur to maximize your chances for success.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

In India, the leading firms are slightly more concentrated with Sequoia India , Accel Partners , and Nexus Venture Partners being a cut above the rest. The rest of Asia is still developing with far more angel and early-stage investors than mid-to-later stage folks. Finally, don’t over-optimize on valuation.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

SBA 124

SBA Technical Review Startup 124

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. That drives every decision we make.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

by Marek Danyluk, managing partner at Space Executive. In turn, this leads to the development of a thriving startup ecosystem which paves the way for technology and innovation. Drives development in technology. The constant innovation thus drives development in technology throughout the region.

Venture Capital 196

Venture Capital Asia Artificial Inteligence Later Stage 196

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

He was on the money when he said that for early stage investments having a great team is most important but for later stage investments the market matters more. Early stage investors like Forward Partners look for a minimum of a great entrepreneur and a great idea.

Early Stage 123

Early Stage Institutional Investors Venture Capital Startup 123

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP© will be operated through NAIC’s subsidiary, The Marathon Foundation, a business development network that supports entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. Founded in 1970, NAIC firms invest in venture (early stage/later stage) and private equity (growth/buyout/mezzanine/distressed/secondary funds).

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

Lindel joined Foundry Group as a partner to lead the fund investing activity of Foundry Group Next. We’ve had the opportunity to work with Founder Collective’s partners – David Frankel, Eric Paley, and Micah Rosenbloom – over the years on several companies. It starts with the people.

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Founder LP Technical Review Seed Stage 75

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I wanted to encourage more of our Limited Partner (LPs, or the people who invest in VC funds) to attend our annual meeting in person. When we were rebuilding our LP base one of the single most helpful person to me as a friend, sparring partner and reference was Dana Settle of Greycroft. So I decided to change up our format a bit.

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Community Los Angeles LP Portfolio 150

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Instead, develop a robust server side API which all of your current and future apps can use. This can also help you collaborate with potential app development partners at later stages. Developing a single code base for Web applications to run on multiple browsers can save great effort.

Developer 159

Developer Architecture API Later Stage 159

View from Seed

JULY 26, 2022

We help couples *get ready* to get pregnant, starting pre-pregnancy wellness testing for both partners. AD: I once heard someone say, “if you want the best personal development seminar on the planet, start a business” and that is one of the best summaries of what I find so intriguing and fulfilling about being a founder.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Later Stage Early Stage Founder 156

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. C ustomer Development – We have relationships with hundreds of large global corporations. Effectively, we are a market maker between our portfolio companies and the late-stage VCs and large enterprises which are our co-investors.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

Kevin Hale, Founder, Wufoo, and Partner, Y Combinator. Justin Kan, Founder, Twitch, and Partner, Y Combinator. Alfred Lin, Former COO, Zappos, and Partner, Sequoia Capital. Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn, and Partner, Greylock Ventures. Keith Rabois, Partner, Khosla Ventures (formerly PayPal, Slide, Square and LinkedIn).

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Delaware Startup Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more.

Incubator 218

Incubator Silicon Valley North America Small Business Administration 218

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. Investors: Summit Partners (lead), Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Gary Vaynerchuk. 4mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 271

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

We’re backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Silver Lake Partners, and individual investors like Ron Conway, among others. If you’re a late stage company trying to penetrate a new market (think Warby Parker trying to expand internationally), we have people who can help with that. David Teten: How do startups sign up?

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Use good judgment, talk to your co-founders/investors/lawyers, and partner with a bank that values transparency and relationships such as SVB.]. NVV: Let’s talk about the seed stage specifically. If we don’t have a prior relationship, we’ll really want to try to develop that because it’s such a relationship play.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Lindel Eakman led the discussion with Fred and Andy.

Leadership 161

Leadership LP Venture Capital Silicon Valley 161

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 11, 2020

I met Jeff through one of my other partners at Greylock , James Slavet , who had worked for him at Yahoo. Rather, the point of the dashboards was to provide a comprehensive view that everyone could see, architect your work processes with those dashboards, and develop the kind of fine awareness that lets you see when a number is just wrong.

Cofounder 36

Cofounder Leadership Metrics Later Stage 36

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. Both ways are great, I’ve tried both, but personally I wouldn’t try to start something again without partners.

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Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St.

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

And most venture capital wants to invest larger amounts in later-stage startups. Identify a select few VC firms that invest the amount you need, in your industry, at your business’ stage of development, in your region. They have preferences about where they invest, at what stage, and what amounts.

Software Review 124

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Elevator Pitch 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more.

Incubator 247

Incubator Silicon Valley Startup Small Business Administration 247