Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

You have to realize that you may be too early, the market may not be ready, but also … there’s benefit in sticking it out. — Right out of college, Dave chased a dream of being rich, becoming an investment banker. We found a core distribution model that worked in terms of long-tail search. … Wayne : No.

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Current “market” stats actually show about 50% of deals being done with participating preferred and 50% with non-participating preferred. 100,000) of transaction expenses. ($800,000) of investment banker fees assuming a banker is used. million balance to distribute to all shareholders prorata.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

This is to drive marketing and any IT or infrastructure spend can be seen as such. The bigger aha was using the information from the social graph to drive marketing. They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election. Gregg is an ex Investment Banker and Wharton MBA.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. to assist with the local go-to-market approach. But is all of that changing?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Ampex’s first customer was Bing Crosby who wanted to record his radio programs for rebroadcast (and had exclusive distribution rights.) The McMicking’s bought 50% of Ampex for $365,000 (some liken this to the first VC investment in the valley.)

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Censorship is necessary, Cai says, because China is evolving from a planned economy to a market-based one. In traditional Chinese culture, Shao says, egalitarianism did not play a significant role and only came to prominence with the communist idea of equal distribution.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

IN THIS EDITION Fintech products ease more Americans into the stock market In defense of the IPO, and how to improve it What’s inside your (mobile) bank? This trend is worrisome because investing in public markets has traditionally been one of the most important wealth creation mechanisms in the U.S.,

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Startups are lucky that they can’t afford research, so they test in market and land upon on ideas that would never fly based on what we think or what focus groups would respond with. And now it is over.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

The company's market cap at the time of their entry into the public markets topped $100 billion dollars. Coinbase's IPO reflects the massive growth in interest and investment in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum around the world. You just keep doing that until you find product market fit.

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