Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.). What can a company do?

Startup 275

Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 275

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The new technologies and capabilities that will be central to military advantage in the future – artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems, distributed networking, advanced manufacturing, and commercial space, etc. Disruptive Technology. That’s no longer the correct model.

Technical Review 361

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology United States 361

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dear Brightly (a NextView portfolio company) provides a telemedicine-powered ecommerce experience for prescription-grade retinoids so consumers no longer need to take time off work to go see a dermatologist for 10 minutes just to obtain a prescription for the serum.

Vertical 156

Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

With the help of these applications, project managers or team leaders keep track of the budget, dates, and deadlines; they distribute the tasks in the team and can create reports and analyses on the progress of the project. Project management tools offer the right support for these requirements.

Management 264

Management Software Review Cloud Mobile 264

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2019

A planner who’s a fiduciary has multiple ways to reduce sequence-of-returns risk by allowing the portfolio to stay ahead of inflation. You utilize other income-producing vehicles in the portfolio. It’s vital to have a tax plan that can fit into your portfolio. Prioritize a tax plan. Create an estate plan.

Indianapolis 113

Indianapolis LLC Portfolio Technical Review 113

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Occam's Razor

JULY 5, 2021

Attribution is simply the science (sometimes, wrongly, art) of distributing credit for Conversions. Paid Media Marketers (sometimes referred to as Direct Response Team or Performance Marketing) love doing attribution analysis across only paid media channels becuase it allows them to distribute credit only across their work.

Analytics 148

Analytics Marketing Channel Software Review 148

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Cleargraph (Distributed Systems) joined Coinbase to continue their work on human-friendly decentralized identity. We’re particularly proud and excited for this development, as it’s two portfolio companies joining forces! The post Q3 2018 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One.

Portfolio 113

Portfolio Metadata Acquisition Distribution 113

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Our portfolio company Top Hat just closed a $22.5M (USD) Series C round. They took an innovative approach to distribution. Top Hat adopted a bottoms-up approach to distribution, as covered in the Globe and Mail article: Sales took off after Top Hat ignored advice and flipped its sales strategy.

Vertical 132

Vertical Technical Review Cofounder Sales Cycle 132

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2021

In any case, your startup is now part of some investor’s portfolio, so you need to treat the situation like reporting to a new boss, and not like a new freedom. Funding can be pulled, and future distributions withheld, if objectives are not met. Progress milestones become management objectives. Your time is no longer your own.

Term Sheet 433

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Startup 433

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. 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. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies?

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

Fractional CTO 195

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 195

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2020

Documentation management focuses on creating, reviewing, modifying, certifying, issuing, and distributing the documents that validate your project approach. His experience has enabled multinational businesses around the globe to diversify their project portfolio. Follow his work here.

Management 165

Management Software Review Technical Review Security 165

Genuine VC

AUGUST 27, 2015

When I think to the best performing companies in our NextView portfolio, the investment process was driven by (at least) one of the three of us who became a true believer. That’s not to say that all of our strong portfolio companies were nonconsensus among the three of us – quite the opposite. It wasn’t obvious.

Software Review 100

Software Review Portfolio Framework Distribution 100

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

They matter in the sense that GPs only earn carried interest if they generate absolute gains on their portfolio, regardless of how their fund does relative to other VC funds or even other asset classes. Startup outcomes are a power law distribution rather than a standard distribution. 3.0x+ cash on cash) is profitable.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2013

The new software offering expands Intel’s extensive portfolio of datacenter computing, networking, storage and intelligent system products.

Distribution 154

Distribution Software Open Source Framework 154

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

LPs have been feeling great about venture capital due to holding valuable paper positions in companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Dropbox, all of which they feel confident will drive large cash distributions in the future. dollars going directly into portfolio companies vs. the funds themselves).

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. Part of the reason to do this was just to reconnect after a long time apart.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year was a banner year as boldstart portfolio cos raised over $150mm of follow on capital from some of the top Series A and B investors (highlights below). This means more collaboration with the Fortune 500 and more go-to-market experience as our portfolio companies navigate their path to first customers.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation. Reusable Rockets – Satellite connectivity revenues could exceed $130bn per year in 2030.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2024

With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before. Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! Drop us a line or slide into our DMs – we’re all ears!

Artificial Inteligence 141

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Startup Vertical 141

VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2018

A key question my post didn’t consider was what the ideal venture portfolio might look like in the face of these data. . The robust dinner conversation we had back in 2006 essentially asked the question: “If venture outcomes are Black Swans, what does the optimal venture portfolio construction look like?”

Portfolio 75

Portfolio Later Stage Early Stage Angel Investor 75

BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

6 portfolio companies raised Series A financings including Manifold , Hypr , and 4 unannounced, 1 raised a Series B (unannounced), and Security Scorecard raised a $28mm Series C. Expect this trend to continue and what this means is that CIOs will take a portfolio approach, make some bets, and double down on their winners.

Cloud 60

Cloud Cofounder Portfolio Advisory Board 60

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. Part of the reason to do this was just to reconnect after a long time apart.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

Haystack

MAY 4, 2019

Today, I am excited to share some data on the Haystack portfolio as it relates to geography. Over the past year, and especially over the last few days, the Bay Area tech Twitter echo chamber has been tweeting about the advent of remote, or distributed, or satellite teams for their companies across the country and the world.

United States 87

United States Portfolio San Francisco New York City 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

Some companies called patent trolls purchase or license software patents to build a portfolio that they can sell to the highest bidder or use to hold startups hostage due to limited resources through royalties and litigation. Patents can become a commodity for buying and selling. All patents require public disclosure.

Software Review 120

Software Review Intellectual Property Software Technical Review 120

View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

VC’s across the board have generally upped their game and are much more involved in the startup ecosystem and with their portfolios. A lot of offerings that were innovative at one time are table stakes today. Standing out with things like content, terms, speed, events, etc is harder and harder, even amid the most recent market correction.

Merger 343

Merger Non-Compete Early Stage Venture Capital 343

Up and Running

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Create interesting recruitment content and distribute it through all relevant social media networks. To pique the interest of such passive prospects, distribute recruitment-related content. You can offer one-click application choices or allow them to link to their LinkedIn accounts or portfolios.

Hiring 84

Hiring Developer Social Media Mobile 84

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels. Third, smart companies manage an innovation portfolio where they can pursue potential disruption in a variety of ways. Fourth and finally is disruptive innovation – this is the innovation we associate with startups.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

With the increased demand for video content, a video marketing agency can offer a wide range of services, from video production to distribution and analysis. You can help your clients create cover letters and portfolios they’ll be confident to share. Thanks to Maria Harutyunyan, Loopex Digital ! #13-

Software Review 114

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Without systems in place to manage distributed spending, finance teams will leave money on the table.”.

Agile 60

Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. This is particularly relevant for VC funds because they do not follow a normal distribution, they follow the power-law curve.

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 27, 2020

” All over our portfolio, I’m seeing CEOs increasingly asking the question, “why am I spending all this money for something I can’t use?” We’ll see, but I know the amount of money that we are indirectly spending on commercial real estate via our portfolio will be dramatically less in 2023 than it is today.

Marketing 214

Marketing Portfolio Distribution Employee 214

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. This is particularly relevant for VC funds because they do not follow a normal distribution, they follow the power-law curve.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

Version One Ventures

APRIL 26, 2021

The rapid transition to remote work also triggered dramatic changes across our portfolio and startups everywhere, most notably by collapsing geographic boundaries. Many of our portfolio companies were able to recruit incredible talent that they never would have had access to previously. . The entire world becomes your talent pool.

North America 126

North America Spain Seed Stage Distribution 126

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As we do at the end of every quarter, we’ve summarized some of the key highlights and activities across our portfolio. . In addition, UNI arrived and was probably one of the largest token distribution events ever with 15% of all tokens going to nearly 300K liquidity providers and users. Announcements.

Portfolio 95

Portfolio Software Review Cofounder Canada 95

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

Fractional CTO 70

Fractional CTO Cofounder Startup Lead Investor 70