Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
We all know that startups should make decisions quickly. Fast decisions leads to rapid action, which accelerates the loop of production and feedback, which is how you outpace and out-learn a competitor, even one that already has a lead. But some decisions should not be made in haste, like a key executive hire , or how to price , or whether to raise money, or whether to invest millions of dollars in a new product line.
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deal architect
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
This past long weekend my wife and I were at two restaurants and one hotel, each of which was planning to shut down for a week or two for maintenance, to give employees some needed time off. I turned to.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
The beginning of September always seems to mark the unofficial end of summer. While the proverbial joke about venture capitalists being completely out on vacation in August is only partially true [insert link to Manifesto], things do really change after Labor Day. Whereas a couple weeks ago, nailing down meetings various VC partners was likely going to be tough, everyone is now back in the office and ready to engage.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Being the owner of your very own business can come with a lot of stress and pressure as you are the only person steering this new enterprise into the calm waters of success. No matter how great you are at this job when an unexpected injury is thrown into the mix, even the most experienced business person can be knocked for six when it comes to knowing what to do next in order to keep their business going.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
One of my favorite public events is the CU Boulder Silicon Flatirons Entrepreneurs Unplugged series. I was the co-host for the first couple of years, sharing the interview job with another Brad (Bernthal) who now is generally on his own. On Thursday, 9/13/18 at 5:30pm, Bernthal will be interview David Cohen and David Brown, the co-CEOs of Techstars (who we often fondly refer at Foundry Group as the “the David(s).” The event will be held at the CU Boulder Law School.
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The Startup Magazine
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Modern technologies let people receive data and information quickly and conveniently. A great number of startups and enterprises have gotten an opportunity to open offices all around the world and keep in touch over the Internet. Obviously, businesspeople are aware of all the dangers they can face when going online, so more and more of them wonder how it is possible for them to protect their business, assets and themselves against cyber attacks.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “ Expect Leadership “. We were almost set for the session to begin. Wu arrived early. Xiao came late. And Big Mike sauntered in with a nasty disposition. BJ came eager to help. Gorbachev tiptoed in anticipating drama. And JT scooped up a couple more donuts and hunkered down to catch the show. Other employees scrambled around, and the room soon filled to capacity.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
After eight years in San Francisco, the Lean Startup Company's annual flagship conference is moving to downtown Las Vegas. From November 14 - 16, at the Zappos Campus, Lean Startup Conference 2018 will feature all-new workshops, speakers, and networking events covering all the latest Lean Startup insights and innovations. I'm excited to tell you more about it.
Hippoland
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
I should have known that when we picked a company name like Hustle Fund, it would lead entrepreneurs to introduce themselves as “real hustlers”. But, I think my definition of hustle is very nuanced, and it’s not what most people think it is. Very often, most people think of “hustlers” as people who are: super sales-y slick talkers / great at talking doing 100 different things all at once working really hard and wearing that hard work as a badge of honor One entrepreneur even
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
For most ecommerce entrepreneurs, building a business is all about optimizing the website, fine-tuning PPC advertising, and relentlessly perfecting email strategy. These are cornerstone tactics when growing an ecommerce business , and countless entrepreneurs have built thriving, profitable businesses using these tools alone. But there’s one growth avenue that many ecommerce entrepreneurs neglect: mobile apps.
Transformify
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Automation has crept in on us subtly. Sometimes it's hard to believe that we didn’t always use automatic tellers or check out our own groceries at the supermarket. Tellers and cashiers aren't the only casualties of the new efficient technology-driven society, however. Software does a lot of what accountants used to do. Secretaries used to flood the streets of major cities before we all began to handle our own correspondence with laptops and personal computers.
YFS Magazine
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
If you're running a small business it's important to take your online privacy and security seriously. Here's a look at how VPN technology can help.
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
2018 has been the year of a lot of things, but towering over all of them in bespoke heels has been the year of the crafter. With 1.9 million sellers, 31.7 million active buyers, and 45 million products , Etsy offers an enormous marketplace filled with ample opportunity for the nimble-fingered entrepreneur. Etsy can take credit for many stories in which a good old-fashioned side hustle explodes into a legitimate, sustainable business.
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
San Antonio-based H-E-B is increasing its presence in Austin. The grocery company announced Wednesday that it has leased a two-story, 81,000 square foot building at 2416 East Sixth Street in East Austin for its tech facility and innovation lab for the H-E-B digital team and Favor, the on-demand delivery startup H-E-B acquired earlier this year. […].
Hippoland
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
I should have known that when we picked a company name like Hustle Fund, it would lead entrepreneurs to introduce themselves as “real hustlers”. But, I think my definition of hustle is very nuanced, and it’s not what most people think it is. Very often, most people think of “hustlers” as people who are: super sales-y slick talkers / great at talking doing 100 different things all at once working really hard and wearing that hard work as a badge of honor One entrepreneur even
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Every entrepreneur I meet in my role as a small business advisor dreams of making the business run like clockwork, even without them. You are all frustrated when that never happens, even after years of 16-hour days, repeated efforts to hire the right people, and multiple campaigns to delegate more and sign up for less. There is no time for fun, and vacations never happen.
Haystack
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
There are countless posts flying around the web now about “How to build a startup.” It’s great that all this knowledge has made its way online. On a slightly smaller impact scale, there isn’t a lot of content out there about “How to build a venture fund.” Yet, this topic has become increasingly interesting in a world where tech startups are mainstream, Shark Tank is popular nationwide, where Y Combinator has opened Demo Day to more and more investors, where ne
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
When I started Version One over six years ago , I started it as a single GP firm with no defined plan to ever add a partner and build a “franchise.” So it is with tremendous happiness that I can announce today that Version One now consists of two General Partners with Angela joining me in the partnership. Building VC partnerships is very hard. Though there are many examples of excellent partnerships, there are probably just as many examples of dysfunctional ones that simply don’t work.
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