Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
For example, my firm at the time, Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, the wholly owned SBIC of Chicago’s Continental Bank, had many successful investments. Highly regarded private SBIC, **Sutter Hill Affiliate, Norwegian Shipping Family, +B of A’s SBIC. 1,250,000. Total. Some worked; some did not.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. TechStars was a great method.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
To date, Israel is only country that has engineered a successful entrepreneurship cluster from the ground up. lesson of using SBIC funds.), If they’re still publically funding startups after five to ten years they’ve failed. It’s Yozma program kick-started a private venture capital industry with government funds, (emulating the U.S.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Interestingly enough, Fred Terman, Dean of Stanford Engineering was tied to all three companies. The Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Act in 1958 guaranteed that for every dollar a bank or financial institution invested in a new company, the U.S. into believing it was behind the Soviet Union in innovation.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 10, 2009
Stanford’s Dean of Engineering, Fred Terman, encouraged scientists and engineers to set up companies to build these microwave tubes for the military. They would be one the first venture firms to organize their firm as a partnership rather than an SBIC or public company. Fred Terman was just getting warmed up.
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