ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. At 11 a.m., Quantum Arc.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. After all, entrepreneurs can do many good things, not least to create wealth and employment, pay taxes and help the balance of trade through exports.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. There are just as many bad entrepreneurs who do bad things. when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. How to build a great forecast.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

That’s no longer the case in Silicon Valley. Slightly off-topic, there’s a good example of an entrepreneur going through the “Discovery/Validation&# process for a web business that charges for its product here. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Examples here. Keep teaching!

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Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

Who is an entrepreneur really? It turns out that there are four distinct types of entrepreneurial organizations; s mall businesses , scalable startups , large companies and social entrepreneurs. Yet entrepreneurs in one class think that the others aren’t the “real” entrepreneurs. They all engage in entrepreneurship.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan. At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

But, getting in the doors of a Sand Hill Road VC in Silicon Valley can be an incredibly difficult undertaking. Jason does an excellent job explaining the math behind more complex subscription forecasting, but also touches on topics like marketing and company culture. Follow Jason on Twitter @ASmartBear. Bothsides of the Table.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

That makes it even more important for entrepreneurs to come up with viable propositions for their business. Running a startup in New York or Silicon Valley is very expensive, so no wonder that recently, there has been an explosion of new locations starting to see growth in tech startups. How to avoid premature scaling?

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

To give you a better idea of what entrepreneurs in this industry are thinking about during each phase of the startup process, I interviewed SaaS entrepreneurs from all over the world, including our own COO Noah Parsons. Later you will want to come back and create a proper sales forecast, cash flow forecast, and expense budget.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

And world-class entrepreneurs never quit. How founders cope with startup challenges was the focus of today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Jessica Mah started InDinero in 2010 to help entrepreneurs with their accounting and tax needs after going through the same challenges with her own businesses. Jessica Mah.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

Schramm, author of “ Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do “ If I asked you to describe the prototypical successful entrepreneur, you may share a story mythologized in our culture of a brilliant young man with an idea so good and so disruptive that he just can’t waste any time finishing college.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

5:01) Brian's thoughts on the human dimension to his approach and how that sets him apart in Silicon Valley. (6:06) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23)

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. This approach would shape Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial ethos: In startups, failure was treated as experience (until you ran out of money). Yet this system isn’t perfect. – seems like another planet.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2017

Based off the “Pitch then Plan” template originated by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, I believe in creating a strong pitch first and then building a business plan based on it. A common mistake is using a top-down model to forecast financials. Because if you get the pitch right, you’ll get the plan right.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

He is the known guru in business planning, particularly for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs, although he’s worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies as well. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. They’re going to look first at the sales forecast.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Lean Planning started with Tim Berry’s 2008 book, “The Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan,” which was a new way for entrepreneurs to think about planning. Develop a forecast: Basic forecasts and budgets are critical; tracking them is even more so. It starts with “Plan-As-You-Go”. Do startups have a manual?

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Ben's Blog

MARCH 1, 2011

Interestingly, many different models have worked, but in all cases the criteria by which the General Partner is selected says a lot about what you should expect as an entrepreneur from the firm. Basically, our entrepreneurs can learn from our screw-ups. 100% of the entrepreneurs who pitch us get a prompt and specific answer.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan put in place GM’s management accounting system (borrowed from DuPont) that for the first time allowed the company to: 1) produce an annual operating forecast that compared each division’s forecast (revenue, costs, capital requirements and return on investment) with the company’s financial goals.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment. The board begins measuring the company’s performance on sales execution against its business plan (which typically was written a year or more earlier, when the entrepreneur was looking for initial investments).

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we put a special focus on entrepreneurs in the northwestern part of the United States, and we had three presenters, all from Washington. We also had two other entrepreneurs who are working with the William Factory Incubator in Tacoma, Washington. Wise Mind Studios LLC.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner with questions about funding your small business? I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost as long as I can remember. One, I’m an entrepreneur or in the startup stage of a business.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Startup executives have three documents to guide their hiring and staffing; a business plan, a product development model and a revenue forecast. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Customer Development Manifesto Part II [.] Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’d like to thank KeyBank and G2 for providing some of the data used in the report - * It’s an amazing time to be a cloud entrepreneur in Europe. It reminds me of living in Silicon Valley 10 years ago when so many foundational SaaS companies were started. Big milestones for the old continent!

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

CCS Insights forecasts that 411 million smart wearable devices, worth a staggering $34 billion, will be sold in 2020 (up from 274 million this year). Based in Silicon Valley, the company has raised over $13 million in funding, including from Khosla Ventures. My panelists will include: Mr. Isy Goldwasser , CEO of thync.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2014

But, like every other entrepreneur in the world, my challenge isn’t a lack of new ideas, it’s figuring out which ideas are worth spending time and money on. You don’t need to worry at this early stage about in-depth financial forecasts, but you should do some basic back-of-the-napkin calculations to make sure your idea can be profitable.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

CCS Insights forecasts that 411 million smart wearable devices, worth a staggering $34 billion, will be sold in 2020 (up from 274 million this year). Based in Silicon Valley, the company has raised over $13 million in funding, including from Khosla Ventures. Isy Goldwasser , CEO of thync. Mr. David Mays , CEO of Walker Tracker.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

With this history, you can accurately forecast business decisions and needs that will eventually drive growth going forward—which will, eventually, lead to a situation where you can potentially give yourself a raise. Do you have any advice for other entrepreneurs? ” – Peter Thiel. Share it in the comments below. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Because five whys kept turning up a few key metrics that were hard to set static thresholds for, we even had a dynamic prediction algorithm that would make forecasts based on past data, and fire alerts if the metric ever went out of its normal bounds. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

I’ve also built my own pitch decks and presented to major Silicon Valley VC firms over the years and have learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. Most entrepreneurs are very focused on their product when instead they need to be focused on their customers and the problems those customers face. Slide 9: Financials.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The favorite of many Silicon Valley startups is the Big Tech Co distrubution deal where you get to how off how effective your biz dev capabilities are. The price points are not as high as your beautiful Excel spreadsheet had forecasted when you raised your seed capital. Channel partners come in multiple flavors.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Most have discovered just how difficult it is to make a Silicon Valley from scratch. You can’t simply choose a local geographic feature, attach the word “Silicon” and wait for the high-tech boom. Too often these first attempts are sheer mimicry of what’s happening in Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” What is the True Sentiment of VCs? ” “Sure, prices are dropping. All of these are false.

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

While the rest of Silicon Valley is slamming drinks at SXSW in Austin and trying out the mobile app Bang with Friends , I'm sitting in my office thinking about last week's Launch Festival. I wrote a post forecasting the demise of the conference, Are DEMO's days numbered? Seriously, Bang with Friends??

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

If the answer to the question centers around “We will achieve revenue soon so our net will improve and give us more runway,” it means the company is in trouble because no product ever ships on time nor achieves the company’s “conservative forecast.” He would publish a $5 million 6-month sales forecast and actually close $87,000.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

When research does produce new technologies, entrepreneurs and the venture capitalists who back them have been too cautious to make big bets — especially after the costly failures of the dot-com bust. More professionals who know first-hand what is really going on in Silicon Valley need to speak out on this subject.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 9, 2009 10 years of entrepreneurship I recently passed my ten-year anniversary of becoming an entrepreneur. And then, at my first Silicon Valley startup , I watched friends get laid off in successive waves as it started to fail. As a young entrepreneur, this is quite motivational.

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