A Crowded Space

AUGUST 26, 2013

I’ve never met a good entrepreneur that was excited about spending time on fundraising. Equity crowd-funding as a broad asset class is similar to VC in that it seeks to take a stake in early stage startups and hope for big liquidity events down the road. Fundraising Effort. Crowd-funding promises to be low-effort fundraising.

Later Stage 87

Later Stage Liquidity Event Equity Vertical 87

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Most entrepreneurs wait too long to start thinking about their exit. I recently met with two bright entrepreneurs who are building a company in an exciting niche market riding on a long term trend. These entrepreneurs were too young to attract the amount of capital they’d need to compete in this new environment. By Basil Peters.

Vertical 48

Vertical Finance Valuation Global 48

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

Entrepreneur-in-Residence After SuperMac I had been approached by one of our venture investors to be an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), a Silicon Valley phrase which says one thing but means another. I offered to introduce him to the firm whose Entrepreneur-in-Residence offer I had just accepted.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120