YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

For aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s hard to resist the allure of Silicon Valley. You’d be forgiven for thinking that any budding entrepreneur should only look at setting up in Silicon Valley to be successful. Photo credit: Canada flag from Shutterstock. By Raj Narayanaswamy, cofounder and Co-CEO, Replicon. While the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

75 years ago, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) helped kickstart innovation in Silicon Valley with a series of grants to Fred Terman , Dean of Stanford’s Engineering school. The Center combines six unique strengths of Stanford and its location in Silicon Valley. and globally. Steve, Joe and Raj. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

And given the fact that the majority of top investors were congregated around Silicon Valley, many entrepreneurs felt compelled to move to the valley to start their business. Look global and local. The post Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny appeared first on Version One Ventures.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

Moreover, startups don’t necessarily face the same issues other business models do – although finances may plague more than less – with trouble-shooting having now entered unchartered territory. Right now, Silicon Valley has a highly creative pool of talent, but there is a blaringly obvious missing link between creativity and business.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both. billion in all deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Malaysia will see over 500 youth descend on its capital Kuala Lumpur this October for Global Startup Youth (GSY) , a three-day idea accelerator program aimed at helping young entrepreneurs shape and launch new projects that will hopefully evolve into sustainable global businesses.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both. billion in all deals.

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David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management. in Economics, with concentrations in Finance, Management, and Entrepreneurship, and will be returning to J.P. Franklin Bi.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. These resellers buy devices from the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. Experience. Relationships. Founder’s perspective. In the Growth Years. how to build an initial sales organization.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. But there are other regions in the world that might not be as fancy as Silicon Valley but have a remarkable potential for growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. What Has Changed in Financing? The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world. As the largest city in Switzerland, Zurich is a global business hub and home to fifteen companies ranked within the prestigious Fortune 500 list, including the Zurich Insurance Group,” explain SAP recruitment experts at Eursap. billion to $3.7

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

At a time when young companies struggle to find technology sectors not dominated by Silicon Valley’s giants , most startups remain oblivious to one of the largest markets in the world, the U.S. Palmer Luckey’s Anduril has aggressively pursued financing to sustain growth. Defense Department. There’s a willing market here, too.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

She is a leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public. She is the CEO & General Partner of the investment firm Street Global. Her online radio show: Global Fireside Chats, brings together global industry titans to share insights on our fast-changing world.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Please try to understand why.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Access to many, many more world market centers (advertising, finance, fashion, media, food, etc.). and most importantly… The uniquely available joy and delight of living in the most amazing, energetic, global epicenter in the world. The world’s fastest growing tech startup ecosystem.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. JCLABoutique.com.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

as global head of corporate communications because he was “low-key, knowledgeable and battle-tested.”. Do you have gaps on your finance team? For instance, the high-tech firms of Silicon Valley had long been enjoying an explosion of business until late last year, when a slump began to cause layoffs. Siewert Jr.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While there may be initial grants that launch businesses and get them off the ground, philosophically, we believe that a model of self-sustaining development is the key to a stable global economic system. This is a segment that is well beyond traditional micro-finance, but also somewhat below the scope of the regular financial institutions.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Last year we had a “DeFi” summer, where peer-to-peer finance was being conducted through crypto products worldwide. The growing NFT infrastructure allowed those that were not able to find markets for their art before to monetize their work through online global communities.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Of the ten startups in the inaugural 2012 class, four have raised follow-on funding to date, and one even reached the break-even point and expanded to Silicon Valley. ” Applications for the second year of the Rockstart Accelerator program are open now through January 20, 2013.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Sequoia has financed them. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Its mission is to help a million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond, build $1 trillion in sustainable global GDP, and create 10 million jobs.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. Outsourcing is spreading at a frantic pace today with a global footprint and players like oDesk and eLance have made it very easy for companies to connect with outsourcing vendors. They have an opportunity ahead to build a billion dollar company.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). YC is a VC fund that looks and operates like a guild of geeks , and hardly looks anything like a traditional fund comprised of VC partners with MBAs or finance degrees. Scaling Up & Out: The Valley is Flat (and Global).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Come enjoy the live band and intimate seating that also opens up into networking lounges designed to showcase Austin’s executive clout, global appeal, and the Austin tech scene and companies that live and thrive here 365 days a year. Time: 11am to 12pm Location: Austin Convention Center?—?Room Time: 9:30am to 10:30am Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

This can lead to lots of hype among investors and very rapid financings where VCs are forced to “act quickly” and provide term sheets in less than 48 hours. But that may be all that’s needed to grab a financing from investors that moved very quickly. They can create temporary growth in vanity metrics like downloads.

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