Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Software apps that once required a 10-person team can now be done with the Lean Development methodology by two people in a couple of months. Apply for contests and business grants.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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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. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? What Has Changed in Financing? even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. Of course we can’t.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. or Euro-centric phenomenon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2013

The New York Times profiles two successful tech start-ups— GoodData , which at its start raised more than $50 million in venture capital funding, and RJ Metrics, which held out with self-financing for as long as possible—that went after the same market at the same time, and contrasts their approaches to finance.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? Government programs. You should also research the government programs like subsidies, funding, and grants that are available for your business sector and ensure you understand the parameters to qualify for these. ?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2020

Jeff Epstein is on the board of Shutterstock, Twilio, Kaiser Permanente, and was the CFO of Oracle, DoubleClick, Nielsen and King World and is an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He teaches the Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford with me. And the minute he talks about financing I shut up and take notes.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If you don’t have time to perform the research or would like a second opinion, there are people you can go to for help, like government departments and your local SBDC. If you will be seeking outside financing, a business plan is a necessity. Investment and lending options include: Venture capital. Pablo Picasso.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’ve spent a lot of time this past year running Lean Startup tests on our annual flagship conference to really nail down what you’re most interested in. Our goal—again, based on feedback—is to continue broadening the reach of Lean Startup and embracing the numerous ways people are using it.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2020

Simply put, alternative funding is gaining financing for your company outside of traditional bank loans to gain capital. To help you find the best funding to fit your needs, read on for the top 8 alternative financing options. A grant is financial assistance awarded by the federal, state, or local government.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

The Lean Startup Book is done. If you've been waiting for a comprehensive account of the Lean Startup and how it can help you achieve dramatically better business results, this is it. And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2013

What if we could increase productivity and stave the capital flight by helping Life Sciences startups build their companies more efficiently? Recently, the financing of innovation in medical devices has collapsed even further with most Class III devices simply unfundable. Venture Capital Issues. Venture Capital.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

While this signaled that investments in technology companies could be very lucrative, both Shockley and Fairchild could only be funded through corporate partners – there was no venture capital industry. government backed venture firms and limited partnerships. A wave of innovation was about to meet a pile of risk capital.

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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. Eric Ries , author of The Lean Start-up , puts it best: ‘ The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new ventures do not live up to their potential.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. Thus, the world’s scientists, medical experts, and governments are in new territory, determining what works and what doesn’t work as each country moves through the peaks and troughs of this pandemic.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Week 2 – Getting financed.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

They didn’t wait for a curriculum change or some government grant money to come through (although they just got Kaufmann money for it). Teach ‘em Finance and Chase or Accenture will come and pick ‘em up 30 at a time. How does the average Lean Startup Meetup get event space at a school? It was easy peasy.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. Wall Street Journal: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean. government policy. venture capital. Intuit Future of Small Business Resources.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

They understand that now’s not the time to hire a senior VP of Sales to start to scale the sales force or to look for a finance department to create income statements that say zero each month. Lean Startups ? Filed under: Durant versus Sloan: Startups Verus Companies , Venture Capital. Who Do They Hang With?

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2012

For a number of years, my partner Jason Mendelson has been teaching an extremely popular course at CU Boulder Law School with Brad Bernthal titled Venture Capital – A 360 Degree Perspective. Reading: The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (Ries).

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

When I started in venture capital in the late 1990s VCs were regularly lambasted for taking long summer holidays and spending too much time on the golf course. Most investors thought of their job as picking good companies and making sure governance was strong. Low handicaps weren’t good!

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown. Lean into it. I see consumer markets harnessed to wag the dog of public sector employers (government, military) and then the private sector. I see a TON of conscious capital opportunity in there, too.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Yet one of the most remarkable things about the boom in microwave and silicon startups occurring in the 1950’s and 60’s was that it was done without venture capital. These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. There was none. Whitney Co.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) And for the first time, private companies like Continental Capital, Pitch Johnson & Bill Draper and Sutter Hill were formed to take advantage of the government largesse from the SBA.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Now they are starting to use the Lean Innovation process (see here and here ) to turn ideas into solutions. He wanted to build an innovation pipeline that would allow the Navy to: Create “dual-use” products (build solutions that could be used for the military but also sold commercially, and attract venture capital investments.)

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s really legendary venture capital firms. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists. He was named the venture capitalist of the year in 2016 at the TechCrunch’s annual Crunchy awards. Bill Gurley : Oh, absolutely.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

Are you seeking a loan or investment from an angel investor or venture capital firm? A lean business plan would be a perfect fit for your business. Even if you do intend to pitch your business idea to lenders and investors, you can start with a lean plan, and flesh out the rest of the info later on.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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