Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

The greatest number of jobs is created when startups create a new market – one where the product or service never existed before or is radically more convenient. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models. Not all government regulation is rent or rent seeking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

The greatest number of jobs is created when startups create a new market – one where the product or service never existed before or is radically more convenient. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models. Not all government regulation is rent or rent seeking.

North Carolina 227

North Carolina New Jersey New York Government 227

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

As Alpha explained, it's "not in any way tied to PostEra's commercial operations. The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. Once we saw this evidence, we thought, "Wait a sec, we can actually do something about it."

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Artificial Inteligence Open Source Cofounder Design 60

Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

The result is that far too many entrepreneurs can't start or grow their ventures—and can't provide jobs and new products and services to spur our economy. Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

The SEC defines an "accredited investor" as someone with over amillion dollars in liquid assets or an income of over $200,000 ayear. Then you can gradually transformyourself from a consulting company into a product company, and haveyour clients pay your development expenses. Those remedial actions can delay, stall or even kill the IPO.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2012

Our enduring love for Google comes from a strong desire to create technology products that enrich millions of people’s lives in deep and meaningful ways. Given Google’s success, it’s unsurprising that this type of dual-class governance structure is now somewhat standard among newer technology companies. Conclusion.

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Dilution Stock Government SEC 87

Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

As discussed above, these terms can cleverly fool the inexperienced operator, because they are able to “meet the ask” with respect to cover valuation, and the accepting founder does not realize the carnage that will come down the road. SEC Visits Silicon Valley. This is uncharted territory. You might also know what percentage you own.

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