Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. Reducing Startup Risk.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Small Business Administration , an organization is considered to be a small business if their: Firm revenue ranges from $1 million to $40 million Number of employees is between 100 and 1,500. Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Our categorization is not a technical one. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Everyone wants to work in tech startups. I’ve listed the most common levers that universities use below, with some live examples from Yale: Strong technical departments : Computer Science , Math , Physics. See Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups. Match students with relevant startup internships.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Let’s people sell premium digital content online without dealing with any of the technical stuff. They now do extra- merchandise so fan selling other fans merchandise that they made but this time with IP rights and everybody makes money, which is pretty cool. e.g., “Thanks @TheDaveCollins for sponsoring #SmartBearLive!”

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