Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2013
The bootcamp requested that participants do what entrepreneurs do before requesting seed funding – Discover, Network and Accelerate. (In In retrospect we designed something akin to a startup accelerator, the Lean LaunchPad classes or the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps , although none of these existed in 2006.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2013
The bootcamp requested that participants do what entrepreneurs do before requesting seed funding – Discover, Network and Accelerate. (In In retrospect we designed something akin to a startup accelerator, the Lean LaunchPad classes or the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps , although none of these existed in 2006.
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Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 15, 2013
When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. From that initial outreach, 16 high quality accelerator programs joined us to launch the network. Others are not.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2011
But when your only capital is your hard-earned seed money, every penny that goes out will be scrutinized painfully. A lean image is appreciated. You can network to give and get referrals for other businesses. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it. You can keep overhead low. The rest can come later.
cdixon.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
link] Lean Startups Blog – rants and raves from the startup trenches. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? I’ve designed a pattern to extract a user’s preference from posts in my social networking site, then I shall share this to others. Ideas are worthless!!! tell the world.
Seeing Both Sides
MARCH 2, 2011
The students concluded that the context around a venture matters tremendously - that smart phones, the explosion of apps and social networking all were important enablers that allowed foursquare to succeed at this particular moment in time. A rich discussion ensued about what it means to raise big money. Monetization.
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