Steve Blank
JANUARY 17, 2023
This post previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. 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. Reducing Startup Risk.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
For the past 10 years, with interest rates near zero, VC investors plowed record amounts into tech startups and enjoyed a seemingly ‘easy’ investing environment. Prices went up from round to round, and startups were encouraged to grow, grow, grow, and not to worry about profitability.
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The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Over the past decade, advancing technologies and social consciousness have been causing unprecedented and exciting shifts in every sector of the economy, not just the tertiary.
thebarefootvc
JULY 3, 2017
Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Unfortunately not for groundbreaking technology, but for rampant sexual harassment and predatory behavior. They decide which VCs receive capital to invest in entrepreneurs.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 7, 2014
I spend a lot of time with startups and thus hear many companies talk about their approach to sales and their interactions with customers. But if you want to build a fast-growing, tech-enabled startup it’s hard to imagine doing so without venture capital and lambasting VCs publicly probably isn’t the most thoughtful strategy.
David Teten
MAY 16, 2017
Historically, the process of winning capital from limited partners has been opaque. A few years ago, I presented at an Invesco conference on Emerging GPs, and one of the highlights was a presentation by Laurie Weir summarizing CALPERS’ selection criteria under their Private Equity Emerging Manager Program Review.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries.
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