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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Today it’s dominated by capital efficient software, web and mobile startups whereas 10 years ago it was dominated by semiconductor and hardware startups that consumed huge amounts of capital before their first dollar in revenue. The inevitable failures then damaged returns.

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Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it

Steve Blank

First, the shift away from desktop computers to mobile devices meant that Intel’s power-hungry x86 processors weren’t suitable. All of Intel’s resources – fabs, manufacturing strategies, and most importantly executive mindset — were geared towards large, expensive x86 processors, not low-cost mobile cores of someone else’s design.

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Respect Competitors and Capitalize on Your Strengths

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if your new software adds innovative new features and mobile access to a classic offering, you could name and degrade current vendors for their lack of support, or you could highlight your innovative additions over the current market leaders. Investors need a liquidity event to get their money out.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.

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5 Tips to Appeal to Angel Investors

Business Plan Blog

For example, if you are a tech expert launching a mobile app, you will want a team member, service provider, or advisor fulfilling the following roles CEO, CFO, sales, and marketing. Angels realize their ROI during a liquidity event. Exit Strategy.

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Does raising money mean you should start scaling?

The Next Web

Investors are always thinking about growth mode because that’s the path to where they want to go – liquidity event. Try the funnel on the website or the mobile app. How do you do that? Put yourself in an investor’s shoes for a second. What about your demographic and audience? What do they expect? Can it be stretched? Guess what?

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

With annual healthcare expenditures for conditions that either have an underlying cellular degeneration or damage component, now surpassing $7 trillion globally, Bioquark’s platform makes the company an attractive candidate for high-value strategic transactions and liquidity events for investors. Thanks to Ira S.