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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. So what does an early-stage company do to avoid the doom and gloom plaguing the world of startups?

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 7: Revenue Model

Steve Blank

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. The first team up was PersonalLibraries the team making a reference management system for discovering, organizing and citing researchers’ readings. In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma it was the city engineer and director of public works.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of startup capital in Austin. Corsa Ventures fits this criteria.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

There’s a lot of focus these days on teaching entrepreneurs how to do startups right : Validate the market before you build a prototype. Engage trusted service professionals (attorney and CPA) who have worked with startups before. Manage to those metrics and use that as a framework to communicate. Conserve cash. Ask questions.

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Pitching America’s mayors

Austin Startup

Startups make their case to mayors & tech leaders At SXSW, seven startups had the opportunity to pitch a group of mayors and tech leaders on their unique approaches to addressing civic challenges. Austin Mayor Steve Adler The event was kicked off by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and MCed by Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett.

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Resetting My Priorities

Feld Thoughts

I can’t remember the last time I threw up – and as I somehow managed to get home that day, I’m sure I looked like warmed over s**t. So – all of the stuff I’m doing around Startup Communities is extracurricular activity. Writing Startup Life, while super important to me, is an extra curricular activity.