Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

It was part Silicon Valley insider and part marketing huckster. Each company claims to represent a unique and earth-shattering opportunity with a proven team, proven tech­nology, and proven market. Experts say our market will be fifty billion dollars in five years." All we have to do is get one percent of the market."

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 6, 2010

Last weekend in the heart of San Jose, over 100 people gathered at PayPal for Startup Weekend. network like crazy. do market research? Tags: Business Fun Social Networking Technology. What startup would you create in 54 hours if you were thrown into a room with a small group of people? make decisions quickly.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 26, 2018

Source: Flickr via The San Jose Library. College is a great place to network and make social contacts that can be useful for a lifetime. Take advantage of that networking and start building your customer base while you’re still a student. Design a Website. Getting the word out about your business is the first step.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. San Jose, CA. San Diego, CA. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Minneapolis, MN.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 15, 2010

The San Jose Business Journal vetted out nominations down to 100 women in the San Jose area who have influenced other women and their community. The evening included a networking cocktail reception, dinner, awards of course, then dessert. I wish that there were more folks to meet during the networking hour.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Because we African-Americans have our own urban communities, we are smart people and there is real demand for innovation, our people can quickly move forward with blockchain and go straight to market. While it is possible to create a true peer-to-peer decentralize network, the issue is the Tragedy of the Commons.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

It is that kind of precision that will drive a focused go-to-market strategy. Happy Grasshopper is an e-mail marketing service that assists real estate agents in reaching out to their networks and generating referrals. Next week, we are going to partner with the Indian Angel Network for the strategy roundtable.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab). ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ▼ January. (1).

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

A bill pending in Congress would require publishers to sell "unbundled" versions of the books and disclose book prices to faculty in their marketing materials. Randy Stross, a colleague of mine at San Jose State, wrote an interesting piece on the textbook business in his Sunday New York Times column, " First it Was Song Downloads.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I started thinking about this yesterday when Jeff Fluhr, founder of Stub Hub spoke at my San Jose State class. I first met Jeff about 8 years ago when he was finishing his first year at the Stanford GSB and was beginning to raise money for a business plan he developed for a secondary market ticket exchange. ► January. (1).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Wrike also offers free, business, and marketers versions. Wrike is also an impressive marketing tool. If the user is browsing a professional networking site and finds a prospective new employee, they can send the profile straight to the HR department as a task. Sharing information with their entire team is easy, too.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

3 comments: Marketing Services. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. If were not, lets go down on the ship together and hopefully stay out of those lawyer (I mean shark) infested waters.". Steve Bennet. at 1:33 PM.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities. Local/state governments.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

So what is about the business model that is so successful: Focus on your core target market - The original marketing plan for Bandon Dunes is as simple as they come - "Great golf + great food + great people = marketing plan". They have done a great job of serving the market. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Unforgettable treasures will provide micro-loans to third world crafts artists to enable them to build their business and will also market their wares through the Internet. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

It seems appropriate to have this discussion as Kent Desormeaux grabs Big Browns reins and goes after the Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont.There is an age old debate in the venture business on whether it is better to bet on the horse (business/market) or the jockey (management team/founders). A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Challenge the Status Quo - StubHub entered an industry dominated by a couple of large players who had a vested interest to block the legality of their business of providing a marketplace for the sale of tickets in the secondary market. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► January.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Nope, the above quote isnt from Richard Dawson on Family Feud, but similar to a headline that caught my attention on the front page of the business section of the San Jose Mercury News this morning. Id break down into two separate pieces - financial analysis and business/market analysis. Survey says VCs invest on Gut Instinct.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

It did not show how many scores were on the list, but given the number of blackberrys in the market, it has to be a big number. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. My score was #471. Do they have jobs? ► January.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. With $10K, certainly cant have a marketing budget to do anything but guerrilla marketing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Saturday, May 30, 2009. Steve Bennet.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Some small voice in the back of my head said that to survive I needed some sort of structure in my life, and had to learn some marketable skills. We were so clueless about where San Jose was that at first the company admin got me tickets to San Jose Puerto Rico.). I had no idea why I was in school.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? ) Just a minor nitpicky point: San Jose is actually much larger than SF, in both population and land area.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Which is a huge strength and has network benefits that people couldn’t anticipate. We’re no longer having these bigger networked conversations where you can have the serendipitous meet at the watercooler or the trade show, and kind of increase the creativity. Technology mentors, and then market mentors.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Some small voice in the back of my head said that to survive I needed some sort of structure in my life, and had to learn some marketable skills. We were so clueless about where San Jose was that at first the company admin got me tickets to San Jose Puerto Rico.). I had no idea why I was in school.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Do you understand the business and market? Of course, this is all hypothesis at this point, but you want to make sure that your assumptions are consistent with market realities for other SAAS companies. How should you include market comps? Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In corporate finance, students are taught that capital markets are efficient and this is an underlying assumption for valuing stocks, bonds and other financial instruments. Whether you buy this or not for public equities, the market for early stage private companies has always been wildly inefficient. ► January. (1).

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Lead Gen: I utilized my friends, professional contacts, and Harvard networks by sending out emails to list serves, reaching out to people, and getting referrals. I attended engineering-focused Meetups and networking events. After the group exercise, we were free to network some more and meet people outside of our group.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

No companys future ever matches their projections and it is the assumptions and how the entrepreneur understands the market and sees the opportunity evolving that we care about. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

From first hand experience, we certainly felt the market conditions and the funding process was much more difficult than anticipated. Evaluate Business and Financing Needs - We initially went out seeking $10 million in financing, but listened to the prospective investors and watched the market. We drew $1.5 Same principle here.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Check the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network calendar or the BASES calendar for free events. San Francisco – Startups with a Lifestyle. Drive an hour up to San Francisco and park next to South Park in the South of Market area. South of Market (SoMa) is the home address and the epicenter of Web 2.0

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

It’s a digital agency for content marketing. It’s a tough balance, this idea of doing something that you’re actually good at, or that actually has a market, versus something that you purely love doing. Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. That ink smell. That’s pretty awesome.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Austin Texas, hometown of True Wealth Venture’s takes the top spot, followed by Miami, then San Jose and NYC ranks at number seven. The investment network here is growing, but is still grossly developing when compared to those coastal cities. versus $10M+). However, Austin is well poised to catch up quickly.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2012

San Jose Library via Flickr. For so many the idea of commitment, while generally seen as a good thing, also contains elements of sacrifice, hard work, repetition, and even pain. I happen to believe that commitment, most especially the kind that I’ve come to call radical commitment, is all about joy and happiness.

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