Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2010

Venture Firms use the contests as another source of deal flow and talent. Filed under: Customer Development Manifesto , Durant versus Sloan: Startups Verus Companies , Teaching. Tags: Customer Development Manifesto Durant versus Sloan: Startups Verus Companies Teaching. There is no alternative.

Business Plan 320

Business Plan Business Model Customer Development Deal Flow 320

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan. For those of you who don’t know, business plan competitions are held by universities who get their students to enter and compete to see who has the best business idea.

Business Plan 160

Business Plan Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital 160

Steve Blank

AUGUST 12, 2013

I’m not an investor, and I’m really not looking for meetings with entrepreneurs for deal flow. Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career/Culture. Customer Development Family/Career/Culture' So I’ve come up with is a method to sort out who I take meetings with. What are you offering?

Silicon Valley 336

Silicon Valley Deal Flow Customer Development Stock 336

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

HOF Capital has stitched together our workflow across Google Suite , Slack , Airtable , Asana , Copper , and some other tools (leveraging Zapier for basic 3rd party integration, in addition to custom development for certain other integrations). This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

HOF Capital has stitched together our workflow across Google Suite , Slack , Airtable , Asana , Copper , and some other tools (leveraging Zapier for basic 3rd party integration, in addition to custom development for certain other integrations). This tool serves to standardize & automate the process of collecting inbound deal flow.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center. A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation . These folks are rare, expensive, and often have multiple side obligations (book deals, speaking engagements, etc.). Disadvantages.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78