Customer Development Lean SBIC 
Steve Blank
AUGUST 10, 2009
They would be one the first venture firms to organize their firm as a partnership rather than an SBIC or public company. They would also set the standard for the 20% carry for general partners. Tommy Davis would go on to found the Mayfield Fund in 1969.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2009
The Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Act in 1958 guaranteed that for every dollar a bank or financial institution invested in a new company, the U.S. Like all government programs, the SBIC was fond of paperwork, but it began to formalize, professionalize and standardize the way investors evaluated risk.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
176 
Let's personalize your content