crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

I have written occasionally about legislation in Congress and how it impacts small businesses and startups, and three proposed laws have recently caught my attention. Congress makes a lot of noise about the importance of small businesses to our society, but their track record over the past few years has been abysmal, at best.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There are six distinct organizational paths for entrepreneurs: lifestyle business , small business, scalable startup, buyable startup, large company, and social entrepreneur. Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family. million small businesses in the U.S. They hire local employees or family.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Potentially could use SBIC financing. See Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore vs. Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) are an Attractive Alternative to Venture Capital. Potentially harder to recruit employees. Potentially can use an evergreen fund structure.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Meanwhile on the West Coast – “The Group” 1950’s When Ampex was raising its money, in 1952, an employee of Fireman’s Fund in San Francisco, Reid Dennis , managed to put $20,000 in the deal. into believing it was behind the Soviet Union in innovation. In response, one of the many U.S. government would invest three (up to $300,000.)

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