Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. Every year they fund several teams as they launch companies.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Where there’s been the overthrowing of governments, mass protests and even outright civil war, there’s… entrepreneurship. “ Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East “, written by seasoned U.S. internet executive and venture investor Christopher M.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

" "Because the light is so much better" The US financial regulatory apparatus looks terrible now because of the Madoff scandal (which was not a hedge fund) and the 2008 financial meltdown (caused by the large banks/mortgage companies, bad regulation, quasi-government agencies like Fannie/Freddie, and consumers who took on too much debt).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), despite recent failures, actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. What role can government agencies both in the U.S. You can view the slides from this presentation here .

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When you’re selling a franchise, whether it’s fast food or retail, the operator needs to understand how to make it work. Unfortunately, states don’t have any particular legislation for franchises, and the federal government can’t be bothered to enforce the rules they already have in place.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Reasons for funding. ? Scale up your operations. One of the most prominent reasons for funding is to scale up your operations, for expansion and achieve economies of scale. Now you may want to scale up your operations or expand your presence. The third reason is to fund your short term operational expenses or working capital.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million employees (~1.4 Our current approaches – both in the past and current administration – to innovation across the government are piecemeal, incremental, increasingly less relevant and insufficient.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335. 30% have been operated by females, 70% have been operated by males. 40% have been operated by “visible minorities”, 60% have been operated by “non-visible minorities”. The average cash balance is $191,164. Growth support. Investment structure : 5-year horizon.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Eventually the private equity firms and multinationals take over and it becomes harder for a marginally-funded startup entrepreneur to compete, but for that brief, glorious time, the opportunities seem endless. Regulatory. On the regulatory and legislative front, the industry has seen some positive developments.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). new buildings, etc). What Are These Intermediaries?

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. Army special operations before retiring from active duty service in 2014. The focus of our first segment is how Silicon Valley and the U.S. Our guests Pete Newell, John Kuhn and Matt Weingart served for decades in the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

Extensive government reporting and compliance rules. To prevent another Enron scandal, public companies and their officers are measured against strict and growing government rules for reporting and compliance, popularly known as Sarbanes-Oxley, or SOX. Private companies are largely exempt from these reporting requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). new buildings, etc). What Are These Intermediaries?

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

At the most basic level, start-ups need lawyers to help them deal with three groups: The government. If someone doesn’t understand the world in which you are operating, it’s harder for him to adequately represent you. Why do start-ups need a lawyer? What are some common situations in which you would need to get lawyers involved?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing. First, the SEC largely limits private-equity investments to accredited investors—those with $1 million or more in net worth, among other tight standards.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

And Government Just Gets in the Way. Next to money - and the related challenge of scaling operations for growth - the #1 challenge that startup executives point to is the regulatory / political environment. The study notes that in 2010, venture capitalists invested $21.8 To download this complimentary report, please click here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

It's easy to say that companies, universities and the government should be doing more to find a cure, but that ignores years of overlooking the importance of the work of those studying infectious disease, and in many cases, the lack of sophisticated tooling that they urgently need. Guess what? That wasn't a bad idea. Eric Ries : Yeah.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies. Most of our management tools, like planning and forecasting, require a long and stable operating history. Some are from famous companies that you've heard of, like Dropbox or Groupon.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 26, 2010

The term “qualified investor&# is also known as “accredited investor&# and is governed by the landmark Securities Act of 1933, Rule 501 of Regulation D. And then index those numbers to inflation. From Startups Get Hit By Shrapnel In The Banking Bill ].

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Enter the privatization transaction.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. AI/ML in Collection.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. In addition to this, the NYC government recently entered into a partnership with B.New York City , a Dutch co-working space. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. In the last few years new venture capital and private equity firms have raised money to invest in dual-use startups.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

passed the CHIPS and Science Act , one of the first pieces of national industrial policy – government planning and intervention in a specific industry — in the last 50 years, in this case for semiconductors. The result was that by default, private equity and venture capital were the de facto decision makers of U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2020

She is a business psychologist, advisor and consultant to public and private companies as well as government and nonprofit institutions. I’ve had a private practice for the last 30 years and I’ve had a corporate consulting practice for the last 28 years. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Dr. Melanie Katzman.

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