Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

Team Army Venture Capital. needs to reevaluate and improve its public venture capital relationship with companies with dual-use technologies. Final problem statement : Chinese adversarial venture capital investments in U.S. Original problem statement : the U.S. Original Problem Statement: How can the U.S.

Technical Review 331

Technical Review Technology Taiwan Venture Capital 331

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

He said that from what he read, the path to building and funding a company seemed to be: 1) come up with an idea, 2) form a team, 3) start testing minimal viable products, 4) raise seed funding, 5) then obtain venture capital. In return for the lower risk, a venture studio typically takes a larger percentage of equity.

Technical Cofounder 369

Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 369

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I presented to 1,000’s of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had 9 interviews, chatted with 8 VC’s, sat on 4 panels, talked policy with 2 government ministers, 2 members of parliament, 1 head of a public pension fund and was in 1 TV-documentary. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives.

Finland 332

Finland Naming Russia Government 332

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.

China 329

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 329

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Advances in materials science will drive down error rates Regional research consortiums Venture capital investment FOMO and financial engineering We talk a lot about qubits in this post. The consortium was awarded $127m from the Federal and State Governments – $40.5 government has declared quantum of national interest.

Technical Review 268

Technical Review Illinois Algorithm Software Review 268

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Venture Guiding Fund. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital.

Programming 180

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 180

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

Technical Review 345

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 345

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. I continue to be amazed that some government agency reportedly still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Cash transfer assistance funding.

Technical Review 371

Technical Review Due Diligence Non-disclosure Agreement Term Sheet 371

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

With its overnight success, the conspiracy theories about data being shared with China, coupled with an alleged hack of Deepseek, raised security concerns with the Pentagon, who immediately moved to block government employees from using it. However, despite the initial panic, venture capital funding for AI remains robust.

China 97

China Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

Government grants. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process. As in any company, they can lead to employee problems, or messy legal issues.

Angel Investor 327

Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 327

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. or Euro-centric phenomenon.

Restful 249

Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 249

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Small business grants.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

Technical Review 310

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 310

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. There are certainly some people who are publicly saying that VC-backed businesses shouldn’t take government money. shouldn’t I?

Programming 279

Programming Affiliate SBA Government 279

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Small business grants.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 233

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

Silicon Valley 247

Silicon Valley Government Germany Japan 247

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acquiring seed-stage funding is admittedly tough, but a source that I find often overlooked is government grant funding, accessible in the U.S. Government grants start as small a few thousand dollars, but can provide a million dollars or more in capital to new ventures. The approval process is long and bureaucratic.

Early Stage 225

Early Stage SBIR Technical Review Seed Stage 225

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

“Increasingly, attention is shifting from established Western markets to our part of the world, and we believe Asia will increasingly drive venture capital and private equity activities in the future,” says Eugene Wong, chairman of the Singapore Venture Capital Association (SVCA).

Singapore 198

Singapore Technical Review Technology Incubator 198

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.

China 221

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 221

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Offshore 257

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Myth #1: Venture capital is a growing opportunity for funding businesses. Actually, venture capital financing is very rare. I’ll explain this more later, but assume that only a very few high-growth companies with high-power management teams are venture opportunities. Venture capital.

SBA 161

SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Unfortunately for the company they couldn’t tell anyone as their customer was the most secret government agency in the country – the National Security Agency. They wanted ERA to get its government customers.

Minnesota 318

Minnesota Engineer Minneapolis Silicon Valley 318

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. The startup must not be associated with a venture capital firm, accelerator, incubator, angel funding or seed or have received AWS Activate benefits before. Physical space.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2011

Government grants. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process. As in any company, they can lead to employee problems, or messy legal issues.

Angel Investor 238

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 238

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Government grants. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process. As in any company, they can lead to employee problems, or messy legal issues.

Equity 235

Equity Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy 235

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. That will take a long time to settle. In the meantime, we have what we have today. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Tightening of monetary policies has led to skyrocketing interest rates as central banks try to manage rampant running inflation, supply chain issues persist despite the fact that the pandemic is now in the rearview — and venture capital funding has looked to dry up almost overnight. Do Not Fear! This is an Opportunity!

South Africa 136

South Africa New York City San Francisco Silicon Valley 136

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 279

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We did not. Fundings boomed. The so-called “ billion dollar club.&#. I’m long the cloud.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Government grants. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process. As in any company, they can lead to employee problems, or messy legal issues.

Angel Investor 218

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 218

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. Carpe Diem.

Artificial Inteligence 425

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 425

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Government grants. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a non-profit have little in common with Angel investors, or the venture capital process. As in any company, they can lead to employee problems, or messy legal issues.

Equity 207

Equity Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy 207

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. million in venture capital to move. The recent success stories in capital investment caused this year-over-year growth or at least contributed to the growth of Saskatchewan-based tech companies. Inno Tech Alberta Inc. In 2016, 16.4%

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

The state’s economy, government incentives and training, business regulations and workforce are other crucial factors. The government supports small business owners with popular incentive programs and offers many training and networking programs. Government is a large employer—given the state’s proximity to Washington, D.C.—and

North Carolina 176

North Carolina America Utah Idaho 176

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. I continue to be amazed that some government agency reportedly still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Cash transfer assistance funding.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence Term Sheet 228