Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

I woke up to an article in Daily Camera today titled Small Business Administration trying to bring SBIC funds to Colorado. I’m an investor in over 40 VC funds around the world (mostly in the US) and three of them are SBIC funds. Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 2000 – 2002 time period.

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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. lesson of using SBIC funds.),

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Small Business Association Loans. Ravi Bhagavan, Managing Director, BRG Capital Advisors, said, “A low-cost and often convenient form of capital for small businesses is SBA loans, which are guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. A good resource for looking up SBICs is here.” .

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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. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund . 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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