Tech mishaps and the human problem
Behind every tech problem is a human problem – and if you don’t dig into it and figure out how solve it, your company will never progress. Serial entrepreneur Eric Ries, in this entrepreneurial though leader lecture given at Stanford University, notes that a layered analysis of decisions and procedures can help you narrow the possibilities and find the root cause of the issue.
Finding a buyer for your start-up
(Editor’s note: John Ovrom founder and CEO of Exit and Answers, a social community for entrepreneurs looking to sell their company. The story originally appeared on his blog.)
Entrepreneurs tend to look for one of two types of buyers when they decide to sell their business. Some search for the perfect match as defined by their personal exit goals. Others simply go after the highest sales price.
Obviously the dream is to find both – someone who will protect… Continue Reading
Boston Millennia’s Callow on the state of the VC industry
(Editor’s note: This is a truncated version of an interview that originally ran on VCExperts.com)
Dana Callow is the Managing Partner of Boston Millennia Partners. Prior to founding Boston Millennia Partners, Dana co-founded Boston Capital Ventures. In addition to working with Fortune 100 companies in strategic planning and implementing M&A strategies, Dana is, or has served as, a director of a number of other public and private companies.
Some have recently argued that the venture capital industry is… Continue Reading
After VC cash? Show ‘em what you’ve learned
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This column originally appeared on his blog.)
I joined the board of Cafepress.com when it was a startup. It was amazing to see the two founders, Fred Durham and Maheesh Jain, build a $100 million company from coffee cups and T-shirts.
But Cafepress’s most memorable moment was when the founders used a “Lessons Learned” VC pitch to raise their second round of funding and… Continue Reading
Management
5 ways VC firms can stop shooting themselves in the foot
(Editor’s note: Laura Grimmer is CEO of Articulate Communications Inc., a B2B technology and services communications firm. She submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Over the past 20 years, I have worked… Continue Reading
Start-ups have no room for VPs
You’ve heard the advice before: You’re a small company, act like one. Yet more and more entrepreneurs tend to think of their businesses as a small version of a large… Continue Reading
What boards of directors can learn from the Supreme Court
(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This post originally appeared on his blog.)
I had an incredible experience this week. My friend Phil Weiser,… Continue Reading
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4 MORE ways to get automatically rejected by an angel investor
(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. He contributed this column to VentureBeat.)
As someone who has both sought venture capital and distributed… Continue Reading
Founder Collective fund rounds up Flickr, LiveOps co-founders and $40 million
It’s become a cliche: Internet start-ups are inexpensive to launch, and you don’t need multi-million dollars from venture capitalists to back you anymore. As a result, more successful startup founders… Continue Reading
Hey VCs, it’s not your company!
(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This post originally appeared on his blog.)
VCs say a lot of stupid things. I’m guilty… Continue Reading
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Start-up studies: A pop quiz
There’s a classroom exercise that the Stanford technology venture program hits its students with each year: If you had five dollars and two hours, what would you do to make as… Continue Reading
Sustainability: The ‘must have’ holy grail
(Editor’s note: Bernard Moon is vice president of the Lunsford Group. He contributed this story to VentureBeat.)
When I was a kid, Atari dominated the gaming scene. Sure, Mattel’s Intellivision and… Continue Reading
Book review: “The Web Startup Success Guide”
(Editors’ note: Alain Raynaud is the founder of FairSoftware. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
If you’re an entrepreneur launching a start-up, there are plenty of places online to find advice – some… Continue Reading