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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity. I felt the exact same way when I was an entrepreneur.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund?
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. When Steve left AOL he wanted to be very involved with the next generation of entrepreneurs. Revolution is essentially Steve Case’s original money from AOL.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Co-founder of Owned Outcomes Krupa Srinivas explores the value of fear in an entrepreneur’s journey as she describes partnering with a US healthcare intermediary to solve the problem of cataloguing hospital supplies. This challenge spelled fear and opportunity in equal parts. We didn’t know the domain.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 12, 2019
In today’s Octane blog, we bring EO members and non-members alike behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC), profiling Leonard Brody, one of the event’s carefully selected speakers who is known as “a leader of the new world order.” Along with new competition comes new opportunity.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 23, 2023
As an early-stage founder, your ability to deliver value quickly is your most critical — and sometimes the only — competitive advantage over the incumbent competition. Having founded multiple startups across various industries, I’ve gone through this discovery process for dozens of startup ideas, potential features, and market opportunities.
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