Product solves a problem for a specific target customer Capital-efficient business – operational @ < $1M funding Primarily internet-based distribution – search, social, mobile, location Simple revenue models – transactions, subscriptions or affiliate Functional prototype before...
Why Sequoia is succe...
posted by Fred Ooms
Donald Valentine, who founded Sequoia in 1972, shares with students from the Stanford Graduate School of Business the investment strategy at Sequoia. Through this talk Donald Valentine asks and provides answers to this simple question : why is Sequoia successful? Key learning “We...
How to make somethin...
posted by Fred Ooms
How to really make something. A great presentation made by Stuart Eccles (@stueccles) and Tim Malbon (@malbonster), founding partners at Made by Many, on how to make something your customers want. Lot’s of great resources and examples on how to use Lean Startup and Design Thinking...
Mint CEO Aaron Patze...
posted by Fred Ooms
Aaron Patzer, Mint CEO, talks about the history of his startup Mint.
How to Pick an Idea ...
posted by Fred Ooms
via slideshare.net “…of the 26 companies that I consider successful 17 of them made complete transformations or partial transformations of their businesses between the time we invested and the time we sold” Fred Wilson, Union Square...
Dan Cobley: What phy...
posted by Fred Ooms
via ted.com Just great! Just remembered why I enjoyed learning physics. Physics is...
Let’s raise ki...
posted by Fred Ooms
via youtube.com Very nice talk by Cameron Herold at TEDx about why we should raise our kids to be...









