CU New Venture Challenge » tips http://cunvc.org Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:48:23 +0000 en hourly 1 Kleiner’s Beth Seidenberg: Five Metrics for Venture Success http://cunvc.org/2009/kleiners-beth-seidenberg-five-metrics-for-venture-success/ http://cunvc.org/2009/kleiners-beth-seidenberg-five-metrics-for-venture-success/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:20:21 +0000 admin http://cunvc.org/?p=366 Beth Seidenberg of  Kleiner Perkins gives a five minute intro about what she and the VCs at Kleiner see as important factors when evaluating the business.  The entire podcast is also available.

Description: “How do investors gauge whether a company is one from a pool of thousands worth their resources? KPCB partner Beth Seidenberg shares her firm’s five measures for financial fortitude.”

]]> http://cunvc.org/2009/kleiners-beth-seidenberg-five-metrics-for-venture-success/feed/ 0 Top 10 Must Haves for Start-Ups http://cunvc.org/2009/top-10-must-haves-for-start-ups/ http://cunvc.org/2009/top-10-must-haves-for-start-ups/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:22:48 +0000 admin http://cunvc.org/?p=347 This is a great video presentation (a little dated, 2001) by Frank Levinson of Finisar that has some great advice for start-ups.  In particular, get customers; then listen to them. There is other good advice too, like; Get a couch, you’ll be sleeping on it from time to time. Seriously though, storytelling from entrepreneurs is a great way to learn from people who have been there and made mistakes. If you like this kind of format, definitely check out the Entrepreneurs Unplugged series at CU-Boulder.

Thanks to Guy Kawasaki and Alltop for this find.

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