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The Launch Path: Getting from a Startup Idea to a Launch-Ready Venture
The Launch Path: Getting from a Startup Idea to a Launch-Ready Venture

Written by a Silicon Valley veteran, the Launch Path provides an effective path from startup idea to a launch-ready, funding-ready venture.

2023

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Introduction

What this is all about.

Nov 16, 2023
Introduction
Introduction
Nov 16, 2023

MVPs are dead. Long live MVPs.

In the age of AI and flashy development tools, are MVPs still a thing?

Mar 17
MVPs are dead. Long live MVPs.
MVPs are dead. Long live MVPs.
Mar 17

All the things wrong with venture capital are about to get even worse.

The truth, the rant, and the fantasy for 2025

Jan 9
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All the things wrong with venture capital are about to get even worse.
All the things wrong with venture capital are about to get even worse.
Jan 9
3

Enough with being known for evil.

Silicon Valley needs to get back to being known for good.

Dec 6, 2024
Enough with being known for evil.
Enough with being known for evil.
Dec 6, 2024

The Venture Capital Landscape is Changing

For entrepreneurs (and venture capitalists), 2025–2035 will look a whole lot different than 2010–2022.

Sep 12, 2024
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The Venture Capital Landscape is Changing
The Venture Capital Landscape is Changing
Sep 12, 2024
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Medellin, Colombia

A case study in social entrepreneurship and urban innovation.

Jul 23, 2024
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Medellin, Colombia
Medellin, Colombia
Jul 23, 2024
2

Startup founders need to connect vision and action.

Some startup founders are great at it. I was not.

Jul 10, 2024
Startup founders need to connect vision and action.
Startup founders need to connect vision and action.
Jul 10, 2024

Hey, Siri, I want a taco.

Thoughts from the “Apple Intelligence” WWDC presentation.

Jun 11, 2024
Hey, Siri, I want a taco.
Hey, Siri, I want a taco.
Jun 11, 2024

Pitching is storytelling, and your bullet points are boring.

Work on your narrative before you work on your slides.

May 17, 2024
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Pitching is storytelling, and your bullet points are boring.
Pitching is storytelling, and your bullet points are boring.
May 17, 2024
2

Great startup founders pitch benefits.

Mediocre ones drone on about features.

May 3, 2024
2
Great startup founders pitch benefits.
Great startup founders pitch benefits.
May 3, 2024
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