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La web del OVP Venture Partners no tiene desperdicio…

Source: OVP http://www.ovp.com

“The Art of Innovation”, a parte de ser el libro de Tom Kelley es el titulo de una muy buena presentación de Guy Kawasaky en el Event Marketing Conference del 2007.
Guy, uno de los primeros empleados de Machintosh (en Marketing), cuenta sus batallitas sobre innovación & start-ups.

La presentación este especialmente bien, pues reune el video & el powerpoint, en total son 55min (in english).

Al tanto al final cuando cuenta la historia de Yahoo (Bozo Quote 4). wow!

Crec que La Salle, fins a la data, ha realitzat una bona inversió en IT (web, etc..), almenys vistosa. El seu Butlletí d’Innovació, n’és un bon exemple.

També m’agrada el llistat de start-ups nascudes al Parc de La Salle, tenen una bona pedrera (en negreta els que hem conegut):

Linqia – Frog Mobile Services – Contact Center Institute – Ecogetic Soluciones Energéticas Alternativas – Desarrollos Dentales Plus Tres – Isigma Asesoría tecnológica – Advertising Media Game – Wututu – Voztelecom – Polymita Technologies – Genaker – E-Controls – Adiciona – Adecq Digital – EduExcellence – Ariadna Solutions – Signaletics – Aifos Solutions – Flubetech – On-Laser – Mobile 4 Media – Hidroflot – Imagsa – Digger Tools – Nadir – Etnia – Ta with you – Cantor Innovació Internacional – Identia – OpenMet – Emovilia – Cuatic – Development – Soluciones Digitales de la Movilidad (SDM) – Aira Networks- Digital Legends – Air Water Treatment – Vida Software – DAEM – Novarama – Wattpic – ControlPaint – Active Career – Voxel

(the Sequoia Capital target start-ups)

Elements of Sustainable Companies

Start-ups with these characteristics often foretells the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming a sustainable, enduring company. We like to partner with companies that have:

Clarity of Purpose

Summarize the company’s business on the back of a business card.

Large Markets

Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop.

Rich Customers

Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering.

Focus

Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition.

Pain Killers

Pick the one thing that is of burning importance to the customer then delight them with a compelling solution.

Think Differently

Constantly challenge conventional wisdom. Take the contrarian route. Create novel solutions. Outwit the competition.

Team DNA

A company’s DNA is set in the first 90 days. All team members are the smartest or most clever in their domain. “A” level founders attract an “A” level team.

Agility

Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies.

Frugality

Focus spending on what’s critical. Spend only on the priorities and maximize profitability.

Inferno

Start with only a little money. It forces discipline and focus. A huge market with customers yearning for a product developed by great engineers requires very little firepower.

sequoia capital

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Per acabar la setmana m’he estat fixant en els inicis de Moteiv [www.moteiv.com] -start-up WSN USA-, i m’ha xocat que començessin amb 2 VC’s de early-stage (a Espanya mai vistos fins a la data). Copio aquí les 4 coses que m’han semblat més interessants.

Claremont Creek

Early-Stage Companies:
Companies in our portfolio are early in their development cycle – typically after angel funding, but before a traditional first round of venture finance.
Our strategy is to lead the initial round, where our investment typically ranges from $500,000 to $3 million.

Regional Emphasis:
Claremont Creek puts special emphasis on opportunities beyond the traditional confines of Silicon Valley. We believe in helping creative and visionary entrepreneurs flourish throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. With more than $2.5 billion in annual research spending at such leading institutions as UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and the Lawrence Laboratories in Livermore and Berkeley, Claremont Creek’s location gives it unique access to this fertile ground for the development of new technology solutions and compelling investment opportunities.

High-Opportunity Market:
Mobility (voice, data, and converging platforms that facilitate collaboration in non-hierarchical, widely distributed organizations).
Healthcare (research and clinical IT applications, such as instrumentation, patient management systems, and bio-informatics).
Security (which would include both the digital and physical systems that comprise mobile, small business, and enterprise computing environment).

ONSET Ventures

Un dels seus articles interessants…

Funding a Medical Device Start-Up:
Entrepreneurs have to attract a VC’s interest in their company. There are a number of potential questions VCs will ask when they evaluate a company.

How big is the market opportunity? How large is the market for this product, and how compelling is the need? How fast will the market grow? Generally, potential market size must be at least $350 million to $500 million per year—and preferably more than $1 billion—to justify the returns VCs are seeking.

How original is the technology or product?

How solid is the team?

How realistic is the business model?

Figure 1. Start-up companies typically seek increasing amounts of funding as company value increases over time and the risk to investors is reduced.

Figure 2. Entrepreneurs prepare a road map of key milestones over time to determine when to raise funds and how much they need. The above plan shows three rounds of funding prior to an initial public offering (IPO).

En definitiva, jo diria que al 2003 moteiv va rebre una ‘early-stage round’ d’entre $500k-$1M, o més?

Una altre conclusió, és que si aquests dos VC’s van invertir en moteiv, vol dir que el mercat de les WSN a 2003 ja tenia unes expectatives de superar de bon troç el $1billion.