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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Convergent Technologies When I was in my 20’s I worked at Convergent Technologies , a company that was proud to be known as the “Marine Corps of Silicon Valley.” The founders coming out of the DEC ( Digital Equipment Corporation ) and Intel culture of the 1960’s and ‘70’s. But the problem was that I was married.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. Thanks to Chas Cooper, Rising Star Reviews ! #9-

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. As we’ve evolved, we’ve focused on more on initiatives that leverage technology. How we embrace technology for good.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #11: New Year’s advice for middle-aged people

Austin Startup

As I’ve mentioned in several Lucky7 posts before, we are living in the Golden Age of Technology ( here’s one of those posts ). Since I first wrote about the Golden Age in 2014, valuations for tech companies have only increased?—?rather The teams are made up of founders who are dramatically younger. rather dramatically.

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

Ross and I will be speaking at South by Southwest again this year and hope that you’ll join us there for our talk titled “ Third Coast: How to Be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of startup capital in Austin. IS THERE ROOM FOR MORE LOCAL CAPITAL IN AUSTIN?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. That’s massive.