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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. 3 specific issues: 1.

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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.” And one would become my mentor and partner in later companies.) emotional rather than technical) and a lot harder to manage than a startup.

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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 For example, you get on the phone with a business partner and they kiss up to you.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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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.&# Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. 02:00 PM: Is Innovation Fair?

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

But, somehow, Silicon Valley didnt get the memo. Electronic Arts is no different than many high-tech companies in this regard. But they dont think twice about putting the fate of this years silver bullet project into the hands of people who are impaired to the point of legal drunkenness due to lack of sleep.

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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. Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) That’s massive. 4) Used to Reconnect.