Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

After I left the military, I ended up in Palo Alto, a town south of San Francisco. As time went on, I was a co-founder or member of the starting team for six high-tech startups…. In 1999… with the company’s revenue north of $100 million…I handed the keys to a new CEO and left. I had just turned 20 years old.

Philadelphia 335

Philadelphia Miami Thailand Silicon Valley 335

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In the summer of 1999, I started working on a startup from my college dorm. Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.) I pretty much missed all the trends.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks). " Listen. The gist of the talk was to observe that: startups are not smaller versions of large companies. Building a Better Product.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

It was 1999. After leaving Fujitsu a couple years earlier, I had co-founded a company called SocialNet and was in charge of product there. To put everything I’d learned through my SocialNet experience into another shot on goal as a founder. Like I said earlier, relationships matter. New jobs were being created.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. As an example, we estimate that ride-sharing revenues in San Francisco are well north of 10X what taxis and black cars were providing prior to the launch of ride-sharing.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

but most are coalescing around the Palo Alto – San Mateo – San Francisco center of the universe. Mr. Marc Andreessen is a co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, Andreessen developed Mosaic and co-founded Netscape. Netscape Navigator…

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive?

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82