Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology. Srivastava leads Verizon’s innovation outpost (their Silicon Valley R&D center) in Palo Alto focusing on building products and services powered by big data and analytics.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Fractional CTO Analytics 120

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

Of course both companies use their platform to increase user lock-in which indirectly helps their core revenue streams of advertising (in Facebook’s case) and hardware sales (for Apple). Windows Mobile has been a disappointment to date but Azure (an outgrowth of the.NET framework) is growing as a force on the cloud/server side.

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Brentwood Associates [Silicon Valley] –> Founded in the early 70s and focused primarily on VC, Brentwood had big wins in both IT like Wellfleet Communications (big chunk of what eventually became Nortel) and WebTV (part of Microsoft) and healthcare (various businesses that make up a big chunk of what is now Medtronic and Baxter).

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. All Rights Reserved. Publisher Platform (P3).

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In January 2006, Google acquired advertising company dMarc Broadcasting for $102 million. It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. The company helped Google improve its mobile advertising solutions. Inside Twitter’s New San Francisco Headquarters [PICS].

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104