Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

“Being in Silicon Valley, a lot of my friends want to work for Google or Apple, but this class showed me that the problems in public service were even more challenging and rewarding. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

Silicon Valley 207

Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 207

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

“Being in Silicon Valley, a lot of my friends want to work for Google or Apple, but this class showed me that the problems in public service were even more challenging and rewarding. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb set out to create a guide for anyone interested in starting, growing or leading a modern startup so that they can hit the ground running with a solid plan and foundation with agile and effective sales teams, so that they can avoid and manage the hazards all startups face. 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New Denver, CO?—?

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

You don’t get grades for having resiliency, curiosity, agility, resourcefulness, pattern recognition and tenacity. If one looks at the total pool of college vs non-college people, and what each group’s career trajectories look like in the aggregate, I think Google’s position is more justifiable. Steve Blank [.]

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 332

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

A huge cleantech boom occurred and battery companies like A123 went public along with biofuels companies like Amyris, Gevo, and others, though in retrospect this was more of a bubble driven by unsustainable government subsidies (A123 is bankrupt and the biofuels companies trade at a fraction of their IPO valuation). So at a fund level (e.g.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

But IMO it’ll take a “big bang” multi-party effort rather than an incremental innovation, so it’ll favor large organizations (big companies and/or governments) rather than startups. Government fiat. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250