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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Here are 14 of the report’s key findings: 1. Founders that learn are more successful.

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#. But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. better user growth.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was. My own metric is that you need experience >= 1.5 Warning sign? At best. ~ Is 20 years enough?

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

5:01) Brian's thoughts on the human dimension to his approach and how that sets him apart in Silicon Valley. (6:06) 20:32) On believing in the internet as an immune system, then learning it's not and taking responsibility.(22:55) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23)

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

And thanks to the radical transparency enabled by the internet, the quality of these proposals is actually constantly rising, to the point that it’s almost impossible to judge the quality of the final product – because all the proposals look polished and professional, even the terrible ones. Is that a lot?

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Asked to help, I am confident that Silicon Valley and every other innovation center will step up. They are nerds.