Steve Blank

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Teaching in Chile. I’ve spent the last week in Santiago, a guest of Professor Cristóbal García at the Catholic University of Chile as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program. Entrepreneurship and innovation in what I call “Chilecon Valley” is being talked about continually here. Valaparaiso houses.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

I’ve known Professor Cristobal Garcia since 2010 when he hosted my first visit to Catholic University in Santiago of Chile and to southern Patagonia. He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies. Yet, everyone got the message pretty quickly.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. Given its inward focus, Berkeley has always been the neglected sibling in Silicon Valley entrepreneurship.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

In fact penetration in Chile, Turkey, and Venezuela is estimated at >80% which is astonishing. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users. But places like Brazil and India are estimated at 20-30% and Japan and South Korea at <15%.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

But it’s easy for Silicon Valley startup founders pitching venture capitalists to forget all the advantages we have in the United States. Currently he’s thinking Chile, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Portugal and Brazil. I’m not belittling the challenges American startups face. Check the P-List. Ignore the odds; be a survivor.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

But it’s easy for Silicon Valley startup founders pitching venture capitalists to forget all the advantages we have in the United States. Currently he’s thinking Chile, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Portugal and Brazil. I’m not belittling the challenges American startups face. Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Proactiveness.

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