Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2023

He brings over 25 years of experience with Silicon Valley leadership companies in highlighting winners and losers. Analytical: synthesizer of hypotheses and data. Overall, I believe the people, and their personas, are as important, maybe more, than any process you can implement for timely problem solving and innovation.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. So having spent a lot of time thinking about this Silicon Valley is a thing in and of itself. So everybody goes through this phase of we want to be the next Silicon Valley. That’s the dumbest thing you could try to do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

Excellent Analytics Tip #24: Obsess About Real Business Profitability | by Avinash Kaushik – [link]. Excellent Analytics Tip #24: Obsess About Real Business Profitability | by Avniash Kaushik – [link]. What Nikola Tesla vs. VCs video says about the state of Silicon Valley | by Om Malik – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Notes Wadhwa, “Jason [Calacanis], Fred [Wilson], and Silicon Valley VC’s, I’ve got news for you: you’ve got it all wrong. You may be a better communicator, have a higher IQ, be more of a natural leader, be more persuasive, be more analytical, etc. Wadhwa is entitled to his point of view and he may be right.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

It’s often hard to tell stories about change—audiences grow wary or defensive—but Margolis helps leaders in Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of innovation make that change feel exciting and achievable. Solo Show – Google Analytics Simplified for Small Business. Biggest takeaway: We are taught to lead with data and conclusions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2012

VCs in Angels’ Clothing: The Sneaky New Trend of “Deal Scouts” in Silicon Valley - [link]. What Google Analytics New Social Reports Offer & What They Can’t - [link]. Startup Founders: Don’t Freak Out - [link]. The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - [link].

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2009

It’s a useful read to explore and challenge analytical arguments and mind-sets. BTW, I don’t know to be hopeful or concerned that that this is the state of the art of analytical thinking at this agency. Customer Analytics – From Those Who Should Know « Steve Blank (tags: reasoning philosophy Thinking) [.]

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. March 13, 2018 9:30AM?—?10:30AM 10:30AM Hilton?

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Growth hacking and growth teams are so commonplace today, at least inside Silicon Valley, that it’s easy to forget that “growth” (as we know it now) is a relatively new phenomenon. Yet with that said, it’s unrealistic for a startup to have the resources and time to build out a custom analytics tool until they reach a certain level.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

Its unconventional strategy was to ask Judy Estrin, a young Silicon Valley technologist, to join its board. Some are analytical and logical; others are creative and intuitive. Go with your gut — even when someone isn’t the “obvious” choice. In 1989, FedEx knew that it needed to update its old, slow technology.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

I am starting to execute an eerily similar approach in the Big Data analytics market. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System » 20 Responses brantcooper , on March 26, 2009 at 3:52 pm Said: Great story, Steve. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

We're trying to bring the lessons we have learned in Silicon Valley to a million entrepreneurs. His analytics product links back to online coupons used, for example, to help restaurants see what did or did not work and plan for future promotions. However, 1M/1M is a development economics project. Please try to understand why.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Statisco Economic Analytics. Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin Sloss , co-founder of Tachyus , which offers predictive analytics and quantitative optimization for the petroleum industry. Ajeet Singh , co-founder of ThoughtSpot , provider of search-driven analytics. We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies. Ajeet Singh.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin Sloss , co-founder of Tachyus , which offers predictive analytics and quantitative optimization for the petroleum industry. Ajeet Singh , co-founder of ThoughtSpot , provider of search-driven analytics. We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies. Ajeet Singh.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The trap most of them fell into (common almost everywhere): they were reading the blog posts and advice of Silicon Valley-based companies and believing that it uniformly applied to them. What’s been missing from regions outside of Silicon Valley is a “playbook.” It doesn’t. Born Global or Die Local.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

The Innovation Culture of Silicon Valley. To me, what’s most interesting about this story is the light it sheds on the clash of values between Icahn’s Wall Street world and the culture of Silicon Valley. The reality of Silicon Valley is that innovation takes time.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Everything they do is scrutinized by its potential impact on scalable growth… An effective growth hacker also needs to be disciplined to follow a growth hacking process of prioritizing ideas (their own and others in the company), testing the ideas, and being analytical enough to know which tested growth drivers to keep and which ones to cut.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Most of the other VC firms with a history of picking unicorns have significantly benefited from being based in Silicon Valley, having much larger investment teams, and having multi-decade Tier-1 reputations, which has led to them seeing most of the best deals in the market. – Internal diversity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Most of the other VC firms with a history of picking unicorns have significantly benefited from being based in Silicon Valley, having much larger investment teams, and having multi-decade Tier-1 reputations, which has led to them seeing most of the best deals in the market. – Internal diversity.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

No Knowledge of Computers Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II led by Stanford professor Fred Terman developing microwave and electronics for Electronic Warfare systems. Silicon Valley wouldn’t have a computer company until 1966 when Hewlett Packard shipped the HP 2116 minicomputer.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

We’ve seen earlier two infographics from Silicon Valley technology startup accelerator Blackbox’s Startup Genome Report that showcase the various stages of the startup life cycle as well as the profile the different kinds of Internet startups and their success factors.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Rising Media’s Data Driven Business conferences are designed to empower your business to strategize and optimize with data analytics. Venture Summit Silicon Valley. Venture Summit Silicon Valley is taking place at the dynamic new Draper University, where participants can easily meet up, socially network, and make deals happen.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Earlier we showed you an interesting infographic from Silicon Valley technology startup accelerator Blackbox ‘s Startup Genome Report , about the stages of a startup’s life cycle.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 21, 2013

New webcasts include one on Friday, October 25, Lean Analytics for Non-tech Companies with popular speakers Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz, and on one November 5, Lean Impact--Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-driven Organizations.

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SiliconHills

MAY 10, 2017

Opcity, which has created a data and analytics driven technology platform for real estate agents and brokers, Wednesday announced it has raised $27 million in funding. Icon Ventures, based in Silicon Valley, led the Series A round with participation from Georgian Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Not everyone is a “genius” or enmeshed in the Silicon Valley scene. Besides enjoying my freedom, I also find it very motivating to regularly check my business analytics, audience growth, and, monetary growth. I take comfort in knowing there will be one less victim of cybercrime. Thanks to Marisa Tolsma, BumblebeeApothecary ! #24-

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Up and Running

MAY 20, 2014

Data is changing the way that businesses operate, and most of the start-ups that I see achieving success are highly reliant on customer analytics. While data science is still a nascent field, knowing basic calculus and statistics and learning how they are applied to modeling and forecasting changed the way I think about customers.

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Genuine VC

JULY 9, 2013

Andrew Goloboy KLR PAYROLL & BENEFITS Most popular: ADP TriNet EMSI Bruce Crohn OTHER COMPLETELY UNPROMPTED MULTIPLE PROACTIVE SHOUT-OUTS Silicon Valley Bank for banking was most popular by far Bruce McDougall at WGA and EBS Capstone for insurance Scalar Analytics and SVB for 409a valuations HUGE DISCLAIMER.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Enable Google Analytics tracking. You just have to sign up for Google Analytics, get your account number, and plug it into your site. Use Googles built-in Analytics/AdWords integration, to track the effectiveness of each ad you run. The nice thing about services like SnapPages is that they offer this built-in.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Even PhD analytics eggheads. Some of the most creative technology coming out of Silicon Valley is designed to do exactly that. If so, the business world is full of specialists who are all too eager to help. Brilliant ad agencies and clever marketing communications experts. Highly trained salespeople. Talented product developers.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Background: Justin Klemm’s analytics and website uptime startup, Ghost Inspector , wants to revolutionize the way businesses manage their ecommerce funnels. In this article, I’ll provide some personal stories of how investors have navigated the balance between raising private equity capital and not losing control of their startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The lesson was learned over 30 years in Silicon Valley: you create ecosystems where third-parties can innovate and thrive and you become the legitimate center of it all and can tax the system later. it’s not because you can create short links but because of the analytics that bit.ly If you look at the power of Bit.ly

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

This point was highlighted well in the classic book, “ Disrupting Digital Business ,” by R “Ray” Wang, CEO and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research. Every business, especially startups, needs all guns blazing quickly on every opportunity or insight into the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. Seattle-based company specializing in mobile analytics. GroundTruth.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. But all of these things must be combined with an analytical approach. This is a recap of the more insightful tweets and comments from the event. At NextView, we invest across the US.

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