Angel Investor Silicon Valley Vertical Video 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 31, 2014
Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. 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. It doesn’t.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 6, 2011
I have, in fact, recorded a video to address both issues with relevant case studies , and I would appreciate it if you would take 30 minutes to listen to it. In fact, I think it is a great curriculum for certain angel investors too, especially those who are starting out, including angel groups that are just formed.
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
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Austin Startup
AUGUST 7, 2017
You can find a lot of great videos, blogs and books on the Internet, but there is still no replacement for direct one-on-one mentoring. The Internet is full of great videos and blogs. Entrepreneurs in San Antonio will drive up to Austin for a day of office hours with guest mentors visiting from Silicon Valley.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 26, 2009
They’ll make much more sense if you watch the video or read some of the earlier posts for context. This post is about the rise of “risk capital” and how it came to be associated with what became Silicon Valley. See the Secret History bibliography for sources and supplemental reading.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2009
They’ll make much more sense if you watch the video or read some of the earlier posts for context. The McMicking’s bought 50% of Ampex for $365,000 (some liken this to the first VC investment in the valley.) See the Secret History bibliography for sources and supplemental reading. More on this in the next post.
ReadWriteStart
AUGUST 11, 2011
One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably.
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