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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

On RRL, you probably would love to visit the Harvard Archives and have them pull out some material for you. The archives are amazing when you get a box full of correspondence on (real!) invention of electronic warfare, part I and [.]

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

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Startup Resources. Posts Comments Startups. STARTUP SPOTLIGHT. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital. LOVELLETTERS: Advice for startup geeks.

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SuperMac War Story 3: Customer Insight Is Everyone's Job « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Facts are the rock on which you build your strategy and tactics In a startup second-hand facts are almost as useless as opinions. It reminded me of “earlier days&# , when I was just starting out in running business operations for startups. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. What did I learn so far?

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SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Filed under: Customer Development , Marketing , SuperMac , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , SuperMac « Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions Gravity Will be Turned Off » 17 Responses EricS , on May 11, 2009 at 11:05 am Said: I loved my Spigot. It was fun watching it happen. com Michael Robertson.

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The End of Innocence

Steve Blank

If you’re a startup raising money or just want to see your name online, there’s not a better blog on the web. One warm summer evening I got invited over to the house of a married couple from my company for a BBQ and after-dinner entertainment – drinking mass quantities of the local beer. Or is it just someones end of innocence ?

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. It’s most comfortable to hang out with people like ourselves, but those are exactly the folks you probably don’t want to co-found a startup with. In Silicon Valley, rock climbing’s a current hot spot for startup folks.