Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This is the first of two posts about the rise of “risk capital” and how it came to be associated with what became Silicon Valley. ———————– Building Blocks of Entrepreneurship By the mid 1950’s the groundwork for a culture and environment of entrepreneurship were taking shape on the east and west coasts of the United States.

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

First Angel Network (Halifax). Wilmington Investor Network (NC). Band of Angels (Silicon Valley). Launchpad Angels (Boston). Hub Angels (Boston). Golden Seeds (NY, Boston, CA). Sand Hill Angels (Silicon Valley). CommonAngels (Boston). Alliance of Angels (Seattle). New York Angels.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Wilmington Investor Network. Silicon Valley. Central Texas Angel Network. Valley Angel Fund. Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley. 2) Competition for deals in regions, such as Silicon Valley, New York City and Boston, has resulted in higher and, in many cases, rising valuation.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Our experience with TechStars – starting in Boulder, but expanding to Boston, Seattle, and New York – helped us understand not just TechStars’ role and impact on a startup community, but what drives startup communities over the long term. Announcing Ari Newman as TechStars Network Catalyst.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He was also born here and went to UT Austin before heading out to Silicon Valley for a stint. He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. Notley also serves as a powerful resource platform for scaling innovative nonprofit organizations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Most publishers are still caught up in an outdated “vision vs. metrics&# argument, which is already obsolete here in Silicon Valley. These individuals, possessing talent, experience or real-world networks, will continue to function as ‘virtual gatekeepers’ in the next-generation media industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

If you’re a Silicon Valley billionaire, you want a flying car—because it’s cool. The company, Kelekona , aims to make regional travel as easy as an $85, 30 minute flight from NYC to the Hamptons, or to take people to DC or Boston in 45 for less than the cost of a train—not to mention with a fraction of the infrastructure.

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