Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

However, as hard as I emphasize this point to aspiring entrepreneurs every year I usually get a call or email from a past student asking me to introduce them to my favorite VC’s. Interestingly this response almost always comes from first time entrepreneurs. I’m going to go do that Customer Development stuff after we raise money.”

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 13, 2017

It can be difficult for an entrepreneur to accept that he is at fault for any of the above; yet many still consider that it is ok to “fail fast, fail often” provided one learns from one’s mistakes on the path to success. Vision/Focus: I encourage any entrepreneur to think big, but not at the expense of asking himself several key questions.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

Raising the minimum wage in Silicon Valley (beyond San Jose which has already done so) is a very important and rational thing to do for the economic health of the valley, California, and the USA economy as a whole. The issue is continuing the incredible innovation that happens in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

How startup ideas are conceived and nurtured was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

How startup ideas are conceived and nurtured was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. But coming to Silicon Valley is not nirvana.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. military, the CIA and the National Security Agency. Meanwhile the U.S.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. But coming to Silicon Valley is not nirvana.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

It was a strange contrast for me having grown up in Northern California where failure seemed to be a badge of honor. Which is why I often tell people to start being entrepreneurs when one is young. Steve Blank is one of those people and I consider him to be one of the clearest thinkers in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 14, 2009

Those of you with a reader still have it.) My only excuse is that this week I’m doing public service in my role as a California Coastal Commissioner. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Long days, lots of items on the calendar , dedicated staff, very bright fellow commissioners. Greatest hits here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

There is also excellent support for entrepreneurs, both home-grown and imported. cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. Let’s turn our attention to our neighbors to the north, and look at the best and brightest cities in Canada for startups and entrepreneurs.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Like Silicon Valley, Denver is among the most educated cities in the U.S., Abundance of highly-educated and committed talent.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 6, 2011

Third, to share both thinking and practice as I learned how to teach entrepreneurs (the way one teaches artists and musicians.). Fourth, as a public official in the State of California , to offer a window on how public policy on California Coastal protection gets made.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Large enterprises are also complaining about keeping up with so many different regulations like GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazon’s HQ2.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

The focus of our first segment is how Silicon Valley and the U.S. military and are now helping government agencies operate with the speed and urgency of Silicon Valley. Masato Iino has been entrepreneur of a couple of startups and an investor for the last twenty years. Listen to my entire chat with Matt.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Based on those results we believe that we can do the same with Diplomacy so working with the State Department’s innovation cell in Silicon Valley we will prototype the Hacking for Diplomacy course at Stanford this fall. Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Based on those results we believe that we can do the same with Diplomacy so working with the State Department’s innovation cell in Silicon Valley we will prototype the Hacking for Diplomacy course at Stanford this fall. Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Where did Silicon Valley come from? I think the absolute best reading on this subject is a book called Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 by AnnaLee Saxenian. And what were they doing beforehand?

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The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

Riding the wave of global awareness for the need to stay competitive, Tanzania has taken some positive steps forwards, including government investments in a fibreoptic backbone as well as strategic initiatives around promoting start-ups. industry in Tanzania. In one word, that issue is trust.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. What’s bringing them here?

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

There is a highly under-known fact in the software engineering world – many of the best developers and architects are not in Silicon Valley, but in the New York metro area. You also need infrastructure and friendly government. Again, New York blows California away here. (3) These people abound in New York.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

How this research is transferred outside the university, and why this “tech transfer” process is important was the focus of an interview with two of the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). In the 20th century) the U.S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur&# and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Who’s an entrepreneur? There are six distinct organizational paths for entrepreneurs: lifestyle business , small business, scalable startup, buyable startup, large company, and social entrepreneur.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

There is also excellent support for entrepreneurs, both home-grown and imported. cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. Let’s turn our attention to our neighbors to the north, and look at the best and brightest cities in Canada for startups and entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Last up, Ashesh Patel from Oakland, California, pitched StyleShop247.com StyleShop247.com.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Austin has been one the fastest growing cities in the country for the past 20 years that I’ve been here, but it feels like COVID-19 and California wildfires broke the floodgates already under pressure from high taxes and expensive real estate in landlocked coastal cities. He’s an entrepreneur, investor, and author?—?seamlessly

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Additionally, the Canadian government has significantly more rational immigration policies for foreign entrepreneurs than America, encouraging talented people globally to come to Canada. Similarly, 31 per cent of Toronto’s CEOs have lived in Silicon Valley. among the top 20 most active startup scenes in the world.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. And many of them view the local government as an irrelevant factor in their business.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. Stock Quotes. more in Tech. link] [link] --> By JOANN S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. He resides in Silicon Valley, California, and has long helped entrepreneurs there, as well as providing turn-around assistance as interim CEO and business coach for several companies.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb describes “Sell More Faster” as the indispensable guide for entrepreneurs seeking product-market fit, building their sales team, developing a growth strategy and chasing accelerated, repeatable selling success. “I 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct. Also on Sept. MT / 11 a.m.

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Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. Every day I hear from entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists about an exciting new movement called “the consumerization of the enterprise.” Meet the new boss. same as the old boss. The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again. The Game, Let Us Live.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 26, 2014

While Boulder is currently building a strong reputation as an entrepreneurial ecosystem to rival Silicon Valley and is consistently voted among the top cities to live in the country , there is almost nothing more fundamental to quality of life and competitive business than affordable energy.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The privately held company is headquartered in Los Altos, California and is backed by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Emergence Capital Partners, General Atlantic, Meritech Capital Partners, NEA, Scale Venture Partners, and U.S. Strength in experience.

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