Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

When Terman said no, Sylvania, a tube company which built proximity fuse tubes in WWII, won the contract and set up its Electronic Defense Lab (EDL) in Mountain View California in the middle of an orchard. The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this?

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Accomplishing those objectives is especially hard if also under the thumb of a Government agency.

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Gust

JULY 18, 2012

Perhaps no better example exists than the term “ Corporate Governance.” Framed that way, “corporate governance” starts seeming a lot less dry and academic. ” Typical governance structure (Sony Corporation). Rhetoric has the power to engage or alienate, to enchant or disaffect.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

You also need infrastructure and friendly government. Again, New York blows California away here. (3) Maybe FB stock would be going up instead of down right now. Facebook Stock Could Fall Twice as Far Before It Hits Bottom ]. These people abound in New York. Now they’re heading toward my niche, very exciting.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those others that have been tried” – Winston Churchill. Is it a bad thing when public stocks get eviscerated (given USV has a few that have)? He basically pointed out that the federal nature of the US governance system produces 50 individual experiments.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

million people EMPLOYED in California. When the dust settles from the initial joblessness and people have lost savings, don’t immediately find new jobs and this weighs on the stock markets, people will inevitably cut personal spending. for comparison there are only 17.6 And only 8.7 Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders?

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Stepping off the soapbox, let’s examine the highest level “To Do” list for a new startup: Formation, Governance and Equity. Newco, Inc.”)

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. We are in Santa Clara, California, still holding up well. I am Eric Ries. Alpha Lee : Yeah, it's been good so far. Eric Ries : Amen to that. Alpha Lee : Yeah. Alpha Lee : Yeah.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In 1998 when Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s Google offices were a Menlo Park, California garage, Bezos invested $250,000 of personal funds into the fledgling startup. million shares of Google stock. At Google’s IPO that represented a stock share position worth over $280 million.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2013

Afterwards, the government and their legal enforcement bureaus. Instead of concentrating on jacking your company’s stock price up, build the business to be a sustainable, responsible and awesome institution to be a part of. She is based in San Diego, California. Living a decent life doesn’t really cost so much, as you can see.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2012

The California forms are available here. Bylaws (State): The Bylaws is the document that governs how the corporation is to be run. This includes expectations of members, how the board of directors will be assembled and what their duties are, how meetings will be organized, and how stock is issued.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Government: California Department of Motor Vehicles. I love governments! A much more detailed collection of recommendations I’d written for the Government of Belgium a little while back. Web Analytics Success Measurement For Government Websites. Stock Photography: Shutterstock. A quick best practice.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don’t California my Texas,” “Don’t Dallas My Austin,” “Thanks for coming to SXSW. which clearly suffers from a myth of meritocracy and has fewer women and people of color in positions of leadership than sectors like automotive, government and manufacturing. and not the startup kind but the Facebook/Google/Apple/Big Tech Co kind?—?which

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

A microbrewery in one state may be governed by very different rules than a microbrewery the next state over. The alcohol industry is governed at both the federal and state level. ” It’s important that you know and abide by all existing federal laws governing beer and alcohol. So, read up on your state’s laws.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought? You would then have been able to choose to grow another product that was in demand, or start your farm in Southern California. Other resources.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 31, 2020

But the reality is that coronavirus cases are rising in states such as California and Texas, which has prompted some to worry about whether spa businesses should be shut down once again. As governments and businesses talk about what is essential, it is unfortunate that spas have often received the short end of the stick.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. Facebook went public in May with two classes of stock that give founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg about 57% of the voting power even though he only owns about 28% of the shares. Zynga went public last December with three classes of stock. MarketWatch. SmartMoney. SmartMoney.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. AllThingsDigital. SmartMoney.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The way to getrich from a startup is to maximize the companys chances of succeeding,not to maximize the amount of stock you retain. The problem is, for the company to exist, you have todecide who the founders are, and how much stock they each have. They get the same kind of stock and get diluted the same amount in futurerounds.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Take a look at the other realtors and brokerages in the area to determine what your competition is doing in the marketplace, and take stock of how these existing businesses are approaching things. How do your natural strengths differentiate you from the other real estate businesses in the area? Consider the following questions. Get a license.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The first half of my career was very traditional law practice, big law in New York City, federal government. Jamie Lieberman: When I stopped working at the government, I started up a blog again because I thought it might be kind of fun. States don’t agree with states, and California does everything first.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. All you need is for one of the new enterprise companies to completely whiff a quarter and their stock will collapse and then everybody will get all freaked out. Marc Andreessen: Yeah.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. He raised the money by selling stock to prominent Boston families who – seeing the benefit of the joint stock company – went on to found, railroads, banks, and insurance companies based on this new model.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area. And they've almost become like quasi-government institutions in a way, and they're so focused on risk mitigation that it's not about innovation.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The well-known ridesharing giant hit the market this year with a target price of $45 dollars per share, with 180 million shares of common stock available at launch. At the time of this writing, Uber’s stock price is hovering around $27 per share. In the months since, however, Fiverr’s stock has come down to earth.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

There are personal factors that come into play like real estate value, stock market activity, etc. We also talk about the issue of net neutrality, how we believe the issue isn’t as black and white as some people believe, and the implications of government intervention even if they do so with the best intentions.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2015

Meet Nava, A Startup That Wants To Fix The Government’s Crappy Design [link] crowdspring.co/1MbGeIk How to Choose the Right Stock Photo for Your Next Project [link] crowdspring.co/1IHl6GK 6 More of The Best Free Stock Photo Websites We Could Find [link] crowdspring.co/1KPRYRS Launching a New Product? 1NLimf5 .

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

16:00 What should government be doing? 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws. 56:45 Looking at the stock price of Cornerstone. 12:45 Describe the structural, cyclical trends you’re seeing in technology. 25:15 Did you follow the Quora scandal? 30:00 What makes ff Venture Capital unique?

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online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Opinion: The Reverse-Joads of California. Opinion: Why Californias Exodus Will Get Worse. Opinion: The Reverse-Joads of California 472 comments. WSJ X - Invitation Only.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

Yes, income inequality exists and yes it’s a natural consequence of capitalism and other forms of government are decidedly worse than capitalism because they inefficiently create and allocate resources. That employee was given “stock options,” which pay the exact same rate of taxes as income.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." So I think it's good to take stock of what has happened. What did China do?

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