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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Most of the other VC firms with a history of picking unicorns have significantly benefited from being based in Silicon Valley, having much larger investment teams, and having multi-decade Tier-1 reputations, which has led to them seeing most of the best deals in the market. – Quantitative investing.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

Most of the other VC firms with a history of picking unicorns have significantly benefited from being based in Silicon Valley, having much larger investment teams, and having multi-decade Tier-1 reputations, which has led to them seeing most of the best deals in the market. – Quantitative investing.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripled—all signs of the impending apocalypse.

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Why You Should Sell Your Business Quickly

Growthink Blog

Last week marked the 6th year for the conference "Launch: Silicon Valley." Entrepreneur Dan Levin, the COO of Box.net (cloud-based storage service) 3. Bigger companies like Google have tons of cash and are looking to buy early stage companies (so you can get a big payday). Speaking on the topic were 3 panelists: 1.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners.

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Silicon Valley Frontlines: Two Tales of "Working For Equity"

philipsmith.typepad.com

Silicon Valley Frontlines. This same 'later stage can't pay you anything up front' ruse gets done for sales and marketing types, too. Cloud Computing. Life in the Valley. In-the-Trenches Consulting to Startup and Emerging-Growth Companies. « Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs! August 2010.