Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Eric Ries , entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Lean Startup. He later co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU and then authored The Lean Startup. That’s part of the magic of Silicon Valley.”.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ). Tell me a bit about your background.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

I remember thinking, “Wow, whoever’s on the other end of phone sounds just like an entrepreneur, they were asking for the impossible.” Given that Silicon Valley had started with scientists and engineers not MBA’s, I thought this was a bet worth making. The answer shot back, “We want the class to start in 90 days,”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

I started working with David when I was an entrepreneur and he was an associate with a VC firmed called … wait for it … GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures)! We brought Ryan Lissack down from San Francisco to become Maker’s CTO and the rest is history. We have worked together ever since. Back together.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments). Recent Investment Themes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 14, 2011

The Federal government is being transformed - initially, in small ways - by people I think should be recognized as entrepreneurs. They are leveraging the same kinds of new technology, management thinking, and big data to improve lives that we routinely use here in Silicon Valley. But some have.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 24, 2017

An important reminder: Lean Startup Week is in San Francisco October 30 - November 5 The Lean Startup Week team has been working around the clock to put together a program that will suit the needs of any entrepreneur in any organization, all themed around The Startup Way.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Here I make the case that entrepreneurs must stay focused on the prize, not the doubters. Entrepreneurs. ” **. It can be one of the strongest motivators.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, CTO of Harvard Medical School discussed this idea with me recently. An entrepreneur should pick this one up ASAP. Michael Aginsky, CTO of Gibbons P.C. This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution. For you, readers, here they are: Sponsor.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In my bones I’m convinced that entrepreneurs are more nature than nurture although I know both are involved. I have recently written extensively on what I believe the 12 characteristics of an entrepreneur are. Entrepreneurs aren’t born, they’re made.&# The data in this article is at best, a stretch. from a young age.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Along the way I also learned yet another way entrepreneurs see the world differently from their investors. In the early days of Rocket Science I realized that we needed high-level advice on multiple fronts; technology, game development, video game distribution, etc. Even back then the advisor was a well-known name in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

Steve Blank called last year’s conference “ Woodstock for entrepreneurs ” and my goal is do even better this year. (If SLLCONF featured incredible entrepreneurs on stage to put those ideas to rest (watch, for example: Aardvark , Grockit , Dropbox , PBworks ). Brad doesn’t meet your typical image of a scrappy entrepreneur.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The culture and work ethic of Convergent had earned it the title “the Marine Corps of Silicon Valley”. Wasn’t he a CTO or something? (He Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. And so was his reputation for being verbally abusive to his direct reports. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

She previously served as the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Smule , where she remains an advisor to the Board of Directors. Marketing is often treated as a bad word in Silicon Valley. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' This post originally appeared on the Clarity.fm

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

As I talked about this model with several friends in Silicon Valley I always heard the same refrain, “we don’t invest in content business – they are ‘hits driven’ ” I had to laugh a bit at at the irony of this. For one, the consumer-driven startup world has become immensely hits driven.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 19, 2012

My personal highlight was watching newly-appointed United States CTO Todd Park receive a standing ovation from a crowd that is decidedly skeptical about government. But we all know promising potential entrepreneurs who cannot. I had an incredible couple of days at SXSW. And today I want to share another attempt.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. While entrepreneurship and startups have spread tremendously in Europe, a lot of aspiring young entrepreneurs leave Europe for the United States.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Little did they know, that he was also the CTO and the person responsible for making all tech decisions Folklore has some interesting stories about Burrell Smith ( [link] ). Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Whenever he did that most vendors would ignore him in the meeting. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Babson Entrepreneur Resource Center. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Koa Lab – Shared workspace in Harvard Square founded by serial entrepreneur Andy Palmer. Greentown Labs – Entrepreneur community and accelerator focused on Cleantech. MIT Start Lab. Harvard iLab.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. We pulled together a lineup of A-list speakers, healined by TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah, and Spark Capital founder and partner Bijan Sabet, among other very talented entrepreneurs and thinkers.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Tony Saldanha (P&G Next Gen Svces, Transformant), Farhan Shah (Allstate, CTO, Head of Platform Eng), Munu Gandhi (VP Infrastructure, AON), Virginia Lyons (CISO, Williams Sonoma) and GTM advisors?—?Natalie Many of the smartest entrepreneurs were leaving their companies to start a new blockchain or crypto company.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. I met a lot of really bright people that were passionate about and experienced in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses. There is really no other place in the world like Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 1, 2016

What it was like to get out of the research lab to build a startup was the focus of interviews 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). He also founded and served as chief technology officer of Life Magnetics.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So, I’d like to start by sharing the story of a female entrepreneur who did experience VC funding success—but still also felt the impact of the biases held by the industry. Silicon valley tends to have a bias towards a certain startup founder stereotype (i.e. A rare success. Giadha Aguirre de Carcer has had an impressive career.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion. Author howerl. Read More ».

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 10, 2010

Create a cabinet position (Secretary Newco) that is focused on pushing through initiatives that help startups and unleash millions of entrepreneurs. Create a meaningful entrepreneurs visa. Staple a green card to the diploma of every foreign student who graduates from a US university. Cut capital gains taxes to 1% for startups.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

And as he writes in his blog post On the nature of talent , it was his passion for computer science and problem solving that gave him access to opportunity and brought him to Silicon Valley. He is a husband, a father, and an entrepreneur. Sami Ghoche , a co-founder and CTO of Forethought is originally from Lebanon.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Cheers, Scott Top 5 Tweets Quora: “What makes someone an awesome co-founder CTO?” v8dvUP “I was on Wall Street two weeks ago, and I’ve been in Silicon Valley this past week. 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs – Part 3 bit.ly/poo6hs. ” Solid answer via @DavidSacks : b.qr.ae/v8dvUP What a contrast!”

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. So we have plenty of economic clustering. We need a center of gravitas.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

I realize cold-emailing can be very uncomfortable for a lot of entrepreneurs. But, you can include bullets about your team’s background / domain experience / personal achievements. At a minimum, I would follow up within the week if you haven’t heard back. I talk about how to follow up with a VC here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. Office Space. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices. Entrepreneur Dinners. Nom nom nom. ” Do they all get along?

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Joseph is an Achieved CEO/CTO investor and strategic advisor. A long-time entrepreneur, Joseph founded/co-founded many technological companies throughout the years. He was recently honored to be named to the Silicon Valley 100 and 16 Up-and-Coming Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs You Need to Meet.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country.

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