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

Steve Blank

These four developments, while important to Silicon Valley, are vital to developing regional tech clusters. While the density of Silicon Valley startups can’t be replicated in regions, the barriers of money and resources have disappeared. Why Valley Rules Don’t Work in Regional Economies.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering.

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Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

Steve Blank

Entrepreneur-in-Residence After SuperMac I had been approached by one of our venture investors to be an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), a Silicon Valley phrase which says one thing but means another. Peter described the first company in which “Hollywood meets Silicon Valley” and we were enthralled.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" It's the developer's turn to ask the Biz Guy. Now we turn it around.

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Startup Resources

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer Development. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley. Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Wadi. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank.