Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

The predominant narrative among Silicon Valley start-ups has been: don’t open a second office until you have reached 100+ employees. However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams.

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Hippoland

JULY 6, 2018

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. I need to spend more time in Denver/Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Austin. Do your employees like to socialize with each other?

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Hippoland

JULY 6, 2018

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. I need to spend more time in Denver/Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Austin. Do your employees like to socialize with each other?

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

My post The Future Of Work Is Distributed received some good comments. ” It’s an important nuance, as there is a big difference between a fully distributed workforce (which the blockchain kids refer to as a “decentralized workforce”) and a multi-location workforce. .” When I went west, it was easy.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2013

High-Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley. For a long time I’ve suggested that an interesting measure of entrepreneurial density would be ((entrepreneurs + employees of startups) / total population). Richard took this notion a step further in his article High-Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley and actually did some math.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I would thank my mentors at Silicon Valley for guiding and teaching me how technology can be used to give life to so many ideas that are all around us. Photo Credit: Rick Denver. Thanks to Rick Denver, Fish and Coral ! #10- Photo Credit: Brian David Crane. Thanks to Brian David Crane, Spread Great Ideas! #9-

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. Even in New York the number of startups percapita is probably a 20th of what it is in Silicon Valley. Now most of yourpeople will be employees rather than founders. Bad Location Startups prosper in some places and not others.

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