Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

We pointed out that Silicon Valley and Stanford have done this for 50 years. We combine the unique strengths of Stanford and its location in Silicon Valley to solve problems across the spectrum of activities that create and sustain national power. The technology insights and expertise of Stanford Engineering.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. Should those entrepreneurs who have built their business elsewhere move to Silicon Valley to raise money?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. It’s time to ask why startup board governance has failed to keep pace with innovation. Silicon Valley, New York). It might be possible to create Virtual Valley Ventures. Victor Hugo. It’s time for a change.

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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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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

“When we think about successful and innovative projects, we automatically think ‘Silicon Valley’. The 20 selected startups will go first to Lausanne to participate in a 2-days bootcamp at EPFL university – ranked 8th in the engineering and technology field in the world (2013) – to learn how to perfect their pitches.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research. Errol : And we did.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. They work as hard as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Scalable startups are what Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their venture investors aspire to build.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. Board and Governance issues arise from day one in most startups.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Bootstrapping 101.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 18, 2011

The explanation could be tied to the fact that the financial sector has sucked up so much talent that might have otherwise done something useful in Silicon Valley or in other entrepreneurial hubs. useful in Silicon Valley or in other entrepreneurial hubs." The credit crunch has exacerbated the problem. Cut red tape.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. Skolkovo Innovation City in Russia has been recognized as an attempt to emulate Silicon Valley. Rapid urbanization is a crisis.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As opposed to taking a potentially smart risk on equity). In the startup world, one of the most important parts of building a network for non-technical entrepreneurs is getting to know brilliant engineers and technologists. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY. Those topics don’t come up every single day.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As opposed to taking a potentially smart risk on equity). In the startup world, one of the most important parts of building a network for non-technical entrepreneurs is getting to know brilliant engineers and technologists. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY. Those topics don’t come up every single day.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I asked her to stop wasting her time on producers in countries that do not have any focus on carbon footprint optimization, and instead look for countries and states with governments that have incentives and programs to encourage producers to optimize their carbon footprint. Hard ROI is essential to get dollars flowing. DealCurrent.com.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Were showing positive return on equity, were showing positive growth per, in value per customer through their digital initiatives. And their question for us was how should they organize and govern those and prioritize them and resource them and so on. 07:47): About 25% of them were actually making money. They were the same mm-hmm. ,

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Has anyone in the engineering team actually shipped a product? I worry about everything: money, sales, engineering, support, and recruiting. Second, if people really followed these “rules&# no one would work at a start-up and Silicon Valley would spiral into nothing. You may think I’m kidding.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Brad Feld’s new book Startup Communities joins the two other “must reads,” ( Regional Advantage and Startup Nation ) and one “must view” ( The Secret History of Silicon Valley ) for anyone trying to understand the components of a regional cluster. They are not run by the government or any single organization. Role of Government.

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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. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. Build Your Own Silicon Valley? It may be that all the doomsayers are right. call to arms.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. It was a compliment.)

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. With that live, you’ll be able to show other smart engineers and advisors that you’re willing to take some risk and build something. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. Should I require and NDA?

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

I came to Silicon Valley when I was 25, turning 26. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. But there’s something else that I think I learned, and that was that a lot of focus on Silicon Valley is about growth.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

I came to Silicon Valley when I was 25, turning 26. And I think one of the things that we’ve learned is, when I came to Silicon Valley in 2007, we were starting Airbnb in 2008, it was a marketplace. But there’s something else that I think I learned, and that was that a lot of focus on Silicon Valley is about growth.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

This is true not just for startups, but for so many of the institutions that govern society. We owe our grandparents a debt of gratitude for the institutions that still govern our daily life. And this is true not just of startups, but of so many of the institutions that govern society. No better time than now. Whether it's.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

He , Srikanth Narayan , Ben Werdmuller von Elgg , Jo Vi Ko , Justin Lee , Giovanni Tardini , David de Weerdt , Vineet Thanedar , Ryan Brideau , Jonathan Meiri , Rob Weedn , Krzysztof Kowalczyk , Greg Pilling , Kevin Leland , Parham Michael Ossareh , Dan Loewenherz , Mary Specht , Engin Erdo?an "I am a creative guy with a startup idea."

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. In the last few years new venture capital and private equity firms have raised money to invest in dual-use startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. And the equity in their house isn’t rising. My prognosis?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Mellie Price (@mellieprice) | Twitter Heather Brunner CEO WPEngine Heather Brunner is one of the most successful tech CEO’s in Austin’s history, recently raising $250 million in funding from Silver Lake for WP Engine, the leading digital experience platform built on Wordpress.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

Throughout the discussion, Dr. Li and Hoffman explored the extensive AI landscape of today, including the practical applications for AI; how academia and industry leaders are working with the federal government to advance AI research; and Dr. Li’s work as the co-founder and chairperson of the board of the national nonprofit AI4ALL.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

Throughout the discussion, Dr. Li and Hoffman explored the extensive AI landscape of today, including the practical applications for AI; how academia and industry leaders are working with the federal government to advance AI research; and Dr. Li’s work as the co-founder and chairperson of the board of the national nonprofit AI4ALL.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

I was a market maker, so it was my job to build models to derive fair value for certain types of emerging market equity derivatives; it’s a fast-paced environment with incomplete information. At the same time, I believe that the engineers and creators of these products are fundamentally good people.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

According to an interview with Elon Musk, this campaign cost Paypal about $60 million , which most Silicon Valley historians would consider money well spent. Silicon Valley founders and executives routinely say, “well the banker said we have to do this, or we can’t do that.” That said, the “courage” issue is real.

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