Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Silicon Valley — another American racist/sexist shithole just like the Segregated South When the Internet first came around in the mid-1990s, it was herald as “The Great Equalizer” where anybody with a keyboard can start an e-commerce shop, publish their works and reach the world to millions who are also attached to the Internet.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the consequences of premature government regulation of AI and why the incumbents are all for it. These are the examples Bill Gurley were talking about. There’s nothing magical about dealing with regulated markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also talks about the rate of growth and the need to pick targets, measure and question assumptions when you aren’t achieving your objectives. I talked about some of that here. He talks about making things that people want & going after a big enough market. .” But I do wonder about a couple of things: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” . “There’s something going on in LA.” They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Tell us your story. When I moved to the US for university, I was eager to establish credit and build my score. I was soon perplexed by the limitations of card acceptance when I discovered that I couldn’t use my card for a portion of my most important expense, tuition. Tell us about your products and services.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2017

Today Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced their support for Global EIR , a cause for which I care deeply. million in investment for the US economy. And there is still an overwhelming demand of visionary international founders that want to start companies in the US. These companies have created 123 new jobs and raised $29.9

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

End of Year Update After officially announcing Breyer Capital Austin earlier this year after two years of active planning and due diligence, I received a humbling number of gracious emails and messages from Austin-based leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. Richard was previously the Chief Scientist at Salesforce.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- I think most entrepreneurs are naturally motivated people. Not everyone is a “genius” or enmeshed in the Silicon Valley scene. One way to stay motivated as an entrepreneur is to have a healthy sustainable routine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2023

If you sold your last startup for $800 million, you probably already know how to build a business, and even conservative investors won’t worry about the quality of your next business plan. An entrepreneur who can’t manage a plan, probably won’t be able to manage the new business.

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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 was named entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School in 2010 and is currently an IDEO Fellow. Taking My Class.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

I just returned from a weeklong trip to India, having spent a few days each in Delhi and Bangalore to meet with local entrepreneurs and investors. Noah Smith recently wrote about why everyone should get excited about India’s prospects. Venture Capital The VC scene is dominated by US and US-affiliated funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I talk about failure a lot because I think it can be tremendously instructive and I think that success without failure often masks underlying lessons. I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Steve : Did you personally know about any of this? Orders increased.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2012

About 75 veterans who are active or aspiring entrepreneurs have already been accepted and will be attending. Todd Park (US CTO) and Aneesh Chopra (Former US CTO) are delivering a keynotes, along with Paul Bucha (Medal of Honor Recipient) and many others. Charles Kelly, Silicon Valley Bank. from July 18-20.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For the past three years I have been pounding the table as loud as I can about the future opportunities in digital video. My narrative has stayed pretty simple: People in the US watch 5.3 senior exec about this more than a year ago. If you don’t know that you don’t know anything about the TV & film industry.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We’ve been reading your blog about your Lean Launchpad class.” No, the conversation was about to get more interesting. I remember thinking, “Wow, whoever’s on the other end of phone sounds just like an entrepreneur, they were asking for the impossible.” billion U.S. Wow, that’s nice, I thought, a call from a fan.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

I thought we were going to talk about her product progress, so I was a bit taken aback by her most pressing question, “Why is it so hard for a woman to still get taken seriously by a venture capitalist?”. I had lots of answers, but none of them good enough for either of us. And what are the lessons for Silicon Valley?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The previous post, part 4, was about Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem these are my final observations. But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Many of these returnees have worked in Silicon Valley and startups or went to school at MIT and Stanford.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley, including those working abroad, often have to retool Lean Startup methods to apply them in places with very different business cultures. Kevin Dewalt—a speaker at this year''s Lean Startup Conference —is an entrepreneur, investor and adviser who has served as an investor for a strategic U.S.

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The Next Web

JUNE 11, 2014

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. There is no other place like Silicon Valley, the tech Mecca of access to great talent, capital and countless prospective clients. For some founders, moving to the Valley is the only option to succeed.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I discovered that while I know a lot about tradecraft-related security and how to stay alive for the first minutes of an ambush, I know little about building security and computer systems security. Most people believe case officers and entrepreneurs are big risk takers, when, in fact, they’re risk mitigators.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. And if they do, they complain about lack of global potential or misunderstand my product completely. VCs are arrogant.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 16, 2018

I read Emily Chang’s book Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley the day it came out. I bought a bunch of copies for different people and I recommend every investor and entrepreneur in the US read it. Yes – I stayed up until after midnight (way past my bedtime) reading it.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Passion for sport and entertainment industry. I love working with our clients on a daily basis, hearing about their dreams, and helping them achieve their goals. My dad was a serial entrepreneur and had a business in the home security industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

If you sold your last startup for $800 million, you probably already know how to build a business, and even conservative investors won’t worry about the quality of your next business plan. An entrepreneur who can’t manage a plan, probably won’t be able to manage the new business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

In March, Ross and I will be hosting a talk at South by Southwest; it’s called “ Third Coast: How to be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# We have been thinking a lot about this lately and discussing the challenges we have faced on our own path. We live in the Chicago area. Our friends live in the Chicago area.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

I have thought a lot about the issue of how to stimulate a region's entrepreneurship over the years. Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The next two posts are about what I saw and learned in my short stay exploring Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs. China Venture Capital.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

One of the things I have enjoyed tremendously about 1M/1M is its distinctly international nature. Over the years, we've had entrepreneurs from all over the world attend and pitch, and I'm delighted to see that we're propagating the methodology and the platform far and wide. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 23, 2021

Spanning from Silicon Valley to Upper Manhattan and everywhere in between, it seems this country is overflowing with tech-optimists. As you know — a techno-optimist is someone who is generally optimistic about the current state of technology and its potential future. Can Tech Destroy Us? Tech is Kind to Us.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. Every entrepreneur must face this harsh reality and learn to master it if they hope to survive and wind up on top. Every entrepreneur must face this harsh reality and learn to master it if they hope to survive and wind up on top.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

We're starting to have more of these meetups, and if you are in a city or town where you'd like to host one, do get in touch with us. What I like about the dynamics of 1M/1M today is that we're starting to see entrepreneurs make definitive progress. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I’ve loved traveling to talk about the book and hearing what readers and supporters have to say and what their most pressing questions are. WSJ ) (nice piece about our efforts with The Long Term Stock Exchange) One final reminder! We’ve had an amazing first week following publication of The Startup Way.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Homebrew is making more investments outside of Silicon Valley than we have in our history! As we started investing out of our second fund in the middle of 2015 we felt like we had our sea legs under us operationally. It also gave us reasons to be in Los Angeles more frequently. Phase 3 US and Canada (2017+).

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