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. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 14, 2014

The big debate among tech circles has always been if it’s possible to build a “Silicon Valley” company outside of the Valley. Is Silicon Valley a physical place or a state of mind ? Starting a company is one thing, but scaling is much tougher outside of Silicon Valley. Related articles.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] He's the CEO of founders space.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2018

We don’t really talk about money in Silicon Valley. When I hear “just start a company, you have nothing to lose” know it won’t ring as true to the realities many founders come from and what they need to overcome. At least not in public in a personal way with near strangers. Which brings me to… 3.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Of course the naysayers are out again. I’d love even 0.5%

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. They don’t represent the true Silicon Valley.in Kitchen of the Silicon Valley mansion after a small party.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. Stuart was a co-founder at my first startup company and ended up running global operations. We brought Ryan Lissack down from San Francisco to become Maker’s CTO and the rest is history. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

The number of Lean Startup meetup groups has crossed 100, spreading out from traditional startup hubs like San Francisco and New York to a wide variety of places. And, most importantly, the Lean Startup idea is starting to take root in industries and contexts very different from it’s Silicon Valley roots.

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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. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Official SXSW Panels and Speakers SXSW Badge Required Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene MAR 8, 2019 | 12:30PM?—?1:30PM three entrepreneurs who are part of this vanguard of Latam founders. You can see a much larger list at the end. What gives?

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Version One Ventures

MAY 24, 2016

Just a few years ago, if you wanted to do something big, you needed to go to Silicon Valley. It meant frequent flights or moving your company to San Francisco to raise money from Bay Area VCs. If we try to dissect the magic of Silicon Valley, I think there are five key factors at play: Great schools.

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David Cohen

MAY 17, 2013

Since then, many of these founders have used what they gained from the experience to propel their companies toward greater success: Nexercise was accepted to TechStars Chicago. Fotopigeon and VocalTap are currently at the NewMe Accelerator in San Francisco. Tak Lo is now an associate at TechStars New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Funds like First Round Capital, True Ventures, Foundry Group, HomeBrew, USV and many others are still run by the founders and are still on the mission they started. Also, many of our deals were in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco or London. So Silicon Valley massively shifted to San Francisco.

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Traveling around the world, I met startup founders, forex traders, marketers, online shop owners, travel bloggers, Instagram influencers and digital business entrepreneurs of all kinds. It was a growing community of people who enjoyed their digital nomad lifestyle.

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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. This will make it harder for SF to compete for startup founder talent. This is absolutely insane.

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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. This will make it harder for SF to compete for startup founder talent. This is absolutely insane.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. They don’t represent the true Silicon Valley.in Silicon Valley” will be a purposely designed caricature of startup life.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. And do your customer development.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. Nicole LaPort recently highlighted this trend for Fast Company, the so-called “SnapChat Effect” in a recent post on the topic of LA attracting great Silicon Valley talent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

In the US, San Francisco is synonymous with startups, and the attitudes and opinions that permeate the tech space, from New York to Austin to Silicon Valley, is largely derived from what’s considered the norm in the 415 area code. The startup attitude. But they haven’t quite made the leap across the Atlantic. With just 1.34

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. That exposure gave me insight into the significant knowledge gap that exists between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2018

Sure, compared to other areas of Silicon Valley, the fintech world is still technically new, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t free from competition. Silicon Valley is an obvious choice for many entrepreneurs, as even Google and Apple have their headquarters there. Solve for X creatively.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

This is where a lot of founders get stuck. Not to mention, once the founder and advisor have nominally agreed to a relationship, law firms enter the mix and seed the new advisor with a mountain of paperwork — legal agreements, options agreements — documents stuffed with legalese and binding statements.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a native of Silicon Valley , I’ve witnessed the creative destruction of wave after wave of innovation as nearby corporate campuses repopulated themselves : From defense contractors to data centers , computer mainframe manufacturers to Internet search engines. Most of the technology industry is notoriously apolitical.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. Go west, young MBA: Important rules for building wealth in San Francisco – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.

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The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 30, 2012

Entrepreneurs worldwide suspect the grass is greener in San Francisco. The valley only has about 4x more VC deals than London (although average valuations are admittedly 2x higher): The valley is not 1000x better. But check it.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. They don’t represent the true Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley” will be a purposely designed caricature of startup life.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. HP Style) are dead. Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

San Francisco-based Developer Boot Camp was an idea that started with a friend in need. This is not the first time a Silicon Valley entrepreneur has advocated learning to code as opposed to going to college. A Vocational School for Programmers. He wanted to help, so he suggested his friend learn to code.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you’re a startup founder, how much should you pay yourself? In Silicon Valley, 75% of founders pay themselves less than $75,000 per year and 66% pay themselves less than $50,000 per year, according to the data. Does the stage that a startup is at affect its founders’ salaries? Not as much as you might think.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post).

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Tuesday night TechCrunch's Michael Arrington dropped a bomb on the industry, accusing Silicon Valley's top angel investors of a collusion and price-fixing conspiracy. Monday evening, Arrington crashed a meeting of "ten or so of the highest profile angel investors in Silicon Valley," at San Francisco restaurant Bin 38.

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