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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

These exciting days of contact with stimulating, dedicated people provided a breadth of experience which I still treasure.&# Is there anything more to be added to his memoir?

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. August 24, 2009 2:17 PM Norbert Mocsnik said. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Ethics: Albatross or Essential? « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Think about the baseball Steroid scandal, Tour de France doping scandal, housing bubble, etc.) Don’t confuse or rationalize “relentless and focused&# with cheating. Shortcuts are easy. But besides being morally wrong, in the end they come back to bite you big time.

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom. Previous investors including Longworth Venture Partners and Egan-Managed Capital also participated in the round, which brings the total funding of uTest to $20.8

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

These posts cover two distinct periods – the first, the rise of “ Microwave Valley ” chronicles the decade of 1946-1956 as Stanford University became the hub of military/industry contracting in the Bay Area.

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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

in other major hubs (France, UK, Germany). We’ll also see the emergence of more low code / no code platforms that address specific vertical needs. Looking more closely at the region, Israel is undeniably emerging as a cloud unicorn factory, with 16 new unicorns in 2021 (around a third of the total minted this year to date).

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Cloud Europe 2017: The Factory is Cranking

Cracking the Code

From a geographic standpoint, the UK and Israel lead the pack with 20 companies each, followed by France with 18 and Germany with 8. From a revenue standpoint, 58 companies have already crossed the $5M per year mark and 29 are $15M+.

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