Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. Some are running away from skyrocketing tax rates, dysfunctional government, and devastating wildfires. Austin is positioned to be the biggest winner of them all.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2023

Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has faded into a dulled sense of disbelief. Our regulatory system must do a better job of understanding this.

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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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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Earlier this year, I was pleased to learn that the UK Government was planning to appoint a Tech Envoy to the U.S. – Later, when I learned that Joe White would take on this newly created role, I grew even more excited about the positive impact this new position will have on fostering innovation and entrepreneurism on a local and global scale.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Since 2011, we have invested in four Toronto-based startups as well as one Ottawa-based company, out of 60 active companies in our portfolio. Additionally, the Canadian government has significantly more rational immigration policies for foreign entrepreneurs than America, encouraging talented people globally to come to Canada.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: A Fight in Silicon Valley: Founders Push for Control. Why Register? Personalize your own news page.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“When I asked David Cohen, Co-CEO of Techstars, for some advice on writing the book he suggested a collaboration utilizing the experience of the 1900 companies in the program’s global portfolio?—?we 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct. RSVP here Sept. 6: Houston, TX?—? RSVP here Sept.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

As you know, the Google productivity apps portfolio is getting very good traction within enterprises, and through our Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing series , we've heard from various CIOs who are moving from Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange to Google's Office suite. One of the primary drivers of the switch is cost.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

As many of your listeners may know, there was an incredible piece published by a gentleman from Founders Fund, discussing Tiger [Global Management] and how they’re focused on the speed and scale business. I don’t worry about my anti-portfolio. On Leaving Silicon Valley Bank. On Sushi and VC.

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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. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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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. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley has long been the barometer for engineering and product talent, but that same caliber of skill that startups need is also available across Asia. Cast a wide net. Don’t let the idea of relocating employees scare you.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

And then you fast forward a couple of weeks, I live here in Santa Clara County in Silicon Valley, which actually I think had one of the first cases or one of the- Eric Ries : Of community spread, yeah. We need to wait for the government to fix it." It was really myself and my boss, who was our portfolio manager.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Sarah also points to the vast global wealth that has to get allocated somewhere as well as a small bump in long term average returns, now that the generally terrible performance of funds from the 2000-2002 time frame (after the tech bubble of the late 90s crashed) no longer factor in to 10 year returns.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It’s made up of ONR – the Office of Naval Research , ONR Global , the Naval Research Laboratory , and Special Projects (PMR 51.). ONR played a seminal role in the formation of Silicon Valley. His insights on the future of the Navy and reimagining Naval power are insightful, innovative and exciting.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 15, 2021

It will take considerable work, across technology, media, and government, to reverse this course. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. March 11th was “COVID Day One” for many folks, or at least when it crossed from “will this be a big deal?” to “this is a big deal” for America. Probably as a coping tactic! Things I’m Enjoying.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 9, 2013

A recent report named Tel Aviv the second most vibrant start up ecosystem in the world , behind only Silicon Valley. I see this through the lens of our portfolio company, tracx , whose ambitions to build a great SaaS social intelligence company seem to rise with the country''s ambitions. Start Up Heroes.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. When the market tanked they had the “triage problem&# – which portfolio companies to save, which to kill. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. My prognosis?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of the readings for this class session included What The Machine Learning Value Chain Means For Geopolitics , How Artificial Intelligence Will Reshape The Global Order, An Understanding Of Ai’s Limitations Is Starting To Sink In , and The Panopticon Is Already Here. Surprises from Being Outside the Government Selling In.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

government is ill-equipped to deal with the growing number of national security challenges that exist at the intersection of commercial and defense technology. Yet it remains unclear who in the government now sets policy for — or has final say over — issues that cross the boundaries between academia, defense, commerce, and diplomacy.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

And one and two are, “I don’t want to do the deal,” with one being, “I really don’t want to do the deal,” and two is like, “I don’t think it should be part of the portfolio, but look, if the rest of you think it’s kind of a good idea…fine. Digital Service – serving in government to help government with technology.

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