Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Technical entrepreneurs need to surround themselves with people who have the financial, marketing, and operational experience in managing a business. Execute a pilot rollout before attempting to scale globally. A local pilot is a necessary move to test your manufacturing, operational, and marketing assumptions.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen? Where is it going?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

One of the things I learned from my years in Silicon Valley is that you must always focus on three steps ahead, as well as on what exists today. Think about needs from a global perspective versus local. Even if you believe your business is local today, think global for future growth.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

And today, the rate of global change is so rapid that even these four year-old estimations are optimistic. As revolutions in AI, biotechnology and manufacturing converge with global political upheavals and environmental issues like global warming, the speed of change will accelerate even more.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Over the last half a century, Silicon Valley has grown into the leading technology and innovation cluster for the United States and the world. Venture capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. The story to date is a familiar one.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

75 years ago, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) helped kickstart innovation in Silicon Valley with a series of grants to Fred Terman , Dean of Stanford’s Engineering school. The Center combines six unique strengths of Stanford and its location in Silicon Valley. and globally. Marine C orps with just that.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. Global interest in Canadian tech jobs has increased by 58%. Experts believe the global interest has made these jobs easier to fill. Many companies like these and more have made an impact on a global stage. The Quebec Tech Sector.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Not just in the military, but also in Silicon Valley, where it dooms otherwise successful companies.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

We therefore call on others in Colorado — and in other startup communities across the country — to follow our lead and implement these procedures, effective immediately. The post Joint Statement by Colorado High-Tech Companies on COVID-19 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

But, it wasn’t directionally wrong, looking at enormous multinational companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook which rose from the hallowed ground of Silicon Valley. Global and Local. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2016

For an increasing number of successful startups, they are foregoing London, New York, or Silicon Valley for the business-friendly UAE. In fact, some have dubbed it the Silicon Valley of the Middle East. The competition is fierce and investors are just as savvy here as they are in London or Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology. Evangelos Simoudis zJoining me in from the studio at Stanford University were: Evangelos Simoudis , venture investor and senior advisor to global corporations. Ashok Srivastava.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. But Andreessens approach is also exposing a rift in Silicon Valley, where a group of young and relatively untested entrepreneurs have maintained control over their rapidly growing companies. Global Support. Stock Quotes. more in Tech. link] [link] --> By JOANN S.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

And because of this, the demand for Silicon Valley caliber talent is growing exponentially. But if your company is located someplace like Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York, you’re entering the race with a handicap. A shortage of engineers is the biggest challenge facing Silicon Valley startups today.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Stuart Lander has joined Upfront Ventures to help us run operations. Stuart was a co-founder at my first startup company and ended up running global operations. But last week did see one of my closest family members – David Lapter – join MakeSpace as their CFO & SVP of Business Operations.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

They helped to globalize their innovation cycle and tap foreign expertise and resources. Other companies operating in small markets with little R&D resources in their home country (ABB, Novartis and Hoffmann-La Roche in Switzerland, Philips in the Netherlands and Ericsson in Sweden) pursued R&D outside their home country by necessity.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2017

To those currently working on AI solutions and applications, with the hopes of commercializing them globally, I’d like you to think deeply on the following question: Just because you have the technological prowess to create your awesome AI solution, when you take a step back and ponder its implications, do you think you should?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

billion company and has built up this valuation outside the Silicon Valley scene. The Global Fight for Talent. In a world of Zoom, the difference between Silicon valley and a Midwest startups disappears, because so much of the engagement between founders and venture capitalists occurs through video conferencing platforms.

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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. We are the largest textile and apparel center in the country and now we have a way to reach billions of people in this globally connected Internet. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It is cities with a lot of options and frameworks that makes it easy for tech entrepreneurs to operate their business. 1 Silicon Valley, San Francisco, United States. In Silicon Valley you can find the headquarters of Apple, Google, Uber, Tesla and other famous tech companies we all know and adore for their products.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 13, 2017

The entrepreneur must have a clear vision & focus, must operate in an optimized environment and, most importantly, must work with good people who share the vision. Environment: When you think of an optimized environment for a startup, Silicon Valley comes to mind. It is recognized as the global heart of innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Reviewing financial & operational performance. when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. Josh was a perfect fit for us because he is global president of Accuen , which is the data-drive, programmatic buying part of the global media empire that is Omnicom. Mentorship.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Are there amazing Silicon Valley VCs out there with whom entrepreneurs should work to partner? but it’s true. Most definitely.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And global. Content goes global (of Maker Studios 4.4 You can ask them to come and watch your videos at your owned & operated websites (O&O) where you can make higher margins as well as ask directly for more meaningful customer information such as Facebook connections, Twitter oAuths, email addresses and the like.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. Horowitz et al., “ China Has Made Drone Warfare Global ” Foreign Affairs , 2020. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led Use of Drones in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

And given the fact that the majority of top investors were congregated around Silicon Valley, many entrepreneurs felt compelled to move to the valley to start their business. Look global and local. The post Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny appeared first on Version One Ventures.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

To put that benchmark in context, the latest estimates place the total number of businesses operating in the U.S. So, no: VC funding isn’t such a rare thing in Silicon Valley or anywhere else. at around 27 million. Of that number, only 98 are currently considered unicorns. You don’t have to be a unicorn to get it either.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. wouldn’t interfere.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. while none of the non-Silicon Valley regional firms were long-term successful as regional firms. However, none were based in the Silicon Valley and are probably unfamiliar names to today’s practitioners.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Having raised a $35m Series A round from Accel Partners and angel investors behind ebay, Flickr and Squarespace to expand their global presence (which now include offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and Rio), 99designs remain the darlings of the Aussie startup scene and one to watch. Halfbrick Studios.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

By the time Silicon Valley white privilege culture, tech magazines that promote only white faces, Ethereum/Bitcoin fanboys, sellout black tech wannabees and globalists promoting their blockchain consortium get a hold of this article, it’s already too late and the game already ended a while ago.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens). Replacing the founder when the company needed to scale was almost standard operating procedure. The founders.

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