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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

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.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

It’s an impressive portfolio. That’s no longer the case in Silicon Valley. Just like revenues are the right metric for businesses that aim to sell products directly, one can probably deduce a global metric for other types of businesses. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Interview with eFounders

Cracking the Code

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). What’s the n°1 startup that you wish you had in your portfolio?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On India

ReadWriteStart

As he grows, he can simply focus on increasing the restaurant portfolio and getting more corporate clients. Edward Varghese from New Delhi, India, pitched i-Globify , an outsourcing service catering to the niche travel vertical, focusing on building Web 3.0 back ends for medical, religious, sports, and other kinds of tourism solutions.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Open Opportunities For 2012

ReadWriteStart

Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. It's just not worth it.

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Real Estate Developer Danny Haber Of oWOW Reinvigorates Bay Area

YoungUpstarts

As a vertically integrated company, oWOW cuts costs which are then passed on in the form of lower rental prices to tenants. The housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay area is particularly severe, given the boom in Silicon Valley hires since the 2009 recession.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

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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