Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. business models. Competition.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca In 2016, 16.4%

Canada 149

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 149

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2023

Typically, these companies are relishing prior successes, as did Blockbuster and Kodak in their heyday, or are totally risk-averse, as is the case with many mature businesses and government entities. There may be a lot of talk and activity, some initial workshops, boot camps, and visits to Silicon Valley, but there is no sustained support.

Silicon Valley 277

Silicon Valley Government Early Stage Valuation 277

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. This closed but very large market means that greater than 90% of Chinese software startups focus exclusively on the Chinese market. Lessons Learned.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2018

Canadian Government Sees Economic Potential. This illustrates the growing understanding by governments around the world that they need to partner with business to find the solutions they need to local, regional, and national issues. Toronto’s tech sector employs 401,000 people in 18,000 tech companies.

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Canada Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley 61

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. And that is what we’ll do.” Now they are partners.

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Technical Review South Korea San Francisco Software Review 417

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

The Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation is an unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector that brings together entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other. Vanessa Dawson, Integris Software C.E.O, What gives?

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. Given its inward focus, Berkeley has always been the neglected sibling in Silicon Valley entrepreneurship.

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Business Plan Silicon Valley Saudi Arabia Lean 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. This closed but very large market means that greater than 90% of Chinese software startups focus exclusively on the Chinese market. Lessons Learned.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. I hear Silicon Valley firms bragging all the time about how often they release software.

China 333

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm. Two weeks after winning the deal and well into implementation planning we released a new version of our software. I hear Silicon Valley firms bragging all the time about how often they release software.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. Jocelyn Goldfein was most recently Engineering Director at Facebook and will talk about how different types of software allow for different types of experimentation.

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Lean Fractional CTO Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 165

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Technology innovation outpacing governments’ and regulatory bodies’ ability to adapt isn’t a new tale; we’ve seen it play out across many different industries in Silicon Valley. And it requires an exceptionally thoughtful, committed team working diligently to close this gap.

Web 48

Web Silicon Valley Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 48

David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management. He was an early employee of a software start-up born out of the MIT Media Lab, Frictionless Commerce (acquired by SAP). Franklin Bi.

Venture Capital 133

Venture Capital Software Review New Jersey Technical Review 133

The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. I recommend that European government stimulus focuses on companies that could become titans, not on small companies that won’t move the needle.

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Europe Government Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 149

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

No matter what economic cycle we go through, Fortune 500 companies need to invest in software.”. Designing software with a privacy-first mentality becomes a core theme in 2019. Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazon’s HQ2.

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Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

In contrast, designing AI-driven enterprise software or building dating apps are comparatively simple problems.) Startups vs. Large Companies vs. Governments Innovation at Speed for Horizon 1, 2 and 3 (Managing the Portfolio across Horizons) What is Systems Thinking? Co mpanies also face Wicked problems.

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Lean Chile Ukraine Spain 294

Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

At a time when young companies struggle to find technology sectors not dominated by Silicon Valley’s giants , most startups remain oblivious to one of the largest markets in the world, the U.S. ai, Joby Aviation, and other Silicon Valley standouts navigate funding gaps. Defense Department.

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Artificial Inteligence Marketing Startup Silicon Valley 326

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two And there is so much money around being thrown at so many entrepreneurs that many firms don’t even care about board seats, governance rights or heaven forbid doing work with the company because that would eat into the VCs time needed to chase 5 more deals. two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. Patent Trolls.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. So we as investors, most investors, we call it in Silicon valley, but really what it is, it show us that people need this. So I know what it's like. You put it out there.

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. And Government Just Gets in the Way. Here is what they found: Tech. Are Bullish.

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Silicon Valley Ratchet Private Equity Startup 69

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

However, that is wishful thinking if your customer decision makers have budgets for percentage payments and software buying is handled by a different group and a different procurement process. In the long ago I spent a brief period of time assisting Pertec, the San Fernando Valley company that bought MITS and its Altair product line.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

We were on an immersion trip to Silicon Valley, and we said, “Let’s find a way to leverage [a previous open source project],” and we decided to build something around that. For enterprise software companies, this was quite far from the truth. Tom Eisenmann. It really did start as an entry in the New Venture Competition.

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Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Introducing Hacking for Defense – Connecting Silicon Valley Innovation Culture and Mindset to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. During the Cold War we used asymmetric technologies in silicon and software to disrupt the Soviet Union’s lead in conventional weapons.) We’re Our Own Worst Enemy.

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Silicon Valley North Korea Agile Lean 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Like Silicon Valley, Denver is among the most educated cities in the U.S., Denver has more tech startups per capita than any U.S.

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Denver Silicon Valley San Jose Colorado 166

Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs is one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. ESL, the first company I worked for in Silicon Valley , was founded by a PhD in Math and six other scientists and engineers. Why It’s “Silicon” Valley. It might be its most important.

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Engineer Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital 305

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

6 Emerging Trends In Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link]. Proving there’s no shortage of idiots in government, Dallas proposes stupid restrictions designed to keep Uber away – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Change agents inside a corporation or government agency know how to build consensus and be a rebel at work. Don Burke has worked 24+ years in the Federal government. initiatives across the Federal Government; Don established many of the core principles for how the Intelligence Community uses Intellipedia. Don : Exactly.

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Where did Silicon Valley come from? I think the absolute best reading on this subject is a book called Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 by AnnaLee Saxenian. And what were they doing beforehand?

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 68

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2013

The program is funded by the Colombian government and modeled after the NSF Innovation-Corps program created and built by my partner and co-author Steve Blank. this may well be the most ambitious government-sponsored startup catalyst effort on the globe. Other than the NSF Innovation-Corps program in the U.S.,

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Colombia Lean Silicon Valley Coder 321

Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

It’s time to ask why startup board governance has failed to keep pace with innovation. Silicon Valley, New York). Imagine if a VC took $4 million (an average Series A investment) and instead spread it across 40 deals at $100K each in a city with a great outward-facing technology university outside of Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 281

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Well, there are some government and NGO contacts that I have in mind for her to explore. She is also considering developing software to address these issues. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. million financing round for. Voices.com.

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India Green Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. We also do a lot of cross-sector collaborations: bringing in for-profit, government, nonprofits, etc. We’re not just focused on NY/Boston/Silicon Valley.

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

In Silicon Valley for three decades, spent eight years as a partner at US Venture Partners. Before she was an investor, Magdalena founded two electronic commerce companies, CyberCash – a pioneer in the secure electronic payment systems, and MarketPay , an embedded payments software company. Want to be a guest on the show?

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Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder 139