Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Since our kids were little our Thanksgiving tradition was to head to Hawaii with friends and eat Thanksgiving dinner under the palm trees to the sound of the waves next to the warm ocean. ( This year, with the kids grown, their choice was to fly up from Southern California and spend the holidays at our ranch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. They don’t assign tasks and then whisk off to Aspen or to Hawaii or Miami or wherever else tech gatherings are happening. We can be blunt but we believe that builds healthier relationships. Great leaders are doers.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 1, 2013

Audacity is required to build an innovative startup, to invent something new, try to do things others say you cannot do, and Southern California needs many more audacious people in its tech and media startup ecosystem. In the history of Southern California, there has always been a large slice of creativity involved also.

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