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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. And while new markets were created (i.e. the desktop PC market), they were relatively infrequent.

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

abovethecrowd.com

Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9 billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market. The first is TAM, and the second is Uber’s market share within that market. Total Available Market Analysis.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Some small voice in the back of my head said that to survive I needed some sort of structure in my life, and had to learn some marketable skills. We were so clueless about where San Jose was that at first the company admin got me tickets to San Jose Puerto Rico.). Four-Phase Systems is hiring …”.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Some small voice in the back of my head said that to survive I needed some sort of structure in my life, and had to learn some marketable skills. We were so clueless about where San Jose was that at first the company admin got me tickets to San Jose Puerto Rico.). Four-Phase Systems is hiring …”.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. San Jose, CA. Atlanta, GA.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

The company's market cap at the time of their entry into the public markets topped $100 billion dollars. It'd be great if we could somehow hire people all over the world, that would be great. And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area.

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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

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. The result is a rapidly-growing local tech economy: tech hiring is among the highest in the nation at 1.7 percent.

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