Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

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. 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.

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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. With all of those companies gobbled up the market is now focused on the next generation startups like TasteMade, MiTu Network, StyleHaul and so forth. Success begets success.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. Pre-launch funding is pretty common in Silicon Valley, but that’s a unique case. To me, this is the best time to raise your seed. They come in lots of different flavors and stages of fundability.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. The group also hosts its annual QPrize competition, awarding winners with $750,000 in seed funding.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Spend 20% of your time building a network of advisors that can help you. Warning: Typos, run-on sentences, and crappy formatting.

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