YoungUpstarts
APRIL 2, 2020
Silicon Valley – a fantastic moniker that conjures lots of images, right? But just how interesting is this place outside of its fancy reputation and name? Like all those giant companies, Silicon Valley essentially started with a garage. But why “Silicon Valley”? Silicon Valley”: Behind the Name.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 31, 2009
After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
The mantra of “ first mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their market, became the conventional wisdom of investors in Silicon Valley.“ First Movers” didn’t understand customer problems or the product features that solved those problems (what we now call product-market fit).
YoungUpstarts
JULY 16, 2019
Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca
Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers. They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products.
Hippoland
AUGUST 17, 2016
A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. We hold this to be true in product development, and it should also hold true when raising your seed round. This should be basically free. But when you have more resources later, you will pay for it.
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. Steve Hoffman (06:08): If you don't get the right people on board, you know, hire them really hard to succeed, marketing, getting your name out. So I know what it's like. How do people find you?
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
179 
Let's personalize your content