Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. and the Soviet Union faced off with a nuclear deterrence policy called mutually assured destruction (aptly named MAD.) Lead, follow or get the heck out of the way. In peacetime the U.S.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2015

Named one of BusinessWeek’s Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech, Eric served as a venture advisor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers before moving on to advise startups and venture capital firms independently. He was named entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School in 2010 and is currently an IDEO Fellow. .

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2018

We don’t really talk about money in Silicon Valley. It feels like something is changing – people around me are giving more to political causes, putting their name next to causes. At least not in public in a personal way with near strangers. I LOVE THIS! Am I naively optimistic?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 24, 2014

To the international community, Silicon Valley is the heart of the startup world. Entrepreneurs from around the globe are drawn in as they look to follow in the footsteps of others who have successfully launched companies in the US – Elon Musk, Sergey Brin and Mikkel Svane – to name a few. This story continues at The Next Web.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The one everyone knows about is Silicon Valley. And, after three years and some reflection on my part, HCF decimates Silicon Valley ( which is mostly a challenge to my friends who have writing credits.). While contemporary satires can be awesome (like Silicon Valley is), there is no sense of perspective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

One of the things I learned from my years in Silicon Valley is that you must always focus on three steps ahead, as well as on what exists today. Why else would name brands with huge resources, like Blockbuster and Kodak , get overrun by upstarts like Netflix and Apple. Early mistakes can result in later business constraints.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Often companies will put you on their advisory board just to use your name and image (and not really want your advice). Boards : The term “board” can mean two very different things in the commercial world – an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. An Advisory Board provides advice. It has no legal role in the company.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. Beijing’s Academic Hub.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

How did you come up with your business name? The Plastiq name is a play on credit cards and the added flexibility Plastiq offers customers to pay with cards where they are not accepted. Plastiq is also a flexible solution to easily get paid with cards without taking on the fees. Plastiq has revolutionized how its more than 1.5

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Heck, in Silicon Valley even the waiters can do it.). Get a domain name for your company. Then use godaddy or namecheap to register the name. to host your company name, email, calendar, etc. For coders: set up a web host. and Balsamiq and throwing together a web site. Incorporate the company.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

There are millions of people developing software around the world all looking towards making a name for themself in the game. It has dropped two spots on the list and Trello, IBM and Vimeo can be named successful and prominent companies from New York City. . #2 1 Silicon Valley, San Francisco, United States.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

Their firm is one of those that you think of when you think of Silicon Valley. I got three calls from another big name, big check VC. They have some of the best names in the Valley. It was the first time he had ever called me. I didn’t remember getting the calls on all of his super big, high profile deals.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. Beijing’s Academic Hub.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

Namely, Suster lists four attributes that any startup seeking VC funding needs to focus on: Target large markets: If your proposed product or service has a very narrow, niche market appeal, it’s less likely to spark a VC’s interest. So, no: VC funding isn’t such a rare thing in Silicon Valley or anywhere else. Bruce is the U.S.

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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. It’s not accident we have so many great startups targeting commerce including Tradesy, DailyLook, NastyGal, Honest Co & JustFab just to name a few.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2019

As someone who has experienced more than a few office cultures like the one described above, I’m here to tell you that the “work as hard as possible” ethos that seems pervasive — not just in Silicon Valley, but throughout much of the corporate world — is not just wrong, it’s counter productive.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 5, 2017

Booster Fuels continues to deliver gas in Silicon Valley and recently shared insights on their business. Laura Behrens Wu and Simon Kreuz of Shippo were named to Inc’s 30 under 30. Jack Newton of Clio was named one of Vancouver’s most likeable CEOs (and we agree!).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of career planning) found me in Silicon Valley working for my first company: ESL. But part of his life that that doesn’t even merit a Wikipedia entry is that Bill Perry used Silicon Valley to help end the cold war.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I learned this the hard way, when I left IBM a few years ago to share what I had learned with the exciting world of startups in Silicon Valley. Remember that as a freelancer, you are the brand, and you can’t rely on your big company name or relationship.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

It’s an aging adage but it’s true; tech talent can increasingly be found outside of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. For example, Silicon Savannah – the name given to Nairobi’s (Kenya) growing tech scene – and Chilecon Valley, found in Chile’s capital, Santiago, demonstrate the global appetite for tech entrepreneurship.

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Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2009

There couldn’t have been a worse choice for CEO in Silicon Valley. Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley was an Oxymoron A key premise of our new company was that our video compression and authoring technology would revolutionize how games were made and played. This wasn’t just some random Silicon Valley fantasy.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. Microwave Valley was about to take off. military, the CIA and the National Security Agency.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

Of all the television shows that center around businesses, none feel closer to reality than HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” Even from the outset, Pied Piper had problems related to IP, with the founder having to beg a local irrigation company for the rights to the company name. Image via HBO.

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firstround.com

AUGUST 13, 2013

Neil Roseman is downright tired of hearing Silicon Valley companies say they “hire only the best and the brightest.” ” No matter how many times they say it, most still make decisions based on gut feel, basic credentials, GPAs, ivy league educations, flashy company names - even SAT scores. Roseman objects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. while none of the non-Silicon Valley regional firms were long-term successful as regional firms. However, none were based in the Silicon Valley and are probably unfamiliar names to today’s practitioners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

By the time Silicon Valley white privilege culture, tech magazines that promote only white faces, Ethereum/Bitcoin fanboys, sellout black tech wannabees and globalists promoting their blockchain consortium get a hold of this article, it’s already too late and the game already ended a while ago.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The leaders and disrupters we meet in Silicon Valley and around the world are distinguished by the speed at which they zip up the learning curve. Three mentioned the same name: Joi Ito, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur. Still, the world is full of experts who lack boldface names.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin. If you’ve just exited or realised stock options from a Silicon Valley success story, moving out of state is worthwhile.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 1, 2015

In 2009 I was working at a software security start up in the Silicon Valley. A few names were mentioned of who could keep them alive, but they were people who I knew would not focus on them at all. Business laid off Silicon Valley' I was informed on a Tuesday that my last day was that Friday.

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

This just happened with Silicon Valley Bank. World’s First Viral Bank Failure Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a very important bank to the startup and tech eco system in the USA. Then, in February, a tech blogger named Byrne Hobart wrote a post proclaiming the SVB was functionally insolvent.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 24, 2020

Many of Gilder’s predictions and prognostications were correct, even if the companies he named as the leaders couldn’t pull them off. Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber : While I knew some of the story, I didn’t know a lot of the backstory.

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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. This should be basically free. I think my total legal bill for getting my seed round done for LaunchBit was something like < $3000. To learn more secrets and tips, subscribe to my newsletter.

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