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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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s become fashionable among some entrepreneurs, and even some venture capitalists, to badmouth the venture capital industry. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, venture capital is the worst method for financing scaling startups except for all the others. Credit: Westend61 / Getty.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. As with most of life, it’s more about whom you choose to work with, what their reputation is from others and how well you’ve vetted them more than an absolute need for control.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

And so was his reputation for being verbally abusive to his direct reports. The culture and work ethic of Convergent had earned it the title “the Marine Corps of Silicon Valley”. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. The cheapest way to get promotion is getting colleagues to [.] Order Here.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Personally, I think that customer acquisition, brand, reputation, etc., In contrast, customer acquisition, brand, reputation, etc. Particularly if the VC’s don’t know you or your team and/or you lack a reputation as fearsome and successful marketeers. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. I can say that you should do your homework to find out the reputation.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. These experts will help you decide which hot-button issues to battle by aligning to your org’s culture.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripled—all signs of the impending apocalypse. Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The DEMO conferences for years has served as the launchpad event for big name companies and has a well earned reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow’s cutting-edge technologies. . Venture Summit Silicon Valley. Google I/O. InfusionCon.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation. The Venture Capital Influence The role of venture capital (VC) has become increasingly prominent in shaping the tech startup scene.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” ” I said, “Why?”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. Great reputation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The roster of the country’s best-known business successes confirms this reputation for excellence. The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

At least for companies generating meaningful revenue, investors should look to have an annual audit with one of the Big Four accounting firms, or one of the more reputable smaller firms like Grant Thornton. Silicon Valley (and most large US cities) are full of lawyers who have ample startup experience. Who is Coporate Counsel?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The roster of the country’s best-known business successes confirms this reputation for excellence. The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

See the Techcrunch posts by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank , my recent post on the quality of angel returns data , as well as reports from the Silicon Valley Bank and Kauffman Foundation. Second, credibility (fund reputation) is a huge confound. We thought that you’d be interested in our conversation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The difference between the two ways of thinking is why successful entrepreneurs have the reputation for being relentless. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. The problem was his approach let others define the outcome and set the pace. To an outsider it looks like they’re annoyingly persistent. Order Here.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

If you are looking past or through Covid — and why not, all of Wall Street is — the topic du jour in Silicon Valley is Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs. Historically they have been a kind of back-door way for a company to go public, and as a result have historically had a sub-standard reputation.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Congratulations!

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Our “Hollywood meets Silicon Valley” story played great in Silicon Valley, they ate it up in Hollywood, and the business press tripped over themselves to talk to us. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Which at this stage of the company was marketing and financing. Order Here.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Status / reputation. Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Why You Should Write.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. This post originally appeared on the TransferWise blog. But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina?

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

Some businesses are not a great fit for angel or venture capital funding. For first-time entrepreneurs with no direct VC connections, I recommend applying to reputable startup accelerators that can lend their network and credibility to your startup,” suggests Vishal Shah of NoPaperForms. Join a startup accelerator. His advice?

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Ironically, Carreyou is not a Silicon Valley-focused reporter, and the success of the piece served as a wake-up call for other journalists who may have been struck by Unicorn fever. About this same point in time, the journalists that focus specifically on the venture capital industry noted something quite profound.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The key problem with existing technologies was adverse selection, specifically concerning the incentives of participants and the reputation systems: In the yellow pages, people wanted to be found but the way they represented themselves had nothing to do with how good they were. It has reputation. Our answer: a network.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. The colleges that tend to have work placement initiatives prepare students better for hands-on work, but are “less reputable” than the research-based universities. They become even more conservative.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2021

I’ll even concede that perhaps the most engaging teachers by reputation—the real standouts—do wind up at the elite schools. That’s right—Paul Graham himself, father of YCombinator and Silicon Valley Mediocre White Male Energy Spokesperson, had a rather middling $49 million exit as a founder.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a report by the National Venture Capital Association, 1/3 of all venture-backed publicly traded companies between 2006 and 2012 had at least one foreign-born entrepreneur. More than 40% of the Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. Companies founded by immigrants.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a report by the National Venture Capital Association, 1/3 of all venture-backed publicly traded companies between 2006 and 2012 had at least one foreign-born entrepreneur. More than 40% of the Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. Companies founded by immigrants.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

A seed fund this size (and with increasing numbers of venture funds being raised by LA-based VC’s) has overcome a decade-long resistance and belief that you could only build great tech companies in Silicon Valley. As you can tell, they sound like the prototypical, Silicon Valley, VC backgrounds.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. even something like joining a climbing gym can work – in silicon valley, they’re full of techies!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs. My opinion is that it’s very important to raise money from someone who is helpful and reputable and is willing to bring in the same types of investors.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Im also a strong believer that your track record and reputation are your most valuable assets in the venture community. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News. ProfessorVC.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Silicon Valley 100. Notes like this are part of Grahams ongoing process of steering them through the thickets of Silicon Valley startup life. Google Ventures has made more than 100 seed investments, Maris said, including some past and present Y Combinator companies, and is making one to two new ones a week.

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MARCH 1, 2010

A few years ago I was having dinner with a friend of mine who works for one of the biggest known Silicon Valley firms. Let me outline the contra viewpoint, which is never expressed openly, but it what I believe gives our industry a bad reputation. Not so venture capital. It is simply the thesis that I believe in.

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