YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2012

The landscape has changed since Bill Gates stood atop the computing world, but this exposé is still a fascinating look into the life of one of the most driven, most powerful, and most feared men Silicon Valley has ever seen. “The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 – 1993″ by Jordan Mechner and Danica Novgorodoff.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. Alex is a successful serial entrepreneur –with the same drive and energy of many we have known here in Silicon Valley, but different. “How to write a business plan” is as obsolete for Main Street as it is for Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Over time the idea that winners in new markets are the ones who have been the first (not just early) entrants into their categories became unchallenged conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley. In fact, a 1993 paper by Peter N. The only problem is that it’s simply not true. By then it was too late. Fast Followers – a better idea.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct. A love with rock climbing brought him to Northern California in 1993, where he eventually took a job packing boxes for Shoreline Mountain Project. RSVP here Sept. 6: Houston, TX?—? RSVP here Sept. New York City, NY Sept. 10: Techstars New York?—?New

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

IBM had a near death experience in 1993, and moved from a product-centric hardware company to selling a complete set of solutions and services. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. It seems that we underestimate the founders intuition, which created the company in the first place. Order Here. Now In Print!

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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