Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. I know that any time ads are mentioned it makes the blood boil on any self respecting technologist the same way it did when HotWire ran their first ad in 1994 and the way it made Google’s blood boil when Overture launched the sponsored search category.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This week, we present Ron Conway , the founder of SV Angel and a brilliant investor, who is commonly referred to as the “ Godfather of Silicon Valley ”. Each week, we post a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. ” I hope you enjoy it.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). We Need To Be Like Silicon Valley. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Embrace Weirdness.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Want 300 days of sun a year?" Google says.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

From 1994-98, Kathy was responsible for Stanford’s Sponsored Projects Office. Entrepreneurship stretches from Main Street to Silicon Valley, from startups to big companies. Clips from their interview are below. She took a break from Stanford in 1990 and 1991, as VP of business development at Protein Design Labs , Inc.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Although Box was launched from a dorm room by two 19 year olds, in 2010 the company hired Dan Levin, an experienced Silicon Valley entrepreneur to strengthen its foundations in order to expand. I remember in 1994 I was strolling down a street in San Francisco with Jim Breyer of Accel and we were both young guys then.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2011

From Brandt in the WSJ : In the summer of 1994, Mr. Bezos quit his job in New York as a vice president at the financial-services firm D.E. Mr. Bezos chose it in part because it had one crucial requirement—a garage, so that he could boast of having a garage start-up like Silicon Valley legends from Hewlett-Packard on.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So reading, thinking, always growing, applying ideas from different fields, different disciplines, different books, that was sort of the secret sauce that helped fuel Amazon's strategy and align teams from 1994 all the way to today. They still use the very same metaphors and strategies that Bazos put in place decades ago.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2013

Steve Blank , a Silicon Valley mentor and serial-entrepreneur, recognized for developing the customer development methodology, says it best: No plan survives first contact with customers. And that’s where usability testing comes into play – giving you direct access into what users are thinking when thy are browsing your site.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

ONR played a seminal role in the formation of Silicon Valley. And some of that is changing those organizational constructs that still have us back in 1994. But we’ve got to get out of 1994. His insights on the future of the Navy and reimagining Naval power are insightful, innovative and exciting.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

If you think Silicon Valley can’t innovate, you’re not looking hard enough — [link]. Interesting perspective from Steve Jobs about his legacy (from 1994) – [link]. An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – [link].

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2009

Since we were the hip, new, edgy, “Hollywood meets Silicon Valley” video game company (more about “ big hat, no cattle ” startups in subsequent posts,) our office obviously had to match the image. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. link] ‘s_paradox Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

In their seminal 1994 book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies , Jim Collins and Jerry Poras coined the term BHAG (pronounced BEE-hag) — an acronym that stands for “ B ig H airy A udacious G oal.” Fittingly, these are the exact types of pursuits on which Silicon Valley companies thrive.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 2, 2018

I told him about what I learned from Auren Hoffman, my good friend in Silicon Valley. We were just in Silicon Valley last week for our Board meeting and spent a lot of time there with both Shasta Ventures and Workday Ventures. Auren had a very popular lunch club for the Silicon Valley elite.

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