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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The founders coming out of the DEC ( Digital Equipment Corporation ) and Intel culture of the 1960’s and ‘70’s. It’s about entrepreneurship and family. If you’re are a startup founder or an early employee, there may come a time in your relationship that your significant other/spouse will ask you the “ what’s more important?

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Being in a startup and having a successful relationship and family was very hard work. Biological Clocks After Convergent and now single again, I was a co-founder of my next two startups; MIPS and Ardent. And while I had great adventures (stories to come in future posts,) by the time I was in my mid-30’s I knew I wanted a family.