Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Each year, we bring you new case studies from Silicon Valley startups (and beyond), government agencies, and global enterprise companies, along with expert advice from seasoned entrepreneurs and newcomers alike. Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, contributing editor of Lean Startup Co. 6 in San Francisco, we’ve got a pass for everyone.

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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! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Congratulations! Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Mulago Foundation Rainer Arnhold Fellowship.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

I was a volunteer at that event back in 2016 and on day two of the hackathon, I parked in front of a newly built house in the historically Black East Austin neighborhood where Huston-Tillotson was located. That same day back in June 2016, I decided I was going to be a software engineer. Job search Part 1. Job Search Part 2.

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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 overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The Ethereum community is grappling with its own governance roadmap, with an active debate currently underway on how to resolve issues of lost funds due to hacks or vulnerabilities in smart contracts. The first major occurrence of this was the DAO attack in 2016 , which led to a “hard fork” of the Ethereum blockchain (into ETH and ETC).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

Historically, while unicorn startups rightfully garner a lot of media attention and interest throughout the venture capital (VC) community, smart investors have spread their money around among a large number of startups, both large and small. So, no: VC funding isn’t such a rare thing in Silicon Valley or anywhere else.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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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 overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

Six weeks ago, we kicked off a new series where we profile an awesome operator in our network to learn about his/her work and contributions to his/her organization and community at large. With that said, I thought it would be great to share Sin-Mei’s insight and wisdom with our blog community.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

I’m not a predictor so you won’t find me participating in the “best/worst of 2016” and “predictions for 2017” lists. My argument is, and has never been, against Silicon Valley, but rather for the rest of the planet. Here’s how small-town America is primed to beat Silicon Valley in innovation.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 12, 2017

Silicon Valley has a remarkable track record of producing valuable technology companies. Of the 13 high-tech companies in the world that are worth over $100 billion, six of them hail from Silicon Valley. So the question on many minds is, “Where is the next Silicon Valley?”. of the world’s population!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2021

Pete Newell, Joe Felter and I met over coffee in 2016 to discuss our common goal – how to get students in research universities who would never consider working on national security problems engaged in keeping the country safe and secure. Here’s what we’ve done to get started. And why I did it. ————-.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To this day, although New Frontier Data has been successful, Aguirre de Carcer still feels the effects of biases against women that are often held by the business and tech communities. In 2016, women were the recipients of 4.94 Silicon valley tends to have a bias towards a certain startup founder stereotype (i.e.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

However, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% J-Angels “is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.”. Almost every VC says that they invest in the “best” founders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. Tomas Pueyo : Yeah, I started figuring out it was going to happen around the middle of February, and I was waiting for the cases to really start appearing in Silicon Valley. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. 5:01) Brian's thoughts on the human dimension to his approach and how that sets him apart in Silicon Valley. (6:06) 59:03) The need for creativity, intuition and compassion in Silicon Valley and business. (1:00:23)

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

A team from their Enterprise Innovation Office has joined us at NYU as observers at our 5-day Lean LaunchPad class, while another team is in Silicon Valley with the Hacking for Defense team learning how to turn their hard problems into partnerships with commercial companies that lead to deployed solutions. The Innovation Insurgency.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

A team from their Enterprise Innovation Office has joined us at NYU as observers at our 5-day Lean LaunchPad class, while another team is in Silicon Valley with the Hacking for Defense team learning how to turn their hard problems into partnerships with commercial companies that lead to deployed solutions. The Innovation Insurgency.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while solving some of the toughest problems.”. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Mission-driven entrepreneurship is the answer to students who say, “I want to give back.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Introducing Hacking for Defense – Connecting Silicon Valley Innovation Culture and Mindset to the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Hacking for Defense is a new course at Stanford’s Engineering School in the Spring of 2016. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, CIA, NSA. Yet in the last decade the U.S.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. Silicon Valley, California, USA. Top 10 Hot Incubators to Join in Silicon Valley. AngelList Silicon Valley.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. I wanted to make the community and the world aware of the talent, businesses and resources that thrive within my city.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

as a “17 Women to Watch in 2017,” by Entrepreneur Magazine as a 2016 “Woman to Watch,” and was selected to participate in the United Nations Foundation Global Accelerator. Carolyn was recognized by Inc. Women engineers make up only 14% of software engineers; she is dedicated to getting more women into the tech industry.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. . There are obviously lots of differences, but creating an environment in which those people thrive and can collaborate together, it’s a new type of community basically. We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. . There are obviously lots of differences, but creating an environment in which those people thrive and can collaborate together, it’s a new type of community basically. We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Between 2007 – 2016, 1 million Californians relocated outside of the state largely for financial reasons. The housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay area is particularly severe, given the boom in Silicon Valley hires since the 2009 recession. California homeowners are selling up and moving East, to neighboring states.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. Those unique assets are sometimes leverageable into a resource for strengthening the university’s tech community.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Next, we wanted the students to learn about the nation’s threats and security challenges while working with innovators inside the DoD and Intelligence Community. Origins of the class.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 1, 2019

It would fail in 2016 because (1) I was not a good podcaster when I launched. John Lee Dumas: If I wanted to launch a successful show today in 2016, I would have to find a niche. That’s what’s new in 2016. I actually run the world’s largest podcasting community, Podcasters’ Paradise.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 2, 2016

Hunter Walk: What would “Bianca of 2011” be most surprised about “Bianca of 2016?” ” Did you always know you wanted to move to Silicon Valley and work in tech? I’d be surprised at how much I’ve fostered relationships and community with folks I looked up to and would read about.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

The geographic concentration of network effects, jobs, and economic growth in cities is not a new phenomenon, but disparities between the haves and have-nots continue to expand : Workers in cities earned more than 50% higher wages relative to workers outside those cities in 2016 (it was 30% in 1980). Furthermore, as of 2016, the U.S.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

From their website: “We invest via a Shared Earnings Agreement , a new investment model developed transparently with the community, and designed to align us with founders who want to run a profitable business and never be forced to raise follow-on financing or sell their business.” Key elements: . “We

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Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 1, 2016

There’s an exchange in Season 2′s final episode of HBO’s SIlicon Valley that I haven’t been able to shake. Today, First Round released a phenomenal report on The State of Startups for 2016. The following exchange ensues: Jack Barker: Do you know what Pied Piper’s product is Richard? I hope we do.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 12, 2017

The documentary was directed by Andrew Wonder and produced in partnership with AngelHack , a female-owned, female-majority company and the world’s largest and most diverse hacker community. link] Overall, the film was very enjoyable to watch; however, one thing I noticed was the lack of women at Silicon Valley Week.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, State Department, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.). Our first Hacking for Defense class in 2016 blew past our expectations – and we had set a pretty high bar. Hacking For Defense. See the final class presentations here and here ).

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

According to the Kauffman Foundation, in 2016, Austin was ranked #1 in entrepreneurial activity. And in response, our entrepreneurial, the Silicon Valley-style economy is putting $120 million into companies that are making $500 do-it-yourself cold-pressed juicers rather than respond to these pressing problems.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

RD: After the 2016 election this is going to sound obvious but: our social network framework has created an easily-manipulatable environment that allows the loudest voices to get the most attention, facts be damned. After 2016, I think attitudes on that have changed too, because now it’s affecting all types of people.

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