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. The Lean Startup team has been hard at work finalizing the details of this year’s Lean Startup Week.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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 VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

This doesn’t include the various lists of ‘hot startups to watch’ (where normally there’s a correlation between the startup and the recommending VC’s portfolio), but more general trends from VCs, sector specific predictions from other organizations, and 2016 annual industry reports. 2017 VC Predictions.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

The Venture Pulse Report for 2016’s second quarter was released in July of that year, based on data gathered from state and federal regulatory filings, direct confirmation with investors, or press releases. So, no: VC funding isn’t such a rare thing in Silicon Valley or anywhere else. But is that still the case?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. Josh was a perfect fit for us because he is global president of Accuen , which is the data-drive, programmatic buying part of the global media empire that is Omnicom. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. Non-Arab muslims alone represent > 2x the entire US population and globally all Muslims are 1.6 I guess I didn’t see it quite that way. billion or 23% of the world population.

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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. Contrasting China via their Zhi-Xing (? ?, She is also Editor-at-Large of the award-winning O, the Oprah Magazine.

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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. All of these things aside, one of its biggest attractions may be what is not: Silicon Valley.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

It may seem counterintuitive to ask a 2016 dot-com to bring back mom & pop, Main Street values. Customers want the organizations that service them to be part Silicon Valley, part Main Street. He is a globally recognized thought leader in customer experience design. We want to feel like we matter.

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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. All of these things aside, one of its biggest attractions may be what is not: Silicon Valley.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year. 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) What if it works?

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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. The fund has invested in 27 companies, and select investments include: ELOQUII, Tala, Zola, WayUp, and Thrive Global. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. . We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies. As we tried to sell outside the Valley, it is a very different world. A lot of them do not have the engineering talent that companies in the Valley do.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. . We tried to sell inside Silicon Valley, so these were all tech companies. As we tried to sell outside the Valley, it is a very different world. A lot of them do not have the engineering talent that companies in the Valley do.

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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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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

for $250M in 2016 by Hudson Bay, subsequently acq. I also found it remarkable in 2013 that San Francisco, rather than suburban Silicon Valley, had grown to become the epicenter of unicorn formation. But in geographic terms the unicorn list is now very much a global one with China leading the way. Pinterest ($12.3B

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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. To determine which cities made the cut, I turned to Compass’s Global Startup Ecosystem Report for 2015. AngelList Silicon Valley.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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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 had seen enough of large global companies and envied the way they had established their presence and their brand.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It reminds me of living in Silicon Valley 10 years ago when so many foundational SaaS companies were started. UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. In 2016-17, the five largest rounds had an average size of $100 million.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The gig economy has transformed and disrupted the global workforce. Of the businesses surveyed by AFP in its 2016 Electronic Payments Survey , 51% of their supplier payments are still made by paper check. With markets dispersed globally, payments had to scale. In its wake has redefined what we should expect from our payments.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 2, 2017

Silicon Valley is naturally the largest hub with over 1,000 machine intelligence startups. Here’s the third edition landscape published by Shivon Zillis in November 2016 (source; Oreilly ). As of December 2016, the UK was home to 226 machine intelligence startups. Building Machine Intelligence Clusters.

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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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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 25, 2022

But while some of America’s most powerful lawmakers focus on cutting Big Tech down to size, how many of the major challenges we face, as a country and as part of the greater global community, can we solve without major technological activity and innovation? That’s why Ro Khanna’s perspective is valuable in this moment.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

As we head into 2016, we leave behind a year of robust trends for venture capital—or “VC”—funding. According to Pitchbook, the data and technology provider for the global private equity and venture capital markets, the year’s total for this region was a record $2.4 billion invested in 374 startups in that area.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 3, 2016

In 2016, you no longer have to be in Silicon Valley to launch a successful startup. America’s future as the global leader in innovation remains in the balance until our immigration system is fixed. Who will create tomorrow’s Twitter, Facebook, or Google? Colorado is home to many.

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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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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Findings were presented at SaaStock 2016- Software is eating the world, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is eating software. Global SaaS revenues are expected to grow by $19 billion in 2016, an increase of 22% from 2015, while traditional software revenues are shrinking by $10B. But, the story does not stop there.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 1, 2018

More than 1,000 customers globally use Pingboard to power their live org chart, including companies like GoFundMe, Udemy, Sequoia Capital, Khan Academy, and the Linux Foundation. How most SaaS Companies should be funded Earlier this year, I considered raising a typical Silicon Valley series A. million round.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian Kasser most recently led the global Software and SaaS Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates, based in Palo Alto. A Silicon Valley native, for years Brian has been in the business of high stakes match-making, with the mission of bringing the right talent to the right company at the right time.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Using billions of rows of data, media data analyst Steve El-Sharawy will reveal the pattern of polarisation across US media both before and after the 2016 Presidential election. And could they hinder America’s ability to remain the global leader in tech innovation? Silicon Valley 2.0: industries. SXSW Marketplace.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future.

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Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

Silicon Valley is on a tear, so it might seem like the US is teeming with startups. Several economic factors make healthcare a likely place where your startup will see profits: The global preventive healthcare technologies and services market is expected to reach $432.4 There’s no better time than now.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We created a pandemic response playbook that we wrote in 2015, in 2016. We set up a bunch of global surveillance systems like one called PREDICT that was supposed to find these diseases early on. So President Obama set up that office after I departed, put someone named Beth Cameron in charge of that office, a real global health expert.

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