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The Great HQ Migration

Feld Thoughts

When Oracle announced that it is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, this issue hit its tipping point. One of the clients of my first company was Damner Pike (an affiliate of Colliers International), a real estate firm in San Francisco that was the broker for Oracle.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. Highly regarded private SBIC, **Sutter Hill Affiliate, Norwegian Shipping Family, +B of A’s SBIC. while none of the non-Silicon Valley regional firms were long-term successful as regional firms. 1,250,000. Total.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

As a native of Silicon Valley , I’ve witnessed the creative destruction of wave after wave of innovation as nearby corporate campuses repopulated themselves : From defense contractors to data centers , computer mainframe manufacturers to Internet search engines. Most of the technology industry is notoriously apolitical.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

In this article, you’ll learn what growth hacking in marketing is and what it’s not. One of these colleagues happened to be author and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki. The team then began producing webinars with affiliate partners to help them drive more sales. Guy became Chief Evangelist of Canva.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Companies that are currently pursuing similar products include 10eqs (connecting experts with applicable research projects); Article One (patent and IP research); Experts 123 (expert articles with revenue sharing); and Wonder (connect people to company research questions; I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital).

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The Age of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

The word conjures images of twenty-something graduate students hacking code in a Silicon Valley dorm room, fueled by a steady supply of Red Bull and Ramen. The article summarized several findings that I personally found surprising: Technology company founders born in the U.S. By Akira Hirai Entrepreneurship.

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Alibaba S-1: How Alibaba Is Governed Like China’s Politburo

Agile VC

Such an approach is common in Silicon Valley… Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, and others have dual-class equity structures which give the holders of one class of shares (typically founders) disproportionate voting rights relative to their fully-diluted ownership stake in the company. Alibaba Partnership’s Structure.