Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

That’s why it’s smarter to embrace the agile approach and constantly test your idea on the market to learn about the needs and desires of your target. Running a startup in New York or Silicon Valley is very expensive, so no wonder that recently, there has been an explosion of new locations starting to see growth in tech startups.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

agile engineering. Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley. I got tired watching dignitaries fly into Silicon Valley, visit Google, Facebook, Apple, and Stanford and then say they understand startups and entrepreneurship. So for the rest of us I put together this Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there. We all owe you. We all owe you.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The global macro conditions could weigh heavily on the IPO market for awhile. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. The second tier of companies probably have to wait whether they like it or not. I have no idea if the “window” will open more broadly in 2 months or 2 years. Author howerl.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Maintain the agility to quickly pivot or quit. Social media relationships fuel the scaling fire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Maintain the agility to quickly pivot or quit. Social media relationships fuel the scaling fire.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I did a keynote on innovation hubs at the newly created DoFuture program , spoke at Santiago’s Startup Weekend on Customer and Agile Development, and at a Conference in Patagonia supported by the Ministry of Economy’s Innovation Division. Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rise of Global Tech Hubs An exciting shift in recent years is the emergence of new technological hubs across the globe. While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Maintain the agility to quickly pivot or quit. Social media relationships fuel the scaling fire.

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Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup Cloud 120

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. Asked to help, I am confident that Silicon Valley and every other innovation center will step up. They are nerds. Expo SF (May.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb set out to create a guide for anyone interested in starting, growing or leading a modern startup so that they can hit the ground running with a solid plan and foundation with agile and effective sales teams, so that they can avoid and manage the hazards all startups face. 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New Denver, CO?—?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

While Silicon Valley remains a hub of technological innovation, it is not the only hi-tech enclave where big ideas are brought to the fore in the commercial arena. Drivenets is aiming high, with the strategic objective of creating infrastructure for managing a huge portion of global data in the coming decades.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating. Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens). Sandberg had been the vice president of global online sales and operations. VCs sit on 5 to 10 or more boards.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

As a source of real-time content and information, Twitter really has no peer in most global markets (China being the most notable exception where local clones dominate). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. companies (Facebook, Zynga, Groupon, LinkedIn, etc). Read More ».

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

In closing, I’m not saying there isn’t some room for Old-School Management Philosophy that was pertinent after we reduced our Industrialization Era competition to rubble (Germany and Japan), but we live in a different world and a different Global Economy today – let’s keep our eye on the ball. Browse Articles by Tag.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

“Being in Silicon Valley, a lot of my friends want to work for Google or Apple, but this class showed me that the problems in public service were even more challenging and rewarding. Silicon Valley folks are familiar with Demo Days – presentations where the message is: “Here’s how smart we are right now.”

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Brian : I know it’s like an old Silicon Valley message, talk to your customers, but honestly this is one of those times where you need to be talking to at least a couple customers a couple times a day. Lauren : Yeah, it’s being able to lean into that agility—to shift strategies quickly and adapt. Andrew : Right.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Dear Silicon Valley, Ads Are the Hard Part | Digiday – [link]. Dear Silicon Valley, Ads Are the Hard Part | Digiday – [link]. Is Agile Marketing the Future of Search in 2013? 33 Creative Global Warming Poster Designs for your inspiration – [link]. When is it Time to Pivot or Quit? (by

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). “Silicon Valley” (see Note 2) is hardly alone in this urbanization of startups trend. far more huge companies in Silicon Valley. April 13, 2012. et al) were down on the peninsula.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

“Being in Silicon Valley, a lot of my friends want to work for Google or Apple, but this class showed me that the problems in public service were even more challenging and rewarding. Silicon Valley folks are familiar with Demo Days – presentations where the message is: “Here’s how smart we are right now.”

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Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 120

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs? Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. Ease the process for startups to get access to global talent.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Iridescent LA & Global Do Gooders cordially invite you to a STEM in LA Mixer. Global Womens Journey. We launched the Global Womens Journey series last year to discuss womens path to leadership. Pitch 2009 is a unique startup competition open to early-stage ventures globally. Underwritten by the Kauffman Foundation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. Combining agile development with customer developm. We had to resist the urge to launch just to make that frustration stop. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Sarah also points to the vast global wealth that has to get allocated somewhere as well as a small bump in long term average returns, now that the generally terrible performance of funds from the 2000-2002 time frame (after the tech bubble of the late 90s crashed) no longer factor in to 10 year returns.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

Yet agriculture is a massive global industry and one that is increasingly reliant on data for a range of needs – improving production, benchmarking across farms, even regulatory and financial reporting. [link] aweissman. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. this is a smart investment.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Over the last half a century, Silicon Valley has grown into the leading technology and innovation cluster for the United States and the world. Venture capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. The story to date is a familiar one.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen? Where is it going?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

But it’s easy for Silicon Valley startup founders pitching venture capitalists to forget all the advantages we have in the United States. Think about gaining access to global markets, and how to build bridges internationally. I’m not belittling the challenges American startups face. Check the P-List. Proactiveness. Partnerships.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

But it’s easy for Silicon Valley startup founders pitching venture capitalists to forget all the advantages we have in the United States. Think about gaining access to global markets, and how to build bridges internationally. I’m not belittling the challenges American startups face. Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Proactiveness.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Agile project management. agile product management. agile product management and Scrum tool. Agile project management tool collaborative product life-cycle. Automates Agile / Scrum development. Agile eLearning. Pivotal Tracker â??

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