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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

We had some great conversations in the car, but one stuck in my mind. And I remember staying in everything from little motels to big hotels and resorts, from National parks in Alaska to trips in India. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to know what things cost.

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I Only Have 7 Trips Left. On Managing Work / Life Balance, Love & Family

Both Sides of the Table

I was reading the saddest story this morning about a Silicon Valley lawyer who struggled with work/life balance and stress and the pressures of modern life of keeping up with the Jones’s and competing at the top levels in tech startup life. So we’re off to Alaska. It’s a really sad but important story that I hope you’ll read.

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In this conversation, you're going to get to hear from someone who's really doing it. I hope this conversation shows everyone out there what is possible when we act boldly in a crisis. Here's my conversation with Curative.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

In hindsight this list looks pretty organized but in reality we made it up as we went along, accompanied with all the husband and wife struggles of being married and trying to raise a family in Silicon Valley. Most Silicon Valley startups have great policies for having your dog at work but not your kids.) Long vacations.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

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In the aftermath of ea_spouse s post on LiveJournal, quality-of-life conversations in the game development business have taken on a new life and a new urgency. But, somehow, Silicon Valley didnt get the memo. Introduction.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. Here's my conversation with Tomas Pueyo. 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. His name is Tomas Pueyo. You knew actually.