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SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Since we had gotten out of the software business when we came out of Chapter 11 , and our sales channel didn’t know what to do with software, we licensed ReelTime to Adobe. So over the course of a couple of weeks engineering cobbled up a board with dedicated silicon that could process the full bandwidth for NTSC and fill an entire window.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

One startup I joined was very proud that they had been ‘accepted’ as a client by a prestigious Silicon Valley law firm whose name rhymes with a type of pasta (they are lawyers after all, so I have to be careful here…). Who are the best startup consultants in Silicon Valley?… Rhymes with a Type of Pasta. 6 Comments.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

It was loaded on the channel of Hi I’m Rawn , a long-time YouTuber. available bandwidth for uploading (which is assumed away as easy but only in recent years has been solved. That video is the most viewed Harlem Shake (with more than 15 million views as of today). They taped it at 3.30pm for 2 minutes. and again here.

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Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

Today, Id like to spend some time on two techniques: the problem presentation and learning what channels of information reach customers. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books. Lets start with what I learned last time.

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

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). In the 20th century learning the best practices of a startup CEO was limited by your coffee bandwidth.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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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10 Insights From 11 Months Of Working At Google

Occam's Razor

Looking back the reality has been different in so many ways, even for a jaded Silicon Valley veteran of layoffs and cool companies like myself. Check these out: Google engEDU Tech Talks Channel. I went into Google with my own filters and expectations on what the experience would be like and what I would end up doing.

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