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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy for those firms with a broad market scope, and a segmentation strategy for those with a narrow market scope. Cheers to your VC.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

These exciting days of contact with stimulating, dedicated people provided a breadth of experience which I still treasure.&# Is there anything more to be added to his memoir?