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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

. ———————– The First Valley IPO’s Silicon Valley first caught the eyes of east coast investors in the late 1950’s when the valleys first three IPO’s happened: Varian in 1956, Hewlett Packard in 1957, and Ampex in 1958. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. In response, one of the many U.S.

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Seed Investments in Insurrection

This is going to be BIG.

Granted the doctors weren’t getting paid directly by the pharma companies to offer allergy drugs—but the companies knew full well that the DNA of this company was to lead people down a path to getting a prescription, and by paying for customer leads to get to the online clinic, they’d be boosting their own sales in the process.