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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 The founders had been responsible for gaining staggering scale in the past 3 years, having been trail-blazers in building a network of talent and an unrivaled understanding of the YouTube ecosystem.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times Ardent would be my third technology company as a VP of Marketing (Convergent Technologies and MIPS Computers were the other two.) It was my ex boss from Convergent Technologies, “Steve we’ve all just resigned from Convergent and we’re starting a new company.

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The Story Behind Our Investment In Fiddler Labs

Haystack

At the beginning of 2018, we almost invested in a startup with two strong founders. To make a long and private story short, on the morning I was about to call the founders to let them know I was in, they decided to amicably part ways. A few months passed, and we ended up investing in the company with one of the original founders.

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

Steve Blank

—————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. My office is in the Terman Engineering Building.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Flugauto

Austin Startup

Flugauto Co-Founders (left to right): Frank Noppel , CEO, Gerrit Becker , CCO, and Alexander Xydas , COO. Flugauto is the work of a multi-disciplinary team of passionate entrepreneurs and aviation experts, which has come together to develop and commercialize technology to revolutionize the transportation of cargo.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Radiobotics

Austin Startup

Stine Mølgaard Sørensen, co-founder and COO for Radiobiotics, based in Copenhagen. Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September 2017, Radiobotics recently received approval to sell its products across Europe. Winners in each of the 10 categories will be announced at the Pitch Awards Ceremony , at 6:30 pm Sunday, March 15.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Cove.tool

Austin Startup

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Cove.tool is a game-changing, machine learning technology that helps users discover smarter ways to make their buildings energy efficient while saving on construction costs. Based in Atlanta (which has been named the best city in the U.S.

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