Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 12, 2017

Silicon Valley has a remarkable track record of producing valuable technology companies. Of the 13 high-tech companies in the world that are worth over $100 billion, six of them hail from Silicon Valley. All of their headquarters sit in a 50-mile stretch from San Francisco to San Jose.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

We weren’t dumber than the kids who eventually would populate Silicon Valley, but our career trajectories had been flattened by the limited knowledge and expectations of our cluster, class and culture. (A Silicon Valley is an innovation cluster that makes hardware, software, biotech and semiconductors. Silicon Valley.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

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. April 13, 2012. I was back in the SF Bay Area last week for a bit of work and a bit of fun.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

We weren’t dumber than the kids who eventually would populate Silicon Valley, but our career trajectories had been flattened by the limited knowledge and expectations of our cluster, class and culture. (A Silicon Valley is an innovation cluster that makes hardware, software, biotech and semiconductors. Silicon Valley.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

.” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. I must admit that I do also have some exceptions to this rule – LucidChart is based in Provo, UT, and Occipital is presently in Boulder, CO. I get a lot of push-back on this point.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

.” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. I must admit that I do also have some exceptions to this rule – LucidChart is based in Provo, UT, and Occipital is presently in Boulder, CO. I get a lot of push-back on this point.

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