Community Government Investment Bankers Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 11, 2023
No Knowledge of Computers Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II led by Stanford professor Fred Terman developing microwave and electronics for Electronic Warfare systems. Silicon Valley wouldn’t have a computer company until 1966 when Hewlett Packard shipped the HP 2116 minicomputer. Why Minneapolis/St.
Up and Running
JULY 24, 2014
You probably know everything there is to know about your community or cause, but making decisions about the right approach to handling nonprofit finances can be a challenge. For some organizations, government funding is ideal and straightforward. The reality is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to nonprofit funding sources.
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Seeing Both Sides
APRIL 29, 2009
If you were funded by VCs in Silicon Valley, Boston, or Bombay, it still paid to have your CEO and sales team have eyes and ears in NYC for two main reasons. The rules of the game for the start-up's ultimate goal, accessing the public market through an IPO, were set by the investment bankers and sales desk traders on Wall Street.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 4, 2021
What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? I started to go to some community college classes on programming and things like that, and started to build early websites.
Start Up Blog
APRIL 29, 2013
Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). A bit like Silicon Valley. Things worth a quick look at.
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