crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Some of these advisors from the academic community would work with our of VP of Engineering and help us solve specific technical problems. Back in the 1960’s and 70’s no sane MBA’s would work for a Silicon Valley startup.) Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. Of course “copy” is too strong a word. Management 101.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Boston is a great place to start and build a company. The Grand-daddy.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The comfort of friendships and the safety derived from being part of a community have always been one of the most powerful forces shaping our human experience. Shawn is currently he Director of Organizational Development and Workplace Trends at a Silicon Valley startup, Bluescape. It shouldn’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The place – finding a community where you can thrive. One of the most successful incubators is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley. You can find other good ones these days in almost every community and university campus. Here is where you learn to listen and communicate with people and customers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

Historically, while unicorn startups rightfully garner a lot of media attention and interest throughout the venture capital (VC) community, smart investors have spread their money around among a large number of startups, both large and small. So, no: VC funding isn’t such a rare thing in Silicon Valley or anywhere else.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The beauty of Silicon Valley and the ethos it has driven in all of us is acceptance of failure and a profound respect for those who at least try. Leadership over backbenchers? I wish I had 20% of her confidence, focus and leadership skills at 25. And that is what we’ll do.” Now they are partners.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Prior to founding Keen Home , Nayeem Hussain spent his career focusing on M&A, corporate development/strategy, and financial analysist, first at Prudential Financial and then at Loral Space & Communications. Every time I go to Silicon Valley I’m like, “Oh, this place is great.” Will : Absolutely.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. I was an idiot. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc. We try our best to give back to our community and country and always wonder – is it enough? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Last week I posted an article on peHUB titled How to Create a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Community. While I’ve spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley — both as an angel and venture capital investor — I’ve never lived there. The first was to energize the early stage software/Internet entrepreneurial community in Boulder.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

It’s home to a small but growing tech community that has been developing over the past decade, and that’s what piqued my interest. The differences between the Bend, Oregon region and Silicon Valley are obvious. The sheer density of talent, companies, capital and universities that exist in the Valley are second to none.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2017

It’s a community to connect, collaborate, and share advice on how to overcome the wide spectrum of challenges you face in your role.). The customized program nurtures leadership, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills—and that’s just the short list. Locations and Dates: Silicon Valley, CA – March 29, 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

When it’s an older firm (say Fund X or XII) it is often the 3rd generation of leadership, it has historic rules & norms that haven’t been fixed, it has skewed economics and an unclear mission. We also believe it’s important to be strong pillars of our community. Thames Valley shifted to East London.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It takes at least a half dozen people that are committed to provide leadership over 20 years. You have to do things that engage the entire entrepreneurial community (e.g. You have to continually get new first time entrepreneurs into the entrepreneurial community. TechStars ).

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

Six weeks ago, we kicked off a new series where we profile an awesome operator in our network to learn about his/her work and contributions to his/her organization and community at large. With that said, I thought it would be great to share Sin-Mei’s insight and wisdom with our blog community.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! VCs in Angels’ Clothing: The Sneaky New Trend of “Deal Scouts” in Silicon Valley - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 18, 2013

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. from catching up with Silicon Valley and New York as a stronger startup region. I’ve had 7 jobs in Silicon Valley in software development companies, but 6 of the 7 were in business development.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

But, getting in the doors of a Sand Hill Road VC in Silicon Valley can be an incredibly difficult undertaking. Almost as good as the blog itself is the thoughtful and intelligent community that posts hundreds of insightful comments on a daily basis. Follow AVC on Twitter @avc, f ollow Fred on Twitter @fredwilson.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Some of the most creative technology coming out of Silicon Valley is designed to do exactly that. Community marketing is the best way to leverage Rock Star customers. Even if you’re a global firm, it’s a good idea to restore community marketing. You have to make it easy for them to do so.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I always had been curious about how Silicon Valley, a place I had lived and worked in, came to be. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I always had been curious about how Silicon Valley, a place I had lived and worked in, came to be. How did Silicon Valley start?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. He’s spent the last four years in Silicon Valley out of uniform continuing that work.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

For now, the title is “ Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City.” If you are a leader in your entrepreneurial community and have something you want to add , email me 500 – 1000 words. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Welcome Everyone Into The Entrepreneurial Community.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley startup’s best friend – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

A team from their Enterprise Innovation Office has joined us at NYU as observers at our 5-day Lean LaunchPad class, while another team is in Silicon Valley with the Hacking for Defense team learning how to turn their hard problems into partnerships with commercial companies that lead to deployed solutions. The Innovation Insurgency.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

A team from their Enterprise Innovation Office has joined us at NYU as observers at our 5-day Lean LaunchPad class, while another team is in Silicon Valley with the Hacking for Defense team learning how to turn their hard problems into partnerships with commercial companies that lead to deployed solutions. The Innovation Insurgency.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Bravo’s ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ Is Bad for Entrepreneurship - [link]. Chicago’s Startup Community Grows Outside Of Groupon’s Shadow | Chicagoist - [link].

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I got smarter about the world outside of Silicon Valley, met some wonderful people who made me feel part of their family and shared some thoughts about entrepreneurship. This post is a personal view of what I saw in what I call “Chilecon Valley” — in no way does it represent the views of the fine institutions I teach at.

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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.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Events and Conferences : Yale Innovation Summit , Yale Cyber Leadership Forum , Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (with focus on innovation). Zoom in on a growth sector and take leadership there.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Problem With Silicon Valley Is Itself – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! The video above shows actor Jim Meskimen.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

When the Airbnb founders walked me through their model, how the hosts were also guests, how their community was developing, and what they’d learned from different markets like Barcelona and New York, it showed me that they were on top of Airbnb’s key business challenge, which is to build powerful marketplace dynamics. CONCLUSION.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

However, as we got involved in issues like clean drinking water, we realized we’re missing a big opportunity to rally communities around us. Goal: tap into power of developers to solve community problems. We look for leadership, collaboration, and innovation. We’re not just focused on NY/Boston/Silicon Valley.

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