Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 21, 2010
The word conjures images of twenty-something graduate students hacking code in a Silicon Valley dorm room, fueled by a steady supply of Red Bull and Ramen. First of all, we all know that the age distribution in the U.S. By Akira Hirai Entrepreneurship. had an average age of 39 when they started their companies.
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 17, 2016
Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture means that others will help when you’re starting up. Looking to create their accelerator/incubator, Wayne and seven other founders rented a Silicon Valley house together one summer. And a company culture and values need to be design and engineered just like the product. .
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2009
This is the second of three posts about the rise of “risk capital” and how it came to be associated with what became Silicon Valley. ———————– 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.
Seeing Both Sides
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? developing techniques to effectively manage distributed teams and cut through cultural barriers: Focus on culture from day one. We think so.
Start Up Blog
APRIL 29, 2013
An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. A bit like Silicon Valley. The top down era of one size fits all. And now it is over.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 4, 2021
Coinbase's IPO reflects the massive growth in interest and investment in cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum around the world. Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? Do we need more regulation in this area or less? None of them worked.
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