ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2010

After nearly 12 months at a Y-Combinator company in Silicon Valley, I find myself noticing an eerie resemblance between my previous life in the film industry in NY/LA. This week's release of The Social Network, an interpretation of the rise of Facebook, and it's founder Mark Zuckerberg, is another corridor between these two worlds.

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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. Yet this same network of connected people affects who gets funded, how startup teams form, and who gets hired. . In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. There is really no other place in the world like Silicon Valley. Folksonomy. Free product.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In the old days (before the Internet), no technology products were free, because distribution costs made it impossible to offer anything without some commitment from the end customer. Since the introduction of the Internet, many technology products can be distributed for free, and therefore have some free or free trial version.

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Customer Technical Review Silicon Valley Internet 77

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

Throughout the 20th Century, scientists around the world explored social networks and the influence of technological development on human connections. The opportunity space could potentially even make it logical for coffee producers to develop digital services and completely reconsider their distribution chains.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple. and again here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

As we lead up to the big day, we’re spotlighting speakers who’ll be involved in our hands-on workshops, lightning talks, keynotes, interactive breakout sessions, and other learning and networking events. Fix the distribution bottleneck in rural Kenya. “My She revealed the key things she’s learned in the evolution of her organization.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. Ultimately, we sold that company to Silicon Valley Bank and it became the genesis of Silicon Valley Bank’s open platform approach. On Leaving Silicon Valley Bank.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

That option involved trying to get a job at a young Silicon Valley company that had just gone public and would, in a few short years, crash and burn, lay off everyone, and quickly fade into oblivion. I connected with valuable allies who continue to function as some of the most trusted members of my professional network.

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Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising.

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Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

Hacking Startups

JUNE 16, 2008

Serious users are Harvard students , Silicon Valley types who use Facebook for professional networking, young professionals, etc. Serious users vote in primaries, care about privacy , understand the importance of financial planning, and are somewhat hesitant about the exposure of personal information by social networks.

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Viral Silicon Valley API Distribution 79

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

Hacking Startups

JUNE 16, 2008

Serious users are Harvard students , Silicon Valley types who use Facebook for professional networking, young professionals, etc. Serious users vote in primaries, care about privacy , understand the importance of financial planning, and are somewhat hesitant about the exposure of personal information by social networks.

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Viral Silicon Valley API Distribution 40

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The term “Growth Hacking”, invented by Sean Ellis , and made popular by Andrew Chen , a Silicon valley marketer and entrepreneur, is a combination of two disciplines – marketing and coding: Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the traditional question of “How do I get customers for my product?”

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API Viral Startup Retention 167

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. ProfessorVC. ► 2010.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

You have to build a large online tech company that distributes video.” Online technology company that distributes video. I’ve written before about why I believe most Hollywood online video startups don’t get the future (and why most Silicon Valley startups don’t get online video ). Most will fail.

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Video Curation Distribution Silicon Valley 150

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). Typically it goes one lead: $200K+, couple medium pro’s: $50-$100K, then strategic guys at $25K (sometimes $10K for ultra strategic / domain expertise / distribution / etc). Have at least a landing page.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We discussed NY vs. Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston. We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Social network app developer and ad network. RockYou (Asia) is primarily focused on the development of social networking apps and games; founded as a joint venture between RockYou, SoftBank and SK Telecom.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

We are unbelievably lucky to be here right now, with a team of über-talented people from the best and brightest Silicon Valley companies, at a moment when what a book should be is morphing before our very eyes. We are transforming publishing for the 21st century. That’s massive.

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Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Then, Silicon Valley collectively deplatformed Trump (a scary precedent even if you vehemently dislike the guy). I’m guessing the next wave will center around creating other sorts of open, permissionless businesses and human organizations, more commonly referred to as DAOs or Distributed Autonomous Organizations.

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Web Technical Review Software Review Social Network 193

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In Silicon Valley, rock climbing’s a current hot spot for startup folks. SVASE or Founder Dating in Silicon Valley, First Tuesday in London and Hackers and Founders in New York all come to mind. To be blunt, find a way to move to Silicon Valley. So is ultimate frisbee. Find your ticket.

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. So these companies that are kind of for — in the sort of mechanical term, distributed workforces and outsource work being run online.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

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. A bit like Silicon Valley. It was anti-social in nature. Recent growth in digital social networks has served as a reminder on what differentiates our species. The top down era of one size fits all.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Let me know what “stuff&# is old, and I’ll update it.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Developers dont usually think much about how element should sit on a screen together, so you see a lot of items crammed together or unevenly distributed. Developers dont usually think much about how element should sit on a screen together, so you see a lot of items crammed together or unevenly distributed. Its very disheartening.

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Web Design Startup Flash 42

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. free, distributed source code control management system. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley. Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Wadi. Social Commerce.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

“Over the Top&# video distribution – Apple TV comes out in November and is priced at $99. That said, Apple will remain a closed system designed to drive media consumption through a closed iTunes system and a take a toll for media distribution. The device itself will have no storage.

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Distribution Audience Video Internet 386

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” November 29, 2012.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93