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Hyperbolic Headlines About Silicon Valley

Feld Thoughts

The hyperbolic headlines are once again accompanying the articles about Silicon Valley. A Sunday NY Times article titled Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley kicks off what I expect is another wave of this. Now, go read Ian Hathaway’s post titled Silicon Valley is Not Over.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

And the wrong message is frankly strewn all over Silicon Valley. Fooling us into downloading an app to watch a video and afterward feeling duped. And this is fueled by the VC culture in Silicon Valley. Startups will continue to be aggressive in spamming us in our Facebook timeline. Or pivoted too quickly.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology. Listen to the full interviews with Evangelos and Ashok by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here. And download any of the past shows here.). And download any of the past shows here.).

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Why Silicon Valley and Hollywood Don’t Get Each Other and Who Will Win the Future

Both Sides of the Table

But here’s what Silicon Valley doesn’t get about Hollywood. Ironically in Silicon Valley consumer Internet business have become hits driven businesses. And what Hollywood does’t get about Silicon Valley? How will you get people to download your apps?” Think about. Well played.”

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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

Institutional investor (anonymous) What-do-LPs-look-for-in-emerging-managers_ Download I agree with Vijen Patel that 2023 might be one of the best VC seed Vintages but most institutional LPs are standing on the sidelines. Essentially, show that you can build a great portfolio and deploy all capital pre series A.”

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Out of the Crisis

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to it on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Breaker , or wherever you like to download. He has been one of the leading Silicon Valley figures helping the entire biotech industry make a complete pivot to working on solutions: vaccines, therapies, and eventually a cure.

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

Both Sides of the Table

PM’s are underrated in Silicon Valley these days. But my slides are linked above and you can also download from SlideShare. For the wrong reasons. PMs are a vital part of a tech startup. Engineering is critical but it is not everything. It’s all in this deck in a prettier format.

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