YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

For aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s hard to resist the allure of Silicon Valley. The access to some of the world’s brightest minds in technology, the proximity to some of the industry’s most influential brands, and the vast networking opportunities in both start-up and investor communities is hard to ignore. While the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. The old continent often looks up to the Valley as a sort of Eldorado of IT. Access to Finance.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. – The Torch Program.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We just completed the sixth week of our new national security class at Stanford – Technology, Innovation and Great Power Competition. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape the character and employment of all instruments of national power. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

75 years ago, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) helped kickstart innovation in Silicon Valley with a series of grants to Fred Terman , Dean of Stanford’s Engineering school. The Center combines six unique strengths of Stanford and its location in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley’s deep technology ecosystem.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

But, it wasn’t directionally wrong, looking at enormous multinational companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook which rose from the hallowed ground of Silicon Valley. Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Global and Local.

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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. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. – The Torch Program.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

Moreover, startups don’t necessarily face the same issues other business models do – although finances may plague more than less – with trouble-shooting having now entered unchartered territory. With services ranging from branding to technology to marketing, labs also guide the company to a successful investment and ultimately a strong exit.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Mike Bloomberg announces an open call for solutions to global challenges facing the new economy. Congratulations!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. China Venture Capital. innovation in the U.S.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?.

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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. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley.

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philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Silicon Valley Frontlines. Globalization. Life in the Valley. Silicon Alley Insider Henry Blodget, Nick Carlson and others musings on the state of digital media, financial, technology and other sectors. Tech Investor News A new mashup of technology company newsfeeds sorted by major category, company etc.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? HP Style) are dead.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. on a global scale.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. China Venture Capital. innovation in the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

Department of Defense is coming to grips with the idea that the technologies it needs to keep the country safe and secure are no longer exclusively owned by the military or its prime contractors. The military is clamoring for cutting-edge technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomy.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

During the last three years he’s worked with over 100 companies, many of which established Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley. He’s now helping companies get the most out of their relationships with Silicon Valley. As Carlota Perez points out , (see Figure 1) technology revolutions happen every half-century or so.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. But there are other regions in the world that might not be as fancy as Silicon Valley but have a remarkable potential for growth. This amount can triple by 2025.

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David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management. in Economics, with concentrations in Finance, Management, and Entrepreneurship, and will be returning to J.P. Franklin Bi. David Gabbay.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. These resellers buy devices from the U.S. Discuss.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

Technology is not typically the first on the agenda. The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world. This is down to an intense focus on digitalisation that stems from the nation’s enormous banking industry, facilitating an ecosystem ripe for technological modernisation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. Experience.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Please try to understand why.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 14, 2020

This new financing of $225m valuing the company at a post-money of $10.2B While much of startup entrepreneurship activity historically centered in Silicon Valley, at Accel, we believed many years ago that Silicon Valley was not only a place but a state of mind.

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