Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 21, 2020
As I was reading The Atlantic article Silicon Valley Abandons the Culture That Made It the Envy of the World I kept flashing to the end of Anna Wiener’s awesome memoir Uncanny Valley. Saxenian has noticed the change in how the Valley describes itself, or at least in how the dominant firms do.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Adopt the Silicon Valley entrepreneur family model. When I lived in Silicon Valley where “everyone” was an entrepreneur, I noticed that smart couples followed the strategy that both partners would never be in startups at the same time.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 23, 2010
When Quora went into Beta and became the “hip product to have access to&# in Silicon Valley I felt compelled to play around with it. That said, I noticed really early on that the Silicon Valley “power players&# were all on Quora and people like Reid Hoffman are actually in there answering questions.
Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2012
Adobe has done it with Flash and PDF. Adobe is analogous… they give away software for consuming Flash and PDF content but as a result they have big software businesses selling the tools used to create this content (Creative Suite, Acrobat, etc). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.
David Teten
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Jeff Burkland , an experienced Silicon Valley CFO and CEO of Burkland Associates , says, “When you consider that most startups change so much and so frequently, trying to build a budget for a year and stick to it is useless. Further, we support this with weekly flash reports that focus on key operating metrics of the company.”.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 21, 2011
The Problem With Silicon Valley Is Itself – [link]. Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation – [link]. Flash Tips and Best Practices for Designers: Animation – [link]. – [link]. Good advice from @BeckyMcCray about creativity and resourcefulness in business – [link].
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 20, 2007
Reading the articles and the comments is probably worth it, but I personally think that the NY Times is overstating the advantage of being in Silicon Valley with a couple of exceptions. Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.
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