Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

In some cases, branches of the military contracted directly with Stanford which worked with local contractors in Silicon Valley to build these components or systems for the military. Over a hundred government contractors reviewed Stanford’s work on tubes and systems.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Next Chris Ruder from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Spikeball , a new volleyball-esque game that is being played at camps and college campuses. I like these two strategies. Photo by nazreth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2012

Illinois 3rd-worst in nation for business, CEO survey says - [link]. VCs in Angels’ Clothing: The Sneaky New Trend of “Deal Scouts” in Silicon Valley - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Traits of successful founders - [link]. The dirty secret behind the incubator boom - [link].

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New research shows Silicon Valley still rules the startup world. Sure, Silicon Valley is far and away the strongest startup region anywhere. Did you know founders in Silicon Valley work longer hours than founders anywhere else? ” The Top 20: Silicon Valley, California. Chicago, Illinois.

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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. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. We are transforming publishing for the 21st century.

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