Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

Raising the minimum wage in Silicon Valley (beyond San Jose which has already done so) is a very important and rational thing to do for the economic health of the valley, California, and the USA economy as a whole. The issue is continuing the incredible innovation that happens in Silicon Valley.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

By Scott Fadness, Mayor of Fishers, Indiana. With such a high failure rate, why would I, the leader of a municipality thousands of miles from Silicon Valley, model my leadership style after that of an entrepreneur? According to Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Ron Conway “ culture is the greatest legacy a founder can leave.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

a little while back about hosting our conference in Downtown Las Vegas, we saw it as an opportunity to further expand our mission beyond Silicon Valley. South Bend, Indiana went from Rust Belt to Tech Belt with EdTech in the Bend. When Zappos approached Lean Startup Co. Detroit has Technology in Motion (TIM). Austin has SXSW.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 29, 2013

Locals call the area Michiana, a term to describe the cachement of small and medium sized towns along the Indiana-Michigan border (Gary, Michigan City, Niles, Elkhart, South Bend, Three Oaks, New Buffalo…). It’s not exactly Silicon Valley. It wasn’t always so.

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Rob Go

MAY 21, 2014

If you want to invest in the next great consumer company, you better be in Silicon Valley or New York. Everyone knows that nobody gets consumer in Boston. It’s just a given. It turns out that claim is total BS. Boston has amazing consumer companies, but the region gets no love for some reason.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Looking past the cheesy theatre of the guys pitch, this company was the one most likely to actually pitch a real Silicon Valley VC, given its technology angle. The first pitch was for Coat Chex, a company using a tablet app to make coat checks (and other “bailment” businesses such as valet parking, dry cleaning etc.)

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