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. The CEO writes “Silicon Valley is going to leave Silicon Valley… the technology companies… they’re chasing talent, and talent is chasing affordable housing.”

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APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

IBM’s research center in Zurich, GM’s research center in Israel, Toyota in the U.S They are putting Innovation Outposts into Innovation Clusters -in particular Silicon Valley – to tap into the clusters’ innovation ecosystems. (An are examples. These remote R&D labs offered companies four benefits.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Silicon Valley is undoubtedly the world’s technology epicentre. Of the 131 startups valued at $1B and above Silicon Valley is home to 53 of them. Drone creators are springing forth all around the world even as far away as Israel. Europe has not been left behind.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. Annualised, this would be 2.7x larger than last year!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Even Silicon Valley is running out of local markets large enough to sustain scale.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Israel is a nation full of booming tech startups. In fact, according to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, Tel Aviv has more startups per capita than anywhere else in the world, earning it the reputation of being the Silicon Valley of the Middle East, or better known as Silicon Wadi.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

ambassador to the United Nations and a Stanford professor of political science; Zvika Krieger , the State Department’s representative to Silicon Valley and senior advisor for technology and innovation; retired U.S. Guiding, drilling and grilling these teams are Jeremy Weinstein , former deputy to the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2012

As Managing Director of T2 Venture Capital , a Silicon Valley venture firm that helps build “innovation ecosystems” around the globe, Victor Hwang knows quite a lot about what it takes to create an environment where high-tech startups can grow and thrive. Q: What are the most important lessons to emulate from Silicon Valley’s success?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Congratulations!

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I had the good fortune to moderate a panel at last week''s IBA Silicon Valley from Start-up to IPO / Exit Conference. start-ups that turn into “Unicorns” - businesses with exits via IPO or acquisition of greater than $1 Billion - emanate almost exclusively from the United States, and far more specifically from Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Germany, Ireland, Israel, and most other non-Asian nations also provide major tax incentives, and huge R&D tax credits. In fact, between 1995 and 2005, these same immigrants founded over 50 percent of the venture-backed technology companies in Silicon Valley, and are some of the key venture capitalists there as well.

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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. Tel Aviv, Israel.

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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. Tel Aviv, Israel?. This post originally appeared on the TransferWise blog.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2010

Thirty plus years ago when I came to Silicon Valley Asian’s and Indian’s in high technology were a small minority and almost none were running companies or in venture capital. Today Silicon Valley, New York and Boston, are magnets for entrepreneurs in the U.S. Or look at Israel. Is it their DNA?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The New York Times says the new fund is a signal that Silicon Valley is being revived, but according to the Wall Street Journal , it was lower fees and carry that facilitated securing the capital: It helped that Battery proactively offered some investor-friendly terms. Tags: Battery Ventures Israel venture capital.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

ambassador to the United Nations and a Stanford professor of political science; Zvika Krieger , the State Department’s representative to Silicon Valley and senior advisor for technology and innovation; retired U.S. Guiding, drilling and grilling these teams are Jeremy Weinstein , former deputy to the U.S.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These grants funded the Stanford Electronics Research Laboratory and kick-started innovation in what would become Silicon Valley.) Other countries, e.g. Turkey and Israel, have proliferated systems that have been used to win a war. China and Russia have made autonomy and unmanned systems national priorities.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

The buzzy app, that only launched in April 2020 as the pandemic was hitting the US, reached Unicorn status last week with fresh $100M round led by A16Z and has gone from an invite-only insiders chat for Silicon Valley founders and VCs to early adopters everywhere in Europe.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

It would be awkward if Silicon valley wasn’t the top spot, although a lot of signs are pointing to shaky foundations. It was followed by New York and London, both tied for #2, a ranking that remained unchanged since 2017. The top 30 global startup ecosystems ranked. Tel Aviv ties with Los Angeles at #6.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area. I support their goals of making entrepreneurship accessible to those who have the ingredients to become a successful self-starter.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Next, Nir Savitzki from Israel, presented JobVoyage , a social CRM service for job seekers. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Estate Lister. Overall, I saw several promising businesses.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

However, in October of last year the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs reported that risk averseness is now so extreme in Europe that the discrepancy in investment between USA and EU investors is massive: The numbers for VCs were even more astounding: apart from Israel, investments by EU VCs were only 10 percent of their US counterparts.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. PERRIGO TO INVEST $40 MILLION IN ISRAEL.

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Future Simple was one those successful “side-projects” we started with Uzi Shmilovici, an amazing designer and entrepreneur from Israel and now the CEO of Future Simple. When you work in tech, being close to Silicon Valley just makes sense, you can learn so much here. Some of them worked, some of them failed.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. ISRAEL 2ND LARGEST CENTER FOR TECH STARTUPS.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For its first few decades Silicon Valley was content flying under the radar of Washington politics. It wasn’t until Fairchild and Intel were almost bankrupted by Japanese semiconductor manufacturers in the early 1980’s that they formed Silicon Valley’s first lobbying group. Fast forward to today.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

Both my parents worked as hard as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur but with a different definition of a successful business model; when they made a profit, they could feed our family. Scalable startups in technology centers (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Bangalore, Israel, etc.) Large Company Entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. She was talking a lot about how the broader world doesn’t operate how we in Silicon Valley always perceive that it does.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2011

As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. ISRAEL’S EVATURE WINS TRAVEL INNOVATION AWARD .

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

Silicon Valley, California, USA. Coming in at number one (which should surprise absolutely no one) is Silicon Valley, California’s resident hub for startup and entrepreneurial innovation. If you’re interested in starting your company in Silicon Valley, check out these resources: Silicon Vikings Entrepreneur Resources.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2018

Success takes time, but many Silicon Valley stars are eager to make their first million as soon as they can. Pratik has spoken at NextBigWhat’s UnPluggd, IIT-Bombay, SMX Israel, and other major events across Asia. Impatience. While entrepreneurs certainly have many praiseworthy virtues, patience is not often one of them.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Wibbitz, Israel ( www.wibbitz.com ) creates a text-to-video technology that automatically turns any text-based article, post or feed on the web into a video in 20 seconds. Building Silicon Valley in Asia. Prof Wong Poh Kam of National University of Singapore believed that Asia should not follow blindly the Silicon Valley.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

Carl Fremont, Chief Digital Officer at MEC and a keynote at the upcoming Marketing & Ad:Tech Israel (www.adtechsummit.com) conference, explains. Surrounded by roulette wheels and craps tables, Madison Avenue has chosen to double down on the Silicon Valley model.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. Despite hosting a rich startup ecosystem, Israel is simply too small a country for entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies.

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