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Fly High

Steve Blank

After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley. The oldest is the Army’s U.S. The Air Force, originally part of the U.S.

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[Review] David And Goliath

YoungUpstarts

In the story of Vivek Ranadive – an Indian-born Silicon Valley geek tasked to coach his daughter’s basketball team – we’re taught how his focus on aggressive defensive play (as opposed to shooting balls into hoops) helped his geeky girls win game after game across the country.

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Fly High

Steve Blank

After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley. The oldest is the Army’s U.S. The Air Force, originally part of the U.S.

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How to Make the Perfect Startup Pitch

The Startup Magazine

Silicon Valley author, investor and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki advocates using LinkedIn to look at everyone’s background and find points of common interest that you can use. After a meeting with seven investors in Silicon Valley, five responded with rejections and two did not respond. What is your shield against those?”.

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Introducing: Ask a New Investor

Hippoland

She has advised on dozens of startups across Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, China, and Southeast Asia. Elizabeth holds a MBA/MA Design Leadership Dual degree from Johns Hopkins University and Maryland Institute college of Art. The Straits Times, Harper’s BAZAAR, etc.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic — Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. In DC it’s George Washington University, the University of Maryland and Virginia Tech, and now Johns Hopkins… in the Bay Area, there’s Berkeley, Stanford and UCSF. … In Southern California, there’s Caltech, USC and UCLA.

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Rebuild Lives: Remote Work for Social Good

Transformify

Listening to Peter Thiel railing against the skyrocketing rents in the Silicon Valley , I couldn’t agree more. How to choose between Maryland, Ohio and North Carolina? Market Entry Pack. Why shall a company spend so much on office rent when it is possible to have a team in a coworking office in another part of the country?