Networking Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder Venture Capital 
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 7, 2016
By Raj Narayanaswamy, cofounder and Co-CEO, Replicon. For aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s hard to resist the allure of Silicon Valley. You’d be forgiven for thinking that any budding entrepreneur should only look at setting up in Silicon Valley to be successful. Photo credit: Canada flag from Shutterstock.
Steve Blank
MAY 29, 2011
He was part of the Sandbox network - a group of incredibly smart under 30 year olds.). But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x Max dropped out of Stanford after his first quarter.
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The Next Web
JULY 20, 2013
Venture capitalists and their feedback. We receive about one business plan a day, and the Silicon Valley VCs at least 10 times more, so I am pretty sure we face a similar issue: too many business plans, too little time to respond. Not all entrepreneurs are aware of the responsibilities associated with receiving venture capital.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 13, 2013
It was all technical. And my specialty was computer networks. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. ” I said, “Why?”
Scalable Startup
AUGUST 9, 2018
At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. Pre-launch funding is pretty common in Silicon Valley, but that’s a unique case. But to get that Silicon Valley angel funding you have to be part of that social network; most of the rest of the world doesn’t have that frothy environment.
David Teten
JANUARY 28, 2019
My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. It’s a cliche that one of the most important benefits of attending an elite university is the network.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. The graphic we chose emphasizes that it is a network of people. Why is it valuable?
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