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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. This is probably just after the series A in my opinion – where you’re doing perhaps $300k-$1m per month in revenue.

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! except for 2008-2009, which is another story) But, I think we’re in trouble, Silicon Valley. This is probably just after the series A in my opinion – where you’re doing perhaps $300k-$1m per month in revenue.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. My prognosis?

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Strategy Roundtable: Convert Potential Competitors to Partners

ReadWriteStart

First up today was Antonio Lucena de Faria with ActionFlow from Portugal. In addition, I took Rohit through a discussion on a possible OEM strategy that could result in a significant revenue ramp relatively quickly. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

Altman is currently staying with Green Dot for the foreseeable future, and will be working with his team in Silicon Valley to push forward the newest applications to make mobile payments a mainstream reality. Apples China App Store Brings in 18% of Downloads, 3% of Revenue. Latin America. Middle East.