YoungUpstarts
APRIL 2, 2020
Silicon Valley – a fantastic moniker that conjures lots of images, right? Like all those giant companies, Silicon Valley essentially started with a garage. It was in their garage in Palo Alto that paved the way to the rise of Silicon Valley. But why “Silicon Valley”? The “starters”?
Version One Ventures
AUGUST 7, 2018
The predominant narrative among Silicon Valley start-ups has been: don’t open a second office until you have reached 100+ employees. Since 2011, residential rents in San Francisco have doubled and condo prices have quadrupled. Yes, there are tremendous advantages when everybody works out of one headquarters.
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Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen?
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 25, 2011
The number of Lean Startup meetup groups has crossed 100, spreading out from traditional startup hubs like San Francisco and New York to a wide variety of places. And, most importantly, the Lean Startup idea is starting to take root in industries and contexts very different from it’s Silicon Valley roots.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 6, 2022
Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. So we got a space in San Francisco, we launched the founders space accelerator, and it just spread from there. John Jantsch (14:46): So Steve, you, you're still in San. You put it out there.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted. Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. And do your customer development. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.
The Startup Toolkit
AUGUST 30, 2012
Entrepreneurs worldwide suspect the grass is greener in San Francisco. The valley only has about 4x more VC deals than London (although average valuations are admittedly 2x higher): The valley is not 1000x better. 25% during product development. But check it. Funding can be a red herring.
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