Up and Running
APRIL 25, 2014
The cast of “Silicon Valley” Image credit: HBO. Silicon Valley is a crazy place. I’ve opted not to return to the Valley for various reasons, but still have plenty of friends who work there and return regularly for business meetings. But should most Silicon Valley companies skip the planning process?
Austin Startup
MARCH 3, 2018
Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Salon FG Bankrupt to Billionaire with SBA Administrator Linda McMahon & Headspring CEO Dustin Wells In business?—?as
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Steve Blank
JUNE 4, 2012
Alex is a successful serial entrepreneur –with the same drive and energy of many we have known here in Silicon Valley, but different. Alex’s first insight was that the traditional “how to write a business plan” was as obsolete for Main Street as it is for Silicon Valley. Lessons Learned.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 28, 2014
If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing. ” And if you’re curious, it wasn’t too long ago that Silicon Valley was also dying.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 6, 2020
This money is administered by the SBA (small business administration) and is obtained through an approved bank who reviews your application. you can at least sleep better at night believing that this SBA Program met its intended goal. The goal of the program is in the name?—?payroll payroll protection. Nobody knows for sure.
ithacaVC
AUGUST 10, 2011
Silicon Valley Bank gets it. SBA programs (there are a bunch of them – the general theme is that the SBA partners with the originating bank and guarantees a large % of the loan on the bank’s books) require personal guarantees from major stockholders. This includes founders.
Steve Blank
MARCH 29, 2016
Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.: Entrepreneurship stretches from Main Street to Silicon Valley, from startups to big companies. He also co-founded three companies: a broadcasting network, Air America Media, a solar energy company, Atenergy and a branding agency, Brand Maestro.
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