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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Almost 30 years ago, my father decided to uproot the entire family from Taiwan to the United States so that his academically “inconsistent” son could have an education tolerant and perhaps even encouraging of his idiosyncrasies. Diversity” and “Domain Experience”.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? China has gone from a land-based army to one that can support its territorial claims to the South China Sea and Taiwan with anti-access/area-denial weapons.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? China has gone from a land-based army to one that can support its territorial claims to the South China Sea and Taiwan with anti-access/area-denial weapons.

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2023 Global Venture Reports were Gloomy, but there are reasons to be optimistic

VC Cafe

It’s easy to find bad news about venture capital these days. In other words, the venture capital bust has only just started. 2023 was a rough year for Venture Capital and for startups, and it might get even worse. Global venture funding fell 42% year over years to $248.8

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 6 – Unmanned Systems and Autonomy

Steve Blank

dependence on TSMC in Taiwan, for its most advanced logic chips. This is problematic as China claims Taiwan is a province of China. It is the “venture capital” of the Navy and Marine Corps. The fourth class shifted our focus to the impact commercial technologies have on the instruments of national power (DIME-FIL).

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. These posts cover two distinct periods – the first, the rise of “ Microwave Valley ” chronicles the decade of 1946-1956 as Stanford University became the hub of military/industry contracting in the Bay Area.

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Bitesize Friday: NowForce, Cotendo, United Parents, Zerto and Entrepreneur Resources

VC Cafe

According to Israel Venture Capital (IVC), Ra’anana-based Advasense raised $31 million in 2005-07 from Giza Venture Capital , BlueRun Ventures. VentureTech Alliance, and Taiwan’s CIDC. Image sensor Advasense Technologies , was acquired by US-based Pixim for an undisclosed sum.