Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. Elon Musk, Alfred Sloan, and entrepreneurship in the automobile industry. There’s the Alfred P. auto market.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. ” Fire, Ready, Aim.

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Traveling around the world, I met startup founders, forex traders, marketers, online shop owners, travel bloggers, Instagram influencers and digital business entrepreneurs of all kinds. Managing remote teams was seen as a risky adventure and most managers were ready to go great lengths to avoid it. and business transformation.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2017

I am so excited and honored to announce I will be speaking on a panel at SXSW entitled Sustainability and Ethics in Fashion Technology alongside 3 other incredible women. Carmen Hijosa of Pinatex, Amanda Parkes of NYC Fashion Tech, and me, Melanie DiSalvo. everything from bodega owners to million dollar tech start-ups?—?and

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

But, getting in the doors of a Sand Hill Road VC in Silicon Valley can be an incredibly difficult undertaking. And, there’s a good reason why; it includes back-to-back essays on mobile, high-growth startups and technology. This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor.

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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 DE Third Coast: Can Austin Be The Next Big Tech City? Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Summer is always the time when large numbers of new participants in the tech ecosystem arrive and start to get their bearings. It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. Greenhorn Connect: Excellent collection of BOS tech events and resources.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The leaders and disrupters we meet in Silicon Valley and around the world are distinguished by the speed at which they zip up the learning curve. Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast.

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Japan Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Houston 78

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. May 26, 2011.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Bonnstetter | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Does Tech Create Jobs Around the U.S.? Nine Ways Successful People Defeat Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson -Harvard Business Review – [link]. 20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog|Co.Design – [link]. Vision vs. Pivot | QUIBB – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Each year LinkedIn measures the most in-demand Silicon Valley startups , a window into the employers that engineers think can do more than help them pay their mortgage. Just as I did for the top big data startups , it turns out that Glassdoor review data can reveal a lot about the realities of working at a hip company.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Unfortunately, it is the sad fate of certain candidates due to the fact that their interviewers are biased, whether it is blatant or concealed. The ATX Diversity in Tech Meetup , lead by Ricardo Sánchez , recently met at Galvanize for a great event discussing interview bias and how to create a blended team.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Austin 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2014

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos calls it the “Two-Pizza Rule” — a team should be no larger than can be fed by two pizzas. Fewer than a dozen if you can manage. In 1989, FedEx knew that it needed to update its old, slow technology. Consider the approach taken by Mike Sinyard, founder of Specialized Bicycles.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

by Andrea Martins, co-founder of GreenSocks. He may have been named by Silicon Valley thought leader Paul Graham as one of the five most interesting startup founders since 1979, but Sam’s curious penchant for wearing t-shirts over long-sleeve shirts suggests that he’s definitely too young for me.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

A friend of mine interviewed for a job with massively successful hedge fund manager Steven A. Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Thoughtful fund management. Investing is a completely different skillset from being a good manager. – Execution.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

A friend of mine interviewed for a job with massively successful hedge fund manager Steven A. Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Thoughtful fund management. Investing is a completely different skillset from being a good manager. – Execution.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2018

and we’re all co-conspirators, witting or unwitting. There’s a common thread linking what’s wrong in Congress, in Silicon Valley, in the media, on Wall Street and elsewhere. Vox co-founder and editor-at-large Ezra Klein explained how we’ve designed industries with incentives that make even good people act badly?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 48

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

In Silicon Valley, we've had access to the tribal knowledge, but no one has tried to capture it, derive a methodology out of it, and package it in a way that entrepreneurs around the world can benefit from this knowledge and expertise. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Midwest.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. Thanks to Chas Cooper, Rising Star Reviews ! #9-

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Navin Chaddha and Tim Chang are Managing Directors at Mayfield. But now that we’ve entered a mobile, social era, commerce companies have to find engaging ways to keep customers involved and coming back to get the most bang for their buck,” says Manish Chandra , founder and CEO of Poshmark. “So

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Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Reviews aren’t always reliable, and there is stiff competition on many gig platforms, making the prices undercut, the stakes lower and the work shoddy. I spoke with Toptal Co-founder and CEO Taso Du Val to find out more about how Toptal got started and his predictions for the future of the talent economy.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Cofounder 40

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 2, 2008 Paul Graham on fundraising I have found no better primer on the current realities of starting a new technology company in a startup hub like Silicon Valley than Paul Grahams essays. Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The goal of growth hacking as marketing is rapid growth, using strategies and tactics that leverage (and even exploit) technology, platforms, and behavior to reach an end goal. GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The leaders and disrupters we meet in Silicon Valley and around the world are distinguished by the speed at which they zip up the learning curve. Talk with other entrepreneurs, not just famous entrepreneurs,” the Dropbox cofounder Drew Houston told Reid on the Masters of Scale podcast.

Japan 28

Japan Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Houston 28

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings. Skip to Main Content. Game Hunters.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2012

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Simply Smart Tech – [link]. The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions – Chris Dixon – [link]. Why Everyone In Your Company Should Be A Product Manager | Co.Design – [link]. Fighting among co-founders is healthy- [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 102

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

(this post was originally published in Harvard Business Review and is co-authored with Nadav Benbarak of Okta.). Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

(this post was originally published in Harvard Business Review and is co-authored with Nadav Benbarak of Okta.). Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there. We all owe you.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 133

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I’ve mentioned in several Lucky7 posts before, we are living in the Golden Age of Technology ( here’s one of those posts ). Since I first wrote about the Golden Age in 2014, valuations for tech companies have only increased?—?rather The teams are made up of founders who are dramatically younger. rather dramatically.

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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. Im also excited to share two long-form reviews from actual attendees.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Ben's Blog

MARCH 1, 2011

Two aspects of the original vision that deeply depend on the kind of general partners that we hire are: We will help develop founders into CEOs. Many VCs excel at picking companies, evaluating CEOs and bringing in professional CEOs, but generally do very little to help a promising founder develop into a CEO. A Little Help.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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