Steve Blank
DECEMBER 11, 2023
No Knowledge of Computers Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II led by Stanford professor Fred Terman developing microwave and electronics for Electronic Warfare systems. Silicon Valley wouldn’t have a computer company until 1966 when Hewlett Packard shipped the HP 2116 minicomputer.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. Now In Print!
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Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
The Consultative Sale Our sales guy then quietly asked if there was any way we could help them. The VP of Engineering says, “well we don’t have the resources or time, and as long as you know we could build better computers then you guys, why don’t you tell us the details about your computers.” Help them?!!
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2014
As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. He was a very early employee of Facebook , and engineering director there through the moment it blew up. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth.
www.paulgraham.com
AUGUST 1, 2008
They buy a lot of startups— more than most people realize, because they only announce a fraction of them. Startup Hubs Will Persist It might seem that if startups get cheap to start, it will mean the end of startup hubs like Silicon Valley. silicon valleys. This is kind of true and kind of false.
www.women2.org
MARCH 8, 2012
She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. Speakers include Alolita Sharma (Director of Engineering, @Wikipedia, SF), Tim Kimmet (VP of Engineering, @WalmartLabs, Silicon Valley HQ) and Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0). Palo Alto, CA.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. Id really prefer he had hired a VP of Engineering, or whoever that can manage me effectively.)
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