Global Internet Later Stage Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
JUNE 15, 2011
Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripled—all signs of the impending apocalypse.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2013
This is a term indicating the use of “crowd appeal” to get money from interested people on the Internet for a share of your company. Gen-Z members have grown up in an un-tethered world of smart-phones, tablets and WIFI, and their perspective is both multi-cultural and global. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Startup accelerator.
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thebarefootvc
MARCH 8, 2012
I talked about creative disruption and how many significant companies would be formed as a result of this (not dissimilar to what I saw in Silicon Valley while investing post 2001 crash). In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.)
philipsmith.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Silicon Valley Frontlines. This same 'later stage can't pay you anything up front' ruse gets done for sales and marketing types, too. Globalization. Life in the Valley. TechCrunch A premier network of technology, startup and internet-related sites. » January 23, 2010. April 2010.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens). And in later stage rounds an explosion of corporate VCs and hedge funds now want in to the next unicorns.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. iv] Economist, Global Heroes: A Report on Entrepreneurship, March 14, 2009.,
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