David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The beauty of Silicon Valley and the ethos it has driven in all of us is acceptance of failure and a profound respect for those who at least try. They get to sit in the back benches and holler at those in government about what f**k-wits the leaders are and how their do-nothing policies are ruinous to the people.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen? Where is it going?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2012

“We need to be like Silicon Valley,” we hear many a startup community organizer around the world intone. After all, Silicon Valley been held up as a shining example as a hotbed for startups and many clamor to copy its success in positioning themselves as a similar scene for innovation and technological entrepreneurship.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm. Given that it was a public tender the chairman of our board had encouraged us to think about launching a complaint with the UK government agency in charge of such reviews. We talked with lawyers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm. Given that it was a public tender the chairman of our board had encouraged us to think about launching a complaint with the UK government agency in charge of such reviews. We talked with lawyers.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs in Beijing were knowledgeable about Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship and the state of software and tools available for two reasons. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Alex is a Silicon Valley veteran and Cisco executive, often referred to as the ‘innovation therapist,’ who details his knowledge of many real-world cases and specifics on how to keep up with change and win in the marketplace. Establish a governance process to support efforts.

Technical Review 252

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of career planning) found me in Silicon Valley working for my first company: ESL. But part of his life that that doesn’t even merit a Wikipedia entry is that Bill Perry used Silicon Valley to help end the cold war.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Products requiring changes to government regulations. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. If you want U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

Silicon Valley itself was built on the sciences with a foundation of trial-and-error and then improving the model and trying again. I believe this scientific method and trial-and-error approach is one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable strengths. Could big business accept its own creative destruction?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. – The Torch Program. Venture Guiding Fund.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford, we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society was grappling with. Many will continue to work with their problem sponsor. He runs H4X Labs.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. There are certainly some people who are publicly saying that VC-backed businesses shouldn’t take government money. shouldn’t I?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. This is why I’m so perplexed by this recent Steve Blank comment: Entrepreneurs who have a startup or two under their belt tend to rattle off preliminary customer [.] Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

ambassador to the United Nations and a Stanford professor of political science; Zvika Krieger , the State Department’s representative to Silicon Valley and senior advisor for technology and innovation; retired U.S. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Products requiring changes to government regulations. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. If you want U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is a government program run through the EPA with $27 billion at its disposal aimed at fostering innovation in the green economy. Silicon Valley’s bro culture may be the dominant ethos in tech, but that doesnt mean its the right culture for everyone. Consider a specializedprogram.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Products requiring changes to government regulations. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. If you want U.S.

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New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 246

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Even some of the most prominent startup household names in Silicon Valley saw their demise last year — and everyone entrepreneur and startup face this fear. In recent months, Silicon Valley has featured quite a bit in the news, as some high-profile household tech companies have been laying off droves of employees.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Silicon Valley gets significant attention for its role in producing tech startups that often go on to see massive, international success. One motivating factor is the number and generosity of Israeli-sponsored government programs incentivizing growth in STEM fields.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 17, 2013

Everyone else – who I call the “feeders” (government, university, non-profits, big companies, VCs, angel investors) – have an important role, but the leaders must be entrepreneurs. It’s part of a series they are doing titled The Next Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Products requiring changes to government regulations. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. If you want U.S.

New York City 202

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 202

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management. You’ve already heard from some of them, and you’ll be hearing more over the course of the summer. Franklin Bi.

Software Review 133

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop. You’ll find out, for example, of how to tap on resources from local government.

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Asia Technical Review Vietnam Singapore 167

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 19, 2012

My personal highlight was watching newly-appointed United States CTO Todd Park receive a standing ovation from a crowd that is decidedly skeptical about government. He told us stories of specific examples of "lean government" in action, ranging from HealthCare.gov to a new approval process for medical devices at the FDA.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India. It could be an urban area where several startups settle (think Silicon Alley in London) or a grass roots organization like the famous ‘ home-brew computer club ‘ or even a hipster coffee place like Berlin’s Oberholz cafe.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. He runs H4X Labs.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 315

Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

Then the question is, will their governments allow them to use it and if not, are there workarounds? . Digital Service and that enables us to bring people in quickly for six months, for a year, from Silicon Valley, from other places (like the) East Coast and points in between. We tell other governments, “Look.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2014

From government grants to alumni donations, something might work for you that wouldn’t be a good fit for others, or something that hasn’t worked in the past could be on the table for your organization at this point in its growth. “I’m For some organizations, government funding is ideal and straightforward. Individual Donors.

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