Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 19, 2020
These can make workforce management that much simpler. How is quality control managed? For example, if you live in the city of Seattle, a Google search for “ restaurant equipment Seattle ” could help you find well-reviewed restaurant supply outlets that have high customer satisfaction.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
My views, influenced by watching Brad’s tireless efforts across the country, were first encapsulated in a post I wrote about Seattle titled, “ A Few Key People Can Make a Huge Difference.” Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. The key is to be able to keep the best ones local. Local press matters.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
We don’t want to compete for the largest AUM (assets under management) with the biggest firms in a race to build the “Goldman Sachs of VC” but it’s clear that this strategy has had success for some. We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but super size or super focus. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m
Steve Blank
JULY 24, 2012
The VC’s suggested I should spend a day at Onyx Software, an early pioneer in Sales Automation in Seattle. In my first meeting with the Onyx I was a bit nonplussed when the management team started trickling into their boardroom. So I called on my friends at Onyx and got on a plane to Seattle. I Know A Great Customer.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 27, 2012
It’s true that big companies can do a “fast follow” but the structure isn’t in place for a mid-level tech manager to work the kind of hours and attract the kind of talent that it takes to really break through. Not just in Silicon Valley but in LA, NY, Seattle and other major tech markets. “ And my fear?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? To some extent – of course they are. But this time there really is something happening in LA. It is different. More substantive.
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