abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits. It now has high liquidity from South San Jose to Napa. Increasing returns are particularly powerful when a network effect is present. There are three drivers of a network effect in the Uber model: Pick-up times. A couple’s night out.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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Leadership San Jose Green Harvest 69

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

The hackathon follows a similar format of a Startup Weekend, Friday night – networking, idea pitches, some teams form, Saturday – teams done forming, hack hack hack, and Sunday - hack, submit, present your hack. Before the weekend, all the attendees can create profiles on CrowdVine.com, a social network for events.

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San Jose API Coder Ruby 60

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more. It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US.

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Hungary San Jose Nashville Phoenix 83

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

To pull this lie off, you''d better be either a great bluffer or smokin'' hot, or you won''t have a chance against the investor network. There''s a reason why people such as Larry Ellison can keep the San Jose airport open late for his private jet while you and I are munching peanuts on Southwest Airlines.

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Entrepreneur San Jose Technical Review China 60

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. San Jose, CA. San Diego, CA. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Minneapolis, MN.

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United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 113

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Check the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network calendar or the BASES calendar for free events. Driving down the valley see Studio G in Redwood City, Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, the Plug & Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, Semantic Seed in San Jose. and the Sandbox Network. Get invited to an event at Blackbox.vc

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Venture Capital 335

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Last week, (seems that all of my postings start this way) I attended the Second Annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Leadership Summit , a Women’s Network for Sustainable Future event , at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. There were about 150-200 women in attendance (my guestimate).

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Leadership San Jose Green Harvest 40

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Angel Investor 28

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch. Most simulcasts are free, although some charge a small fee to cover their costs.

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Puerto Rico Las Vegas Costa Rica Czech Republic 167

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Lead Gen: I utilized my friends, professional contacts, and Harvard networks by sending out emails to list serves, reaching out to people, and getting referrals. I attended engineering-focused Meetups and networking events. After the group exercise, we were free to network some more and meet people outside of our group.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Which is a huge strength and has network benefits that people couldn’t anticipate. We’re no longer having these bigger networked conversations where you can have the serendipitous meet at the watercooler or the trade show, and kind of increase the creativity. And we had people doing that, both in Africa and in San Jose.

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Lean Community San Jose Africa 427

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I started thinking about this yesterday when Jeff Fluhr, founder of Stub Hub spoke at my San Jose State class. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

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San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 6, 2010

Last weekend in the heart of San Jose, over 100 people gathered at PayPal for Startup Weekend. network like crazy. Tags: Business Fun Social Networking Technology. What startup would you create in 54 hours if you were thrown into a room with a small group of people? For $100 or less (discounts!), make decisions quickly.

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San Jose Startup Social Network Networking 40

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The decentralization conversation in blockchain is more of a libertarian ideology than information architecture — most of the people talking about decentralization are libertarian quacks rallying up thoughts of not being beholden to tyranny and has nothing to do with actually implementing decentralized networks.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review XML 54

Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The ACA is an interesting organization and is providing support in a number of ways to its member angel groups, from public policy, networking, sydnication, and best practices. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Accredited Investor 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ▼ January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 26, 2018

Source: Flickr via The San Jose Library. College is a great place to network and make social contacts that can be useful for a lifetime. Take advantage of that networking and start building your customer base while you’re still a student. Design a Website. Getting the word out about your business is the first step.

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San Jose Social Media Networking Finance 102

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. Rather, you tag a woman wearing a speedo swimsuit with a Speedo GoodyTag and then encourage your social network to further propagate that as part of an incentivized advertising campaign.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

Happy Grasshopper is an e-mail marketing service that assists real estate agents in reaching out to their networks and generating referrals. Next week, we are going to partner with the Indian Angel Network for the strategy roundtable. We discussed a numbers of customer acquisition methods to do so. Social Pulse.

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San Jose Entrepreneur United States Washington 115

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ▼ 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Venture Capital 28

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. It depends on where you live, but every community has a Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce organizations typically do networking events. Some of them have young professional networking events. That ink smell.

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Small Business Email Startup Aggregator 60

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Oregon San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

His latest project required him to work with a team to help crunch some very large data sets from mobile network carriers. James began his career as a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. His firm brought in a team of data scientists to help his team make sense of the data.

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San Jose San Francisco Silicon Valley Employee 149

blog.stackoverflow.com

APRIL 20, 2010

That’s a major bummer for site networks like us with multiple domains. You’ll still have to log in, of course, but the login itself could trigger account association for every site in the network. with social networks websites are the new web internet there is nothing like the OpenID ideal solution for the new web.

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Technical Review XML Matching Email 43

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 24, 2010

Earlier this month, San Jose was graced with Ms. If you go to YouTube the night of the concert (search “lady gaga san jose concert 2010″), you can re-live the concert through someone else’s lens. Tags: Social Networking Technology. Gaga’s presence two nights in a row. Technology at its best.

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San Jose Social Network Mobile Video 53

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 10, 2010

The best place to do networking is in the Silicon Valley area because we have the best, brightest people around. Networking events happen every day of the week and are mostly in the Palo Alto/Mountain View area and San Francisco, sorry San Jose folks, you have to make the trek up north, but it’s worth it!

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San Jose San Francisco Silicon Valley Cofounder 58

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. I often meet founders from other cities who tell me that they already have a strong network in place in their hometown and moving here would mean that they would have to start from scratch.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 15, 2010

The San Jose Business Journal vetted out nominations down to 100 women in the San Jose area who have influenced other women and their community. The evening included a networking cocktail reception, dinner, awards of course, then dessert. I wish that there were more folks to meet during the networking hour.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Social Network Networking 45

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. I often meet founders from other cities who tell me that they already have a strong network in place in their hometown and moving here would mean that they would have to start from scratch.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 112