Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Class 4 Required Readings: Silicon Valley, the Military, and the Journey to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Steve Blank, “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” Steve Blank , November 20, 2008. Describe the roles of Fred Terman, William Shockley, and Fairchild Semiconductor in the genesis of Silicon Valley.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The accelerator, which counts Amazon CTO Werner Vogels among its startup mentors , will be showcasing its first batch of startups (see list below) in Silicon Valley on the 20th of September, followed by a panel discussion about “The Future of the European Startup Community” Sounds riveting!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

But Troy’s message for Silicon Valley was clear, “You need to stop looking beyond the typical Mark Zuckerberg stereotype if you want to fund the big companies of tomorrow.” But Troy has become a very successful tech investor in his own right having invested early in Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Warby Parker and others.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2021

The post Why Young Entrepreneurs From Silicon Valley Prefer To Build A Team In India appeared first on Young Upstarts. It is no wonder that India - a region that can provide excellent engineers, a venturesome culture, abundant investors, and top-notch universities - is a thriving place for technology start-ups.

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Silicon Valley is a very special place – the nucleus of high-growth, high technology entrepreneurship in the US, indeed, in the world. The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Every startup faces an initial period of uncertainty and perhaps even public resistance, but the tech field has its own pitfalls that can break a fledgling company before it ever has a chance to find its footing.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

—————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. What Does WWII Have to Do with Silicon Valley?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2021

The post New Silicon Valley Tech Company Tekion Brings Connected Digital Experience To Automotive Retail appeared first on Young Upstarts. As a first and fastest Cloud-native Dealer Management Platform Tekion brings digital experience to automotive retail. Read on to know more about the company.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 10, 2017

Their baseline knowledge of Silicon Valley probably comes from HBO’s Silicon Valley. HW: While you’re currently based out of NYC, you grew up in Silicon Valley and your mother works at Apple. I’m not sure if that was entirely exclusive to growing up in Silicon Valley, but maybe it was amplified.

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Diego Basch

JULY 12, 2019

Here are the trends I see in Silicon Valley today: The “Silicon” part of the name no longer applies. Why be in Silicon Valley at all? The number one advantage of Silicon Valley is access to money. If I were building a service company today, I would: pitch my idea to Silicon Valley VCs.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Silicon Valley — another American racist/sexist shithole just like the Segregated South When the Internet first came around in the mid-1990s, it was herald as “The Great Equalizer” where anybody with a keyboard can start an e-commerce shop, publish their works and reach the world to millions who are also attached to the Internet.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2020

Silicon Valley – a fantastic moniker that conjures lots of images, right? Like all those giant companies, Silicon Valley essentially started with a garage. It was in their garage in Palo Alto that paved the way to the rise of Silicon Valley. But why “Silicon Valley”? The “starters”?

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 21, 2020

As I was reading The Atlantic article Silicon Valley Abandons the Culture That Made It the Envy of the World I kept flashing to the end of Anna Wiener’s awesome memoir Uncanny Valley. This is a full reversal of the language that tech promoters used to sell Silicon Valley–style innovation and competitiveness for decades.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. get the attention of the market they choose. It’s very important.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

I wish that founders around the world understood the degree to which Silicon Valley (not the USA) is the global outlier when it comes to fundraising. The dynamics amongst Silicon Valley VCs and between Silicon Valley VCs and founders are global outliers due to the unique competitive dynamics that only exist in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2018

I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley. While Silicon Valley has grown to have global influence, in many ways the cultural leadership from the venture community has dramatically shrunk in the last decade. Yes, in the dim past of Silicon Valley the execs really wore suits.).

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? For example, in response to “ How do I raise funds in Silicon Valley for a European-based startup ? &# Eyal S.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Software engineers are extremely high in demand, and over the past few years the growth in their salaries has shown exactly how much in demand they are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. High-tech ventures in Silicon Valley know they have to constantly innovate, but small town coffee shops can easily forget.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 5, 2020

The Silicon Valley-based venture capital and private equity firm, founded in 2006, is already an investor in Austin-based OJO Labs and Swivel. “I The post Silicon Valley VC Firm Breyer Capital Opens an Austin Office appeared first on SiliconHills. Breyer Capital has announced plans to open a new office in Austin.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. “We The post Oracle Moves its Headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas appeared first on SiliconHills. We believe these moves best position Oracle for growth and […]. “We

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SiliconHills

MARCH 12, 2023

The Silicon Valley Bank failure can have downstream consequences depending on how the government responds to it, said Mark Cuban, billionaire tech entrepreneur. The rich people got wiped out already,” Cuban said at a South by Southwest panel discussion Sunday morning. What’s at stake is the depositor.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

But we did eventually raise capital outside Silicon Valley. When I do it again - and I think I'd do it outside NYC or Silicon Valley - these are some basic rules that I'd try to follow: Write as much code as humanly possible before raising any capital. This is not a great feeling.). in revenue.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. The old continent often looks up to the Valley as a sort of Eldorado of IT. Silicon Valley is a hub. Silicon Valley is an unfair advantage for startups.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 6, 2018

The hyperbolic headlines are once again accompanying the articles about Silicon Valley. A Sunday NY Times article titled Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley kicks off what I expect is another wave of this. Now, go read Ian Hathaway’s post titled Silicon Valley is Not Over.

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2012

Entrepreneurial clusters like Silicon Valley (or NY, Boston, Austin, Beijing, etc.) And for Silicon Valley the investor flight to social media marks the beginning of the end of the era of venture capital-backed big ideas in science and technology. (I’m an investor in many of these venture firms.)

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2017

Once a Silicon Valley corporate lawyer and business executive, he was chosen by Steve Jobs to form part of the driving force behind the early and unanticipated success of the Pixar animation company. Yet Levy is far from the only Silicon Valley resident to turn to the spiritual path of one or more of the Eastern philosophies.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

One of Silicon Valley’s most compelling attributes is its lack of interest in the traditional bottom line. While most companies focus on revenue and profitability, Silicon Valley leaders tend to view valuation as a success barometer. But we can learn from Silicon Valley about blockchain Adoption.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Introduced before keynoting at Austin, Texas's Capital Factory Demo Day as "the most-connected person in Silicon Valley," Hoffman gave a really interesting talk about how he handles hiring at his company. I live blogged his talk on Google Plus and offer my notes below. Auren Hoffman on hiring people to work in tech startups.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2017

Today Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) announced their support for Global EIR , a cause for which I care deeply. The post Global EIR and Silicon Valley Bank Funding Match appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Email me and let’s talk about how to partner together in this work.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/dinner with some combination of the founders of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter and several brand name venture capitalists. Hackers’ Guide to Silicon Valley.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The post Generative AI is the buzziest new technology in Silicon Valley. Meet the investors backing it. appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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YFS Magazine

APRIL 3, 2021

Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley possess several unique attributes that are hard to find among many startups.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2011

This talk on Risk and Culture in Silicon Valley is a small 1 minute snippet of a longer interview on his blog. Om Malik runs Gigaom , probably the most interesting and accurate site on the blogosphere. Om was kind enough to have me in for an interview. We covered a wide range of topics.

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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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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

The predominant narrative among Silicon Valley start-ups has been: don’t open a second office until you have reached 100+ employees. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team.

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