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Silicon Valley, Planet Startup : Disruptive Innovation, Passionate Entrepreneurship and Hightech Startups /
For decades now, Silicon Valley has been the home of the future. It's the birthplace of the world's most successful high-tech companies--including Apple, Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and many more. So what's the secret? What is it about Silicon Valley that fosters entrepreneursh...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Business Focus of Participating Startup Founders & CEOs; 1. Introduction: The Silicon Valley Saga; Why Dutch startups?; Target groups; The way we worked; Book overview; 2. The Silicon Valley Innovation & Startup Model; Path-dependency of transformational technologies; A little history; Global engine of innovation; 3. Product: Innovation Silicon Valley Style; Think big; Think disruptive; Think innovation; Think different: Need seekers, market readers or technology drivers; Entrepreneurs: Coming to Silicon Valley; Push & pull factors.
- 4. Market: Pivot and PerseveranceKey Success Factors; Marketing redefined; Entrepreneurs on pivot & perseverance; Pivoting the startup; Launch and sales; 5. Team and Talent; Startup founding teams: From pals to professionalization; Talent: Excelling in hard & soft skills; By way of example: Stanford University as talent pool; Entrepreneurs on team & talent; Great teams will win; Talent is gold; 6. Funding; Angel investors & venture capitalists; Pitching for money; Entrepreneurs on startup funding; Raising money; Investment logic and exit; The pitch; 7. Culture; The impact of culture.
- Openness and sharingPassion and ethos; Risk-taking and failure; Cultural diversity and innovation; Immigrant entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs on culture; On risks and failure; Cultural codes; Work attitude, drive, and commitment; 8. Universities and R & D Labs; Higher education, innovation, and new ventures; Berkeley; Stanford University; San Francisco State University and San Jose State University; Santa Clara University; Concerns; Entrepreneurs on universities and R & D labs; Higher education and startups; Going for excellence; 9. Government; Demystifying the role of government.
- New laws, new programs, new rolesEntrepreneurs on government; Government intervention: Contrasting paradigms; Redefining the role of Dutch government; Bankruptcy; Visa, visa, visa; 10. Network Support System; The art of networking: Trust and social capital; Law firms as business counselors; Startup schools: Incubators & accelerators; Entrepreneurs on network support system; Incubators & lawyers; The need for networking; 11. The Downside of the Valley; Increasing social inequality; Tech boom gentrification; Entrepreneurs on social inequality and social problems; Winners & losers.
- 12. Silicon Valleyâ#x80;#x99;s Secret Sauce: (Ecosystem x Culture)2The Silicon Valley innovation puzzle; The European context; Entrepreneurs on lessons to be learned from Silicon Valley; Boosting the European startup spirit; Education; Business; Government; 13. Go West, Young (Wo)Man, Go West?; Notes; Appendix 1: Interviewed Dutch Startup Founders & CEOs; Appendix 2: Interviewed Silicon Valley & Dutch stakeholders; Appendix 3: Questionnaire Personal Interviews Dutch startup Founders & CEOs in Silicon Valley; Appendix 4: Questionnaire Group Interviews Dutch Startup Founders & CEOs in Silicon Valley.