If you are a bit of a nerd on startup and silicon valley then you will find history interesting. I actually used this as a base to figure the great places to visit the first time I went to silicon valley! Slides for the secret silicon valley history presentation Looking for something interesting to read? ESOP Terms Cheat sheet How …
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action – “The Golden Circle”
“Users don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” Sinek is the author of several books on the topic of leadership. These include ‘Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action‘, which first popularized his now-famous Golden Circle concept. You can read more about this model and his background on Start With Why. Sinek’s Golden Circle idea is an …
Bill Reichert: Top 10 Lies VCs Tell Entrepreneurs
Garage Technology Ventures Managing Director Bill Reichert gives this classic presentation on the Top 10 VC Lies Tell Entrepreneurs in front of students of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this talk, he explains how VCs often use euphemisms for what they mean in their discussions with entrepreneurs, while entrepreneurs use certain common phrases that VCs consider white lies. You can …
Parody VC discussion on ‘growing markets’
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