Somewhere along the way, I’m not sure where it was, I transitioned from being the young turk/rainmaker to Read More
On Mentoring
At last month’s inaugural Vator Splash Oakland, 15 companies competed against each other for the top spot. In Read More
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Three things I learned on Commencement Day
In the last five years I’ve been at Commencement Day at universities around the world – a few Read More
In the last two decades as a venture capitalist, I’ve seen three primary styles of VCs working with startup Read More
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The importance of talking to customers as a startup
Our Stanford and Berkeley Lean LaunchPad classes are over for this year, and as usual we learned as Read More
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Corporate acquisitions of startups
For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. Lately the pressure of continuous disruption has forced Read More
Can capital be redistributed to ignite economic development? Can we change how philanthropic dollars are used to address Read More
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‘Embrace change and lead the way’
President Bieto, Dean Sauquet, members of the faculty, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen….Thank you for the kind Read More
In early 2010 my husband Keith, and I were having dinner with two of our old Yahoo! co-workers Read More
Henry Chesbrough is known as the father of Open Innovation and wrote the book that defined the practice. Henry is Read More
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Beyond the lemonade stand
While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation, the question we Read More
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Get the Heck Out of the Building
With a ~$2 billion endowment the Kauffman Foundation is the largest non-profit focused on entrepreneurship in the world. Giving away Read More
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Why companies are not startups
In the last few years we’ve recognized that a startup is not a smaller version of a large Read More
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Is This Startup Ready for Investment?
Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. However, accelerator Read More
Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: A Guide to Building Habit Forming Products and blogs at NirAndFar.com. Wednesday was Read More