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 entrepreneurship and innovation? With __Silicon Valley: Planet Startup__, Peter Ester and Arne Maas argue that the answer lies in Silicon Valley’s culture—a corporate culture that values risk-taking, creativity, invention, and sharing. Through extensive interviews with Dutch entrepreneurs working in the area, Ester and Maas show that Silicon Valley is above all a mindset: a belief in thinking, with passion and ambition, far beyond the here and now. Scholars and business and budding entrepreneurs alike are sure to find both inspiration and illumination in the stories and analysis Ester and Maas have assembled here. 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 entrepreneurship and innovation? With Silicon Valley, Planet Startup, Peter Ester and Arne Maas argue that the answer lies in Silicon Valley's culture-a corporate culture that values risk-taking, creativity, invention, and sharing. Through extensive interviews with Dutch entrepreneurs working in the area, Ester and Maas show that Silicon Valley is above all a mind-set: a belief in thinking, with passion and ambition, far beyond the here and now. Scholars and business people and budding entrepreneurs alike are sure to find both inspiration and illumination in the stories and analyses Ester and Maas have assembled here. Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Business Focus of Participating Startup Founders & CEOs 1. Introduction: The Silicon Valley Saga 2. The Silicon Valley Innovation & Startup Model 3. Product: Innovation Silicon Valley Style 4. Market: Pivot and Perseverance 5. Team and Talent 6. Funding 7. Culture 8. Universities and R&D Labs 9. Government 10. Network Support System 11. The Downside of the Valley 12. Silicon Valley’s Secret Sauce: (Ecosystem x Culture) 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

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