Silicon Valley : planet startup : disruptive innovation, passionate entrepreneurship and hightech startups / Peter Ester, Arne Maas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ester, P., author.

Maas, Arne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High technology industries--California--Santa Clara County--History.

High technology industries.

New business enterprises--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).

New business enterprises.

Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).

Entrepreneurship.

Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History.

Santa Clara County (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Rutte, Mark

Acknowledgements / Ester, Peter / Maas, Arne

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

1-003-70373-9

1-04-079467-X

90-485-3283-3

9781003703730

OCLC:

1021098472