The Startup Conference 2017
Join 1,500 entrepreneurs for one of the larger entrepreneur events of Silicon Valley
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With 1,500 entrepreneurs and investors, the Startup Conference is one of the largest conferences in Silicon Valley for starting your startup, learning how to pitch VCs, find co-founders, launch your product to the press, reach early adopters and influencers and more.
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The Startup Conference will take place inside the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St, Redwood City. The Startup Fair will be on the courthouse square right outside the theatre, and is free and open to everyone. Tickets are required for the conference. The outdoor Fair is free and open to the public.
We have another amazing line-up of entrepreneurs and investors for this year's conference. Don't miss David Hornik (August Capital), Max Mullen (Instacart), Nancy Hua (Apptimize), Ron Palmeri (GrandCentral, Layer) and many more investors and founders. Every year we feature the most relevant entrepreneurs that provide the best advice for your startup.
Have a great startup? Join the Startup Pitch Competition. Earn your chance to pitch on stage in front of more than 1,000 people and launch your startup.
DetailsLooking for a co-founder or partner? Apply to pitch the entire audience. Good things happen to people who take a risk.
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Startup Trends 2017
Just like last year, we just finished reviewing the 120 startups that applied to pitch at the Startup Conference on May 17. You can read last year's trends here. So, how is 2017 different from 2016? Drones…
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People Are Awesome
I spend a lot of time with young entrepreneurs. I love to hear their ideas and dreams. They represent the future of Silicon Valley. So you can imagine I wasn’t too thrilled when, at a…
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The $350K Google Salary Is Hurting Startups
Join 1,000 entrepreneurs and investors on May 17 in Silicon Valley for the Startup Conference 2017. What's the #1 need of early-stage tech startups? Experienced software engineers. And they are becoming impossible to find in…
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Startups I’d Like to Fund (2017)
Everyone says they want to invest in startups targeting a large, growing market, led by an amazing founding team. That description is not exactly helpful to you, the startup founder. So let me be more…
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A Quarter Million People Have Now Used the Co-Founder Equity Calculator
Interested in startups? Check out the Startup Conference coming up in May 2017 in Silicon Valley. I wrote the Co-Founder Equity calculator in the summer of 2011. I was getting tired of asking the same questions…
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Famous Co-Founder Issues
Feuds among co-founders are the leading cause of early startup death (lack of traction is a close second). Sometimes the startup survives, the skeletons of disgraced co-founders are buried, and all the public hears is another great success…
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Randy Komisar: Success Comes Down to Amazing People (Interview)
This is a transcript of the interview of Randy Komisar, partner at Kleiner Perkins, by Nima Adelkhani, on May 14, 2015 at The Startup Conference. You can also watch the video. Nima Adelkhani: Thanks for…
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Startup Trends 2016
We reviewed 160 startups that applied for the 2016 Pitch Competition. We can't reveal any details of course as those startups are sharing confidential information with us, but we can share a few trends... Last…
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