Accelerators in Silicon Valley, Building Successful Startups, Building Successful Startups

Author

Ester, Peter

Year

2017

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-46298-716-6

Link

Last Update

12-Oct-2025

Keywords

Business

Description

For over half a century, Silicon Valley – the 60-mile strip in the Bay Area between San Francisco and San Jose – has been the world’s premier hightech hotspot for innovation and entrepreneurship. It houses more startups than any other region on the globe and has managed to perpetually renew itself. The Valley is a magnet for high-tech startup entrepreneurs who want to excel, and its business climate is based on a unique combination of talent, ideas, creativity, competitiveness, perseverance, and passion. It is an amazing innovative economy filled with ambitious entrepreneurs who are mission-driven and positively obsessed with the...