Lessons Learned from Silicon Valley on HBO - Lessons From The Developer Led Startup

Url: https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2016/04/19/the-reality-of-developer-startups.aspx

The HBO series, Silicon Valley, should be on the viewing list of everyone involved in technology. There is lots of discussion around it, and some of those who live in the geographical region of the Silicon Valley take issue with the series, claiming it's inaccurate.

As someone who has lived it and was involved in startups there, Silicon Valley is an accurate representation. Silicon Valley goes beyond just showing the geographic region as a background character – the show offers a fairly accurate depiction of the the life, times, and hassles of doing a startup. Show creator Mike Judge pokes fun at the geographical Silicon Valley, but also some of the more realistic and ridiculous things that can happen to a Silicon Valley startup. In this article, I'll take a break from the usual startup strategy talk and look at some of the parallels the show and reality sync up as we look at what's happened so far in seasons one and two.

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