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24 alternatives to Valley Speak

Deciphering the jargon of Silicon Valley

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Valley Speak launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Screw the Valley▲82
A coast-to-coast tour of America’s new tech startup culture
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Global Silicon Valley Handbook▲133
Official guide to the hottest global startup scenes
2017 · gsv.com · its alternatives →
3
Valley of the Gods▲65
A Silicon Valley story
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
StartupTalks▲176
A curated collection of startup related videos and podcasts
2014 · startuptalks.tv · its alternatives →
5
Start Small, Stay Small▲66
A developer's guide to launching a startup
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Nerd Lingo▲66
Stickers for Silicon Valley jargon, buzzwords and holy wars!
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
The Silicon Valley Stable▲72
Silicon Valley stereotypes and GIFs in a quiz
2016 · its alternatives →
8
Growth Hacking▲3
Silicon Valley's Best Kept Secret
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Make It New: The History of Silicon Valley Design▲60
Katz tells how design helped transform Silicon Valley
2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →
10
The Startup Tapes #011 — Moving to Silicon Valley as a Foreign Founder▲55
No English, but a few friends & a lot of talent
2016 · its alternatives →
11
The Upstarts▲78
How the companies of Silicon Valley are changing the world
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Startup Communities▲241
How to build communities of entrepreneurs
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Ventured - A Roadmap For Pitching Your Startup in Silicon Valley▲73
Advice on how entrepreneurs can attract VC funding.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
14
Interviewed▲189
A growing database of podcast interviews about startups
2015 · interviewed.io · its alternatives →
15
Startup Book Buzz▲106
One new startup related book recommended each week
2015 · its alternatives →
16
High Output Management▲158
The bible for startup management
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
A History of Silicon Valley▲71
The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Startr▲156
"Like Airbnb for Uber." Inspiration for your next startup
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
19
Making It Right▲76
Product management for a startup world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Startupland▲118
The story of Zendesk: From idea to IPO
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Founders at Work▲208
Stories of successful founders
2015 · foundersatwork.com · its alternatives →
22
Innovator's Dilemma▲202
The seminal business book
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us▲122
Raising $1M for your startup outside of Silicon Valley
2015 · its alternatives →
24
Chaos Monkeys▲94
Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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