Silicon Valley Girl

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Silicon Valley Girl publishes startup and founder interviews with a strong emphasis on AI trends, business strategy, and modern company building.

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Included for practical education on startup and founder interviews with a strong emphasis on AI trends, business strategy, and modern company building.

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Founder interviews

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From immigrant roots to Silicon Valley acquisition: Teri Yu's founder journey

Silicon Valley Girl March 11, 2023


Founder interviews 9
Exit strategy 7
Pivoting 6
  • Frame acquisition outreach as partnerships — never lead with 'we want to be acquired'
  • COVID wiped 500 meetups to zero; the pivot saved the company
  • Missed a full tax exemption by just six months — know QSBS early

Founder interviews

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From Indian farm town to $20M US startup: Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran's story

Silicon Valley Girl March 4, 2023


Founder interviews 10
Fundraising & VC 6
  • Winning hackathons by building what judges want, not what's cool
  • No degree, no visa, no money — $19.5M raised anyway
  • Automating 40% of customer service work with one recorded workflow

Cash flow management

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Nine financial habits that build wealth without sacrificing living

Silicon Valley Girl February 16, 2023


Cash flow management 7
Accounting basics 6
Goal setting 5
  • Experiences can't be frozen or seized — spend before desire fades.
  • Ask how to 10x income without 10x hours, not just earn more.
  • Miles from credit card spend are tax-free; sign-up bonuses aren't.

AI tools & automation

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Using ChatGPT to scale content, marketing, and business output

Silicon Valley Girl February 9, 2023


AI tools & automation 9
Content marketing 7
Copywriting 6
  • ChatGPT drafts scripts, emails, and newsletters in seconds
  • A 10-email funnel worth $2,500 can be built in hours
  • Generic outputs need your personality — it's a multiplier, not a replacement

Content marketing

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How a non-singer launched a music career through hard work and the internet

Silicon Valley Girl January 14, 2023


Content marketing 8
Business models 7
Resilience & grit 6
  • Passion and work ethic beat raw talent every time
  • A vocal coach transformed her voice in just five sessions
  • The internet lets anyone reach an audience without industry gatekeepers

Work-life balance

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What went wrong in 2022 and how to slow down deliberately

Silicon Valley Girl December 30, 2022


Work-life balance 8
Productivity & habits 7
Mental health & wellbeing 6
  • Effortless iPhone Shorts outperformed every heavily produced video.
  • Saying yes to all brand deals killed editorial freedom.
  • A full schedule blocks bigger opportunities from ever appearing.

Physical health & longevity

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Navigating infertility: one couple's journey to two healthy children

Silicon Valley Girl December 23, 2022


Physical health & longevity 10
AI tools & automation 10
Contracts & agreements 7
  • Why finding doctors who treat root causes ends years of failure
  • US infertility care: $30,000 IVF bills and dismissed symptoms
  • Fibroid, ectopic pregnancy, blood thinners — and two healthy babies

Deep work & focus

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Take control of your life by reframing circumstances and finding your superpower

Silicon Valley Girl December 15, 2022


Deep work & focus 10
Management 8
AI tools & automation 7
  • The meaning you assign a circumstance decides every outcome that follows.
  • Entrepreneurship is identifying your superpower and delegating everything else.
  • Decisions made from your core positive emotion compound; fear-based ones spiral.

Origin story

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How a roboticist built a machine to automate eyelash extensions

Silicon Valley Girl November 24, 2022


Origin story 9
MVP & prototyping 8
Business models 6
  • A $125k robot that generates $3M revenue per machine
  • Robotics triples lash artist appointments without replacing them
  • Beauty services are the next frontier for personal-service robots

Founder interviews

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How a Soviet childhood vision shaped a Silicon Valley creator's life

Silicon Valley Girl October 27, 2022


Founder interviews 10
Goal setting 7
Identity & self-belief 6
  • A vivid childhood dream acted as a daily decision filter for decades.
  • Lost $20K chasing a startup that turned out to be someone else's dream.
  • Block critics freely — their words describe themselves, not you.

Identity & self-belief

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Mindset shifts and habits that build wealth and fulfillment

Silicon Valley Girl September 29, 2022


Identity & self-belief 9
Goal setting 8
Productivity & habits 7
  • One high-value client can outperform dozens of budget ones
  • Warren Buffett's 25-goal rule: focus only on your top five
  • Set targets beyond reach — you land further than playing small

Bootstrapping

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Eight income streams and how to build passive income

Silicon Valley Girl September 22, 2022


Bootstrapping 8
Business models 7
Cash flow management 6
  • Most passive income is actually semi-active — true passivity is rare.
  • Stock market investing is the most genuinely passive income source.
  • Low-content books on Amazon KDP require no writing and no upfront cost.

Business models

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13 business ideas you can start today

Silicon Valley Girl September 8, 2022


Business models 9
MVP & prototyping 7
Bootstrapping 6
  • Shared-worker platforms let small businesses afford full-time talent collectively.
  • Creator tools for multi-platform publishing and auto-translation are wide open.
  • Low-tech kids' play areas in malls and restaurants are an untapped US gap.

AI tools & automation

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How clarifying what you really want unlocks motivation and growth

Silicon Valley Girl September 1, 2022


AI tools & automation 10
Growth hacking 10
Contracts & agreements 9
  • Pursuing externally-triggered desires is the root cause of procrastination.
  • Writing 100 categorised wishes reveals what you actually want most.
  • Attaching a number and date to every goal converts dreams into traction.

Identity & self-belief

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How to stop living for others' approval and find your next level

Silicon Valley Girl August 27, 2022


Identity & self-belief 8
Long-term planning 6
  • Criticism hurts less when your strategy no longer depends on approval.
  • Cutting social feeds and traveling reconnects you to what you actually want.
  • Immediate execution urge — not vague interest — signals the right next move.

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