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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Physical health & longevity
YouTube
Natural second birth: preparation, hypnobirthing, and mindset
Silicon Valley Girl
July 3, 2021
Physical health & longevity
7
Baby delivered in one push before doctors even entered the room.
Squatting instead of lying down cut labour time significantly.
Hypnobirthing turned a one-hour car ride into a euphoric experience.
How LinguaTrip went from St. Petersburg co-working space to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley Girl
June 26, 2021
Origin stories
10
Bootstrapping
7
Business models
6
Cashflow-positive before fundraising made Silicon Valley investors take notice
No agency fees undercut every competitor and won the first clients
Online courses built before COVID prevented the company from shutting down
Six beginner investing mistakes and how to avoid them
Silicon Valley Girl
June 12, 2021
Buying all at once on IPO day cost 30% of invested capital
Automating index fund purchases beats timing the market every time
Meme stocks and random advice destroy returns for non-professionals
Work-life balance
YouTube
A day in the life of a YouTuber with 5 million subscribers
Silicon Valley Girl
June 5, 2021
Work-life balance
8
Time management
7
Founder interviews
6
Creator schedule beats manager schedule — one meeting kills inspiration
Angel investing as networking, not profit: $10K buys ecosystem access
No two days are identical; parenthood makes flexibility non-negotiable
Identity & self-belief
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Stopping people-pleasing to stay true to yourself
Silicon Valley Girl
May 29, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
Audacity matters more than talent if you ignore community doubt.
You cannot control others' emotions — trying to makes life impossible.
Bold self-honesty in communication filters for the right people fast.
How to start delegating when you're overwhelmed and can't do it all
Silicon Valley Girl
May 22, 2021
Delegation
8
Productivity & habits
7
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Knowing your superpower makes everything else eligible to delegate
Cultural guilt about cooking or cleaning is not a reason to keep a task
A generalist first hire beats a specialist for getting started fast
Succeeding in the US as an immigrant means choosing where to focus
Silicon Valley Girl
April 9, 2021
Niche selection
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Relationships & family
5
Being "halfway here, halfway there" blocks investors and collaborators.
Saying no to home-country wins is how you build local credibility.
Two highly relevant followers beat 140,000 passive ones.
Intellectual property
YouTube
How a naming conflict cost one startup $20,000
Silicon Valley Girl
April 2, 2021
Intellectual property
9
Case studies
6
Ignoring a dormant .ru domain triggered a $20,000 trademark battle.
Bidding wars on your own brand name burn cash fast.
File trademarks in every target country before you grow.
Work-life balance
YouTube
Resetting priorities as a creator-entrepreneur before a major life change
Silicon Valley Girl
March 27, 2021
Work-life balance
9
Hiring & recruitment
7
Relationships & family
6
Why writing down your priorities makes saying no easier
Shifting from millions of followers to 200 deeply engaged community members
Hiring on gut instinct: why ignoring culture-fit red flags always backfires
MVP & prototyping
YouTube
Six digital product ideas for creators and small businesses
Silicon Valley Girl
March 18, 2021
MVP & prototyping
8
Content marketing
7
Pricing strategy
6
1,000 paying fans beats 1,000,000 passive followers every time.
Workbook collaboration generated $25K on a single launch day.
Over-delivering is the only reliable edge in a crowded market.
Ali Abdaal on building a creator team and staying focused
Silicon Valley Girl
March 13, 2021
Delegation
8
Outsourcing & delegation
8
Growth hacking
6
A 7-person team lets Ali film and forget everything else.
All platform bets evaluated against one goal: book bestseller.
When you want to quit, run more experiments — not fewer.
Deep work & focus
YouTube
How to stop Silicon Valley anxiety killing your focus
Silicon Valley Girl
March 6, 2021
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
6
FOMO is really fear of irrelevance, not genuine opportunity
Chasing trends fragments the focus that built your results
Absorb new ideas by folding them into your existing work
Personal investing strategy: ETFs, stocks, and crypto allocation for 2021
Silicon Valley Girl
February 25, 2021
Personal finance
8
Investing
5
Shift from 80% cash to investing 50% of monthly surplus
ARK and emerging market ETFs replace big-tech stock picking
A 2-3% Bitcoin allocation backed by corporate adoption data
MVP & prototyping
YouTube
Build a landing page MVP to test your business idea before quitting your job
Silicon Valley Girl
February 22, 2021
MVP & prototyping
9
Niche selection
6
Conversion rate optimisation
5
Charge real money on day one — refund if you don't launch
Friends saying yes is not validation; payment is
Narrow your audience before you build anything
Building four income streams toward $1 million in 2021
Silicon Valley Girl
February 13, 2021
Pricing strategy
7
Business models
6
Batch-producing content months ahead keeps passive income flowing during maternity leave.
Online courses gross $840K/year but cost over 50% to run.
Four streams are designed by active-involvement level, not just revenue size.