Startup ecosystems can be fragmented, competitive, and hidden to newcomers, which is detrimental for local startups and community growth. The Startup Ecosystem Canvas seeks to provide local entrepreneurs with a clear list of resources for every stage of their startup journey - from ideation to scaling - and outline a basic framework for communities to map their ecosystem.

With applications open for the Silicon Valley Founder Institute, we are excited to release the Silicon Valley Startup Ecosystem Canvas, which is currently in Draft v2 below! It was developed Silicon Valley Founder Institute directors Ryan Micheletti, Mike Suprovici, and Scout Tweedie-Yates.

You can also comment on the open Google doc of this list at http://bit.ly/silicon_valley_canvas. 

If you are looking to launch a startup in Silicon Valley and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Silicon Valley Founder Institute today, or join a free event.

Startup Stages

1. Idea Stage

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

A. Inspire

• Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)
1. Chris Saad
2. LegalForce
3. Silicon Beat
4. Silicon Tap
5. Silicon Valley
6. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups
7. Silicon Valley News
8. Silicon Valley Startups & Angel Funding
9. Silicon Valley Watcher
10. Startup Digest Silicon Valley - SF Bay Area
11. Startup Lessons Learned
12. Steve Blank
13. Tech Central SF
14. Tech.Co SF
15. This Week in Startups

• Inspirational Events: Open, inclusive, beginner startup events (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)
1. 106 Miles
2. Creative Coffee San Francisco
3. Got Startup?
4. Latino Startup Alliance
5. Silicon House
6. Silicon Valley Chinese Entrepreneurs
7. Startup Focus Thought Leadership
8. Startup Socials Silicon Valley
9. Startup Weekend Silicon Valley
10. Tech 'N The City
11. Women 2.0 Silicon Valley
12. Women Who Code Silicon Valley

B. Educate

• Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire, like Startup Founder 101, etc).
1. Lean Startup Circle Silicon Valley
2. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club
3. Silicon Valley Startup Idea to IPO
4. Startup Founder 101 Silicon Valley
5. Startup Grind Silicon Valley
6. Startup Leadership
7. Startup School
8. Startup Speakers Toastmasters
9. TDWI Silicon Valley Chapter
10. Tech in Motion Silicon Valley
11. YouNoodle

• Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, etc)
1. Anyone Can Learn to Code
2. App Academy
3. Apprentice.io
4. Big Nerd Ranch
5. Blackbox Connect
6. CodePath
7. Coder Camps
8. Codify Academy
9. Coding Dojo
10. Coding House
11. Data Science Dojo
12. Dev Bootcamp
13. Draper University of Heroes
14. Founder Institute
15. Galvanize
16. General Assembly
17. Go Live Labs
18. Hack Reactor
19. Hackbright Academy
20. Hackership
21. Insight
22. Invasive Code
23. Koru
24. Lean Startup Machine Silicon Valley
25. Learntech Labs
26. Local Food Lab
27. Make School
28. MakerSquare
29. Mobile Makers Academy
30. Praxis Data Science
31. Product School
32. SV In.Fusion
33. Silicon Valley Innovation Center
34. Silicon Valley Innovation Institute
35. Silicon Valley Technology Venture Launch Program
36. Square Code Camp
37. Startup Pitch Bootcamp
38. Startup Saturdays
39. Thinkful
40. Tradecraft
41. Zipfian Academy

C. Validate

• Team Formation: Resources for teaming up. (i.e. events or other resources that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)

1. Bootstrappers Breakfast
2. Cofounder Club
3. CoFoundersLab
4. Founder2be
5. Founder Dating
6. Igniters: Stanford Entrepreneurs & Silicon Valley Founders
7. New Co. Silicon Valley
8. SF New Tech
9. Silicon Valley Startup Founders
10. Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Network
11. Startup Cofounders

• Build First Product: Hackathons & resources to build. (i.e. hackathons and other builder-focused events and resources)
1. AngelHack Silicon Valley
2. ChimeHack
3. CodeDay Silicon Valley
4. CODEX Hackathon
5. FLIR's "Bring the Heat" Hacker & Maker Challenge: San Francisco
6. Greylock Hackfest
7. Hack My Ride 2.0
8. Hack The People
9. Hacker Dojo
10. Hacking 4 Health
11. Hacking EDU
12. Hacking Generation Y
13. iOS Dev Camp 2015: Wearables, Security, CONNECTEDCAR and Civic Engagement
14. Integrate 2015 Hackathon
15. Lincoln Labs Reboot 2015 Hackathon
16. Outside Hacks
17. RandTech Hackathon
18. Silicon Valley Hackathons
19. Sunnyvale Hacker Home - Mobile App Hackathon
20. WWCode Silicon Valley Hackathon
21. Women in STEM Hackathon Apps for Social Impact
22. Yeti

2. Launch Stage

In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.

A. Start

• Establish: Law firms & banks for startups  
1. Bank of America
2. Bank Leumi USA
3. Bend Law Group
4. Bottom Line Law Group
5. Chase Bank
6. Chris Barsness, Esq.
7. Comerica Bank
8. ComputerLaw Group LLP
9. Criterion Law
10. DLA Piper
11. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
12. Dorsey & Whitney LLP
13. Fenwick & West LLP
14. First Republic Bank
15. Goodwin Procter LLP
16. Grellas Shah LLP
17. Gunderson Dettmer
18. Hanson Bridgett
19. Innovation Capital Law Group
20. Kastner Kim LLP
21. Latham & Watkins LLP
22. Morrison & Foerster LLP
23. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
24. Perkins Coie
25. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
26. Royse Law Firm
27. Silicon Valley Bank
28. Springmeyer Law
29. Square 1 Bank
30. Structure Law Group LLP
31. US Bank
32. Walker Corporate Law
33. Wells Fargo Bank
34. White Summers Caffee & James
35. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
36. Yoichiro Taku

• Workspace: Co-working and flexible workspaces (note: “official” office space goes in 3.1.a. Infrastructure)
1. 20Mission
2. Anchor
3. BioCurious
4. BootUp World
5. Citizen Space
6. Co Spot
7. Connections SF
8. Design Spaces
9. Enerspace
10. Firehouse 8
11. First Floor Labs
12. Founders Den
13. GSV Labs
14. Geekdom SF
15. Hacker Dojo
16. Hatch Today
17. Hero City
18. Impact Hub San Francisco
19. Makeshift Society
20. Mission Social
21. NextSpace
22. Noisebridge
23. The Office of Silicon Valley
24. The Pad Silicon Valley
25. PariSOMA
26. Plug and Play Tech Center
27. Reactor SF
28. Runway Incubator
29. RocketSpace
30. RockIT CoLabs
31. Sandbox Suites
32. Scaale Bay Area
33. Shared
34. SpherePad
35. Startup BaseCamp
36. Startup Embassy
37. Startup HQ
38. Startup House
39. Taqueria Trabajo
40. TechSpace
41. Third Workplace
42. WeWork
43. Work Happy
44. Runway

B. Develop

• Formalize: Accounting, development and HR for early-stage startups.  
1. 55 Minutes
2. Andersen Tax
3. Appstem
4. ArcTouch
5. Arkenea
6. Blue Rocket
7. The Brenner Group
8. Dayspring Technologies
9. Early Growth Financial Services
10. EdgeWater Recruiting
11. Exygy
12. Futurist Labs
13. Grio
14. July Systems
15. Keating Consulting Group
16. Kranz & Associate
17. Main
18. Moss Adams LLP
19. OUM & Co. LLP
20. Prolific Interactive
21. Quick Left
22. Riviera Partners
23. SVT Group
24. Silicon Valley Accounting Solutions
25. Silicon Valley Finance Group
26. Silicon Valley Tax and Accounting Services
27. The Spider
28. SpiralScout
29. Tano Digital
30. ThinkApps
31. UpTrending
32. VonChurch
33. WeMo Technologies
34. WorldZOO
35. Y Media Labs

• Prepare for Seed: Incubators and advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources for startup TEAMS)
1. Archimedes Labs
2. Digital Garage
3. e-Man
4. Founders Space
5. Greenstart
6. InnoSpring
7. Lemnos Labs
8. Runway Incubator
9. Startup Next Bay Area
10. Startup Next San Jose
11. Teens in Tech Incubator
12. Y Combinator
13. YouWeb Incubator

C. Launch

• Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)
1. 500 Startups
2. Alchemist Accelerator
3. AngelPad
4. BlackBox Accelerate
5. Boost
6. Citrix Startup Accelerator
7. Dogpatch Labs
8. Gateway Incubator
9. German Accelerator
10. i/o Ventures
11. Imagine K12
12. Manos Accelerator
13. Matter
14. Momentum
15. One Traction Accelerator
16. Orange Fab
17. PITME Labs
18. Plug and Play Tech Center
19. Rock Health
20. SVB Accelerator
21. Semantic Seed
22. StartX
23. Tandem
24. TiE Launchpad
25. UpWest Labs
26. Women's Startup Lab

• Pitch & Demo: Show local startups for investment (i.e. demo days for companies seeking seed investment)
1. Creative Convergence Silicon Valley
2. DEMO Traction
3. Disrupt SF 
4. Finovate  
5. Founder Showcase
6. Incubate  
7. Launch Festival
8. OneTraction Startups Demo Day Pitch
9. PitchForce
10. Silicon Valley Elevator Pitch
11. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs San Francisco Pitch Fest
12. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs South Bay Pitch and Demo Fest
13. Startup Basecamp International Pitch Night
14. Startup Pitch Night SF
15. Startup Pitch Night Silicon Valley
16. Startups Showcase Pitch & DEMO Expo and Business Mixer

3. Growth Stage

Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.

A. Recognition

• Investor Networking:  Connect professional investors with founders. (i.e. events or groups that facilitate connections with professional investors)
1. Angel's Forum
2. Astia Angels
3. Band of Angels
4. F50
5. Golden Seeds Angel Investor Network
6. Joint Venture Silicon Valley
7. Keiretsu Forum
8. Life Science Angels
9. Open Silicon Valley Forum
10. SF Angels Group
11. Sand Hill Angels
12. Seed Forum
13. Silicon Valley Forum
14. Silicon Valley Investment Forum
15. Silicon Valley Open Doors
16. Silicon Valley Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum
17. Startup Teahouse Investor Forum
18. TiE Angels Silicon Valley
19. US Angel Investors

• Major Media: Mainstream local business press. (i.e. major local or regional publications that frequently champion local businessesn)
1. ABC
2. CBS SF Bay Area
3. FOX
4. KLIV Silicon Valley News
5. NBC Bay Area
6. SF Gate
7. San Francisco Business Times
8. San Francisco Chronicle
9. San Francisco Examiner
10. San Jose Mercury News
11. Silicon Valley Business Journal
12. Venture Beat

B. Funding

• Angels / Micro-VCs: Seed-stage investors 
1. Adeo Ressi
2. Alexis Ohanian
3. Andrea Zurek
4. Aydin Senkut
5. Benjamin Ling
6. Biz Stone
7. Bobby Yazdani
8. Chris Sacca
9. Christine Tsai
10. Cyan Banister
11. Dave McClure
12. Dave Morin
13. David Cohen
14. Eric Reis
15. Evan Williams
16. Felix Shpilman
17. Garry Tan
18. Gil Penchina
19. Jason Calacanis
20. Jeff Clavier
21. Joel Yarmon
22. Josh Kopelman
23. Joshua Schachter
24. Keith Rabois
25. Kevin Colleran
26. Kevin Rose
27. Marc Andreessen
28. Marissa Mayer
29. Matt Ocko
30. Max Levchin
31. Mitch Kapor
32. Morris Wheeler
33. Naval Ravikant
34. Paige Craig
35. Parker Thompson
36. Paul Buchheit
37. Paul Singh
38. Pejman Nozad
39. Peter Kellner
40. Reid Hoffman
41. Scott Banister
42. Sean Percival
43. Shervin Pishevar
44. Thomas Korte
45. Tim Draper
46. Tim Ferriss
47. Tim O'Reilly
48. Tom Fallows
49. Ullas Naik
50. Zachary Aarons

• Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond
1. Accel Partners
2. Andreessen Horowitz
3. August Capital
4. Benchmark Capital
5. Bessemer Venture Partners
6. Canaan Partners
7. DFJ Venture
8. Emergence Capital
9. First Round Capital
10. Founders Fund
11. General Catalyst Partners
12. Google Ventures
13. Greylock Partners
14. Highland Capital Partners
15. Innovation Endeavors
16. Khosla Ventures
17. Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers
18. Lightspeed Venture Partners
19. Matrix Partners
20. Menlo Ventures
21. New Enterprise Associates
22. Norwest Venture Partners
23. RRE Ventures
24. Sequoia Capital
25. Spark Capital
26. Transmedia Capital
27. True Ventures
28. Venrock

C. Growth

• Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)
1. 42 Floors
2. Algentis
3. Avery Associates
4. Borelli Investment Company
5. Escalon Services
6. Heffernan Insurance Brokers
7. Insurance by Allied Brokers
8. Integra Insurance
9. LoopNet
10. MassMutual Silicon Valley
11. MelitaGroup
12. Pacific Workplaces
13. Regus
14. Rofo
15. Silicon Valley Office Space
16. Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers
17. Taylor Benefits Insurance Agency
18. Zenefits

• Expansion: Growth accelerators/consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)
1. Bain & Company
2. Cayenne Consulting
3. Dynamic Strategic Alignment
4. Invisor Consulting
5. KPMG
6. Keystone Business Group
7. Now CFO
8. PwC
9. Silicon Valley SCORE
10. Venture Archetypes

D. Success Stories

Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.

1. Too many to name... :)

Supporters

To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.

1. Evangelists

Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies.  

1. Adeo Ressi
2. Ahmad Sufian Bayram
3. André Eidskrem
4. Andrea Barrica
5. Andy Alterini
6. Angelika Blendstrup
7. Ankit Jain
8. Beth Kindig
9. Bipin Agravat
10. Christina Ellwood
11. Dario Mutabdzija
12. Elyse Phillips
13. Ezequiel Trivino
14. Guy Kawasaki
15. Jordan Koene
16. Kevin Morgan
17. Lina Constantinovici
18. Malcolm Ong
19. Mario Valle Reyes
20. Marwan Forzley
21. Matt Gardner
22. Mitchell Levy
23. Nima Adelkhani
24. Roy Sehgal
25. Russel Clímaco-Estardo
26. Saumitra Bhide
27. Shahid Khan
28. Sharon Goldstein
29. Shira Abel
30. Sven Deichfuss
31. Toby Morning
32. Vitaly Golomb
33. Yossi Ghinsberg

2. Government

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development 

1. California Israel Chamber of Commerce
2. Chamber of Commerce Mountain View
3. Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
4. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley
5. Innovation Hub
6. Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
7. Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
8. SRI International
9. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
10. San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber
11. Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce
12. Security Innovation Network
13. Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce
14. Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project
15. Silicon Valley Talent Partnership

3. Talent

Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent.

A. Local Universities (with prominent technical or business programs)

1. Academy of Art University
2. Art Institute of California San Francisco
3. Art Institute of California Silicon Valley
4. Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley Campus
5. City College San Francisco
6. De Anza College
7. Herguan University
8. Hult International Business School
9. International Technological University
10. Menlo College
11. Mission College
12. Palo Alto University
13. San Francisco State University
14. San Jose City College
15. San Jose State University
16. Santa Clara University
17. Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute
18. Silicon Valley University
19. Stanford University
20. University of California San Francisco
21. University of San Francisco

B. Local Employers

1. AMD
2. Adobe
3. Apple
4. Cisco
5. eBay
6. Ericsson
7. Facebook
8. Flickr
9. Fujitsu
10. Google
11. HP
12. IBM
13. Intel Corporation
14. LinkedIn
15. Microsoft
16. Motorola
17. Oracle
18. PayPal
19. Tesla Motors
20. Texas Instruments
21. Twitter
22. Yahoo!

Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Silicon Valley Canvas on Twitter using the hashtag #ecosystemcanvas, or on the open Google doc at http://bit.ly/silicon_valley_canvas. 

If you are looking to launch a startup in Silicon Valley and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Silicon Valley Founder Institute today, or join a free event.