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 updated Silicon Valley Startup Ecosystem Canvas, which is currently in v4 below! It was developed by Silicon Valley Founder Institute Directors, Ryan Micheletti, Mercedes Bankston, Scout Tweedie-Yates, Mike Suprovici, and Russell Brand.

We spent about 20 hours doing this research, but this is just a draft. More input is needed, so please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document and it will be considered for the next update.

Are you looking to build a startup in Silicon Valley? Then apply to the Silicon Valley Founder Institute today! 

The resources from the infographic have also been listed below, for reference. 

Startup Stages

There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

Idea Stage

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

• Inspire

• Startup Media: Centralized local information, listings, and news. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)
1. Chris Saad
2. LegalForce
3. Radivision
4. Silicon Beat
5. Silicon Tap
6. Silicon Valley
7. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups
8. Silicon Valley News
9. Silicon Valley Startups & Angel Funding
10. Silicon Valley Watcher
11. Simulation Series
12. Startup Digest Silicon Valley - SF Bay Area
13. Startup Lessons Learned
14. Steve Blank
15. Tech Central SF
16. Tech.Co SF
17. 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

• Educate

• Best Practices: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspire, like Startup Founder 101, etc).
1. Hello Alice
2. Lean Startup Circle Silicon Valley
3. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club
4. Silicon Valley Startup Idea to IPO
5. Startup Founder 101 Silicon Valley
6. Startup Grind Silicon Valley
7. Startup Leadership
8. Startup School
9. Startup Speakers Toastmasters
10. Step2Growth
11. TDWI Silicon Valley Chapter
12. Tech in Motion Silicon Valley
13. YouNoodle

• Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute)

1. 42 Coding Bootcamp
2. Anyone Can Learn to Code
3. App Academy
4. Apprentice.io
5. Big Nerd Ranch
6. Blackbox Connect
7. CodePath
8. Coder Camps
9. Codify Academy
10. Coding Dojo
11. Coding House
12. Data Science Dojo
13. Dev Bootcamp
14. Draper University of Heroes
15. Founder Institute
16. Galvanize
17. General Assembly
18. Go Live Labs
19. Hackbright Academy
20. Hackership
21. Hack Reactor
22. Insight
23. Invasive Code
24. Koru
25. Lean Startup Machine Silicon Valley
26. Learntech Labs
27. Local Food Lab
28. MakerSquare
29. Make School
30. Mobile Makers Academy
31. Praxis Data Science
32. Product School
33. SeedReady
34. Silicon Valley Innovation Center
35. Silicon Valley Innovation Institute
36. Silicon Valley Technology Venture Launch Program
37. Square Code Camp
38. Startup Pitch Bootcamp
39. Startup Saturdays
40. SV In.Fusion
41. Thinkful
42. Tradecraft
43. Trepcamp
44. Zipfian Academy

• 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. Instant Teams
8. McChrystal Group
9. New Co. Silicon Valley
10. SF New Tech
11. Silicon Valley Startup Founders
12. Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Network
13. 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. Integrate 2015 Hackathon
14. iOS Dev Camp 2015: Wearables, Security, CONNECTEDCAR and Civic Engagement
15. Lincoln Labs Reboot 2015 Hackathon
16. Microsoft Azure
17. Omdena
18. Outside Hacks
19. RandTech Hackathon
20. Silicon Valley Hackathons
21. Sunnyvale Hacker Home - Mobile App Hackathon
22. Women in STEM Hackathon Apps for Social Impact
23. WWCode Silicon Valley Hackathon
24. Yeti

Launch Stage

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

• 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. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
11. DLA Piper
12. Dorsey & Whitney LLP
13. Fenwick & West LLP
14. First Republic Bank
15. Goodwin Procter LLP
16. Grellas Shah LLP
17. Gunderson Dettmer
18. ImmiPartner
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. Start It Law
31. Stripe Atlas
32. Structure Law Group LLP
33. US Bank
34. Walker Corporate Law
35. Wells Fargo Bank
36. White Summers Caffee & James
37. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
38. 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. Galvanize
14. GSV Labs
15. Geekdom SF
16. Hacker Dojo
17. Hatch Today
18. Hero City
19. Impact Hub San Francisco
20. Invention Hub
21. Makeshift Society
22. Mission Social
23. NextSpace
24. Noisebridge 
25. PariSOMA
26. Plug and Play Tech Center
27. Reactor SF
28. RocketSpace
29. RockIT CoLabs
30. Runway Incubator
31. Sandbox Suites
32. Scaale Bay Area
33. Shared
34. SpherePad
35. Startup BaseCamp
36. Startup Embassy
37. Startup House
38. Startup HQ
39. Taqueria Trabajo
40. TechSpace
41. The Office of Silicon Valley
42. The Pad Silicon Valley
43. Third Workplace
44. WeWork
45. Work Happy
46. The Hivery

• 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. Dayspring Technologies
8. Doppler
9. Early Growth Financial Services
10. EdgeWater Recruiting
11. Execustaff HR
12. Exygy
13. Futurist Labs
14. Grio
15. July Systems
16. Keating Consulting Group
17. Kranz & Associate
18. Main
19. Moss Adams LLP
20. OUM & Co. LLP
21. Prolific Interactive
22. Quick Left
23. Riviera Partners
24. Rocket Pro Forma
25. SVT Group
26. Silicon Valley Accounting Solutions
27. Silicon Valley Finance Group
28. Silicon Valley Tax and Accounting Services
29. SpiralScout
30. Tano Digital
31. The Brenner Group
32. The Spider
33. ThinkApps
34. UpTrending
35. VonChurch
36. WeMo Technologies
37. WorldZOO
38. Y Media Labs
39. Zipper Studios

• 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. Founder Institute
5. Founders Space
6. Greenstart
7. InnoSpring
8. Lemnos Labs
9. Runway Incubator
10. Startup Next Bay Area
11. Startup Next San Jose
12. Teens in Tech Incubator
13. Y Combinator
14. YouWeb Incubator

• 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. TechStars
25. TiE Launchpad
26. UpWest Labs
27. 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 2015
7. Launch Festival
8. PitchForce
9. Silicon Valley Elevator Pitch
10. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs San Francisco Pitch Fest
11. Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs South Bay Pitch and Demo Fest
12. Startup Basecamp International Pitch Night
13. Startup Pitch Night SF
14. Startup Pitch Night Silicon Valley
15. Startups Showcase Pitch & DEMO Expo and Business Mixer

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.

• 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. Sand Hill Angels
11. Seed Forum
12. SF Angels Group
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 businesses)
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

• 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 and Cyan 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
51. Venture University

• 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. Learn Capital
19. Lightspeed Venture Partners
20. Matrix Partners
21. Menlo Ventures
22. Mighty Capital
23. New Enterprise Associates
24. Norwest Venture Partners
25. Owl Ventures
26. Reach Capital
27. Rosecliff Ventures
28. RRE Ventures
29. Sequoia Capital
30. Social Capital
31. Spark Capital
32. Transmedia Capital
33. True Ventures
34. Venrock

• 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. A23 Advisors
2. Bain & Company
3. Cayenne Consulting
4. CFO Hub
5. Dynamic Strategic Alignment
6. Invisor Consulting
7. KPMG
8. Keystone Business Group
9. Motava
10. Now CFO
11. PwC
12. Silicon Valley SCORE
13. Startup ISAO
14. Venture Archetypes
15. Worldwide Tech Services

4. 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. Jolanta Baran
16. Jordan Koene
17. Kevin Morgan
18. Lina Constantinovici
19. Malcolm Ong
20. Mario Valle Reyes
21. Mercedes Bankston
22. Marwan Forzley
23. Matt Gardner
24. Mike Suprovici
25. Mitchell Levy
26. Nima Adelkhani
27. Roy Sehgal
28. Russell Brand
29. Russel Clímaco-Estado
30. Ryan Micheletti
31. Saumitra Bhide
32. Scout Tweedie-Yates
33. Shahid Khan
34. Shaahin Cheyenne
35. Sharon Goldstein
36. Shira Abel
37. Sven Deichfuss
38. Toby Morning
39. Vitaly Golomb
40. Yossi Ghinsberg

2. Government

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development  

1. Bunker Labs
2. California Israel Chamber of Commerce
3. Chamber of Commerce Mountain View
4. Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
5. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley
6. Innovation Hub
7. International Space Station
8. NASA Ames
9. National Security Innovation Network
10. Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
11. Patriot Bootcamp
12. Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
13. SRI International
14. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
15. San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber
16. Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce
17. Security Innovation Network
18. SBIR Advisors
19. Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce
20. Silicon Valley Competitiveness and Innovation Project
21. Silicon Valley Talent Partnership
22. The Veterans Trust
23. VET-TECH
24. Vets in Tech
25. VHA
26. Women’s Veterans Alliance

3. Talent

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

• Local Universities (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. Harvard Business School
8. Herguan University
9. Hult International Business School
10. International Technological University
11. Menlo College
12. Mission College
13. Palo Alto University
14. San Francisco State University
15. San Jose City College
16. San Jose State University
17. Santa Clara University
18. Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute
19. Silicon Valley University
20. Stanford University
21. University of California San Francisco
22. University of San Francisco

• Local Employers (Major technical employers, like Microsoft or Google or large local companies, with large local offices) 

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. Square
20. Tesla Motors
21. Texas Instruments
22. Twitter
23. Yahoo!

Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Silicon Valley Canvas on this collaborative Google document (This is just a DRAFT, and more input is needed!)

Are you looking to build a startup in Silicon Valley? Then apply to the Silicon Valley Founder Institute today