Over the past one and a half decades, Silicon Valley Bank has personified its own successful high-tech clientele - drive, growth and an entrepreneurial attitude. siliconindia interviewed John C. Dean, Chairman, President and CEO and Harry W. Kellogg, Jr., Vice Chairman and Head of Strategic Initiatives at Silicon Valley Bank, to explore how their firm has been intimately associated with some of the high-tech success stories in the recent past.


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siliconindia: What is Silicon Valley Bank’s business model?


John Dean: Our business model is very focused: lending and providing other financial services to emerging growth technology and life science companies that are often — but not always — venture capital backed. We go with the company typically from idea to the concept to the IPO. That’s the business we’ve been in since we started 16 to 17 years ago and one that we dominate today. We have built this business through relationships throughout the US, and have a very strong interest through alliances to build the business throughout the world.

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