The West was founded by whiny pioneers. Silicon Valley Bank is just the latest.

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Silicon Valley Bank mirrors the myth of the Old West: It started off as a bold pioneer, only to end up running back to the government for help.

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Silicon Valley Bank's collapse sent this tech founder into a 3-day panic, leading him to question: 'Am I good enough to do what I do?'

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Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.
The founder and CEO of Torre, an online recruiting startup, said SVB's collapse made him question himself.

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says SVB was not a bailout: 'The people who screwed up will bear the consequences'

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Bill Ackman says the US government's intervention in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank instills trust that authorities will be protecting depositors.

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Why Silicon Valley Bank failed

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Police officers outside SVB's headquarters in Santa Clara, California on Friday.

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Silicon Valley is on a knife-edge after the collapse of SVB

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Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today's Sunday edition. With the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, we're witnessing the biggest bank collapse since the 2008 financial crisis. We're diving into that and much more today.

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Some Silicon Valley Bank customers are selling their deposits at big discounts to raise cash quickly, reports say

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A worker (C) tells people that the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters is closed on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.

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The CDC’s response to COVID was a disaster. Can Silicon Valley get it right?

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The government's response to COVID generally sucked — and it convinced venture capitalists that pandemic response is ripe for disruption.

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Can Silicon Valley stop the next COVID?

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says feds 'screwed up' handling of Silicon Valley Bank collapse, warns they have '48 hours to fix a soon-to-be-irreversible mistake'

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Bill Ackman, who criticized the federal government's handling of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse this week.

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Mark Cuban called on the Federal Reserve to step in and buy Silicon Valley Bank's debt 'to end the run'

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Mark Cuban called for Fed action on SVB.

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'PayPal Mafia' member says Google and Meta intentionally overhired engineers to prevent them from working at other companies.

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Beware of Bevi machines, buds. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm an avid water drinker. But I don't like bubbly drinks (they hurt my mouth) or flavored water (just drink juice).

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