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Think you’ve got a strategy to enter the Chinese market? Think twice

The Next Web

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Whenever I visit the US, one question mobile entrepreneurs always ask me is ‘How can my startup break into China?’. The biggest mistake most US entrepreneurs make right off the bat is in thinking of China as one market. Seeing double.

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Never Negotiate Piecemeal. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

When I started my first tech company in 1999 I had pretty good tech chops and had led teams but had very little exposure to many other things that matter in a startup including sales, marketing & business development. And no life is more of a constant negotiation than that of an entrepreneur. I talked too much.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software.

Startup 180
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Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

LinkedIn’s Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs (annotated by Reid Hoffman) – crowdspring.co/1gIv7bI. 11 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Be Able to Answer - crowdspring.co/19IMztu. Fewer US startups now than in 1999. Ultimate Guide to Google Penalty Removal | Moz - crowdspring.co/19gITgv.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. There aren’t enough entrepreneurs here that want to start a company worth a billion dollars.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. and Groupon Inc., —has naturally won support from entrepreneurs. At stake: Power itself. Enlarge Image Close.