Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. – The Torch Program. Innovation Clusters. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 179

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

You’ll notice underlying the top 10 is what I regard to be the biggest shift in tech at the moment is the realisation that we have a technology wildfire raging. Another reminder that these are not technology companies but media organisations that are long overdue some serious regulation. Yes, it will come back even stronger.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology.

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Leadership Technical Review Cloud Global 113

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

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Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

First they pivoted from video rentals by mail to smart suggestions by algorithm then they followed by leading the streaming revolution to now global domination. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. Thanks to CJ Xia, Boster Biological Technology ! #6-

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 22, 2017

The continual innovation of technology and product can provide infinite scalability for an Online Retailer. Phil Leahy, CEO Retail Global is passionate about making connections and has founded 2 major annual conferences for digital retailers. Phil Leahy – CEO Retail Global AU and Retail Global US.

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Global Sales Channel Software Review 87

The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Technology collaborations along the lines of the Qualcomm-Tudou partnership are another example of creative US-China partnerships. Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital. The short answer is simple: Partnership.

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China Marketing Asia Mobile 128

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Acelerar Technologies Daniel expects SharePoint's cloud based solution provider eco-system to develop over the next few years. Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. He currently has a 1999 strategy. Discuss.

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Spain Entrepreneur India San Francisco 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Unfortunately, too many of the technical entrepreneurs I mentor and advise are focused on their technology, and assume that the value will be self-evident to customers. Voice recognition and artificial intelligence are great technologies, but very few customers today can tell you how these make their life more enjoyable.

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Artificial Inteligence Reputation Viral America 205

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

How does a globally-influential trade organization that counts 400 companies in its roster and is charged with driving the evolution of an entire industry get its start? Sometimes with the help of start-up incubators, like the University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator (ATI). device compatibility was established.

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Incubator Technical Review Austin Texas 54

Agile VC

JUNE 30, 2016

In more recent decades, additional technology has come to market to assist drivers. Adaptive cruise control –> Mitsubishi & Toyota developed LIDAR systems in early ’90s, Mercedes first launched radar systems in 1999). Anti-lock brakes –> again debuting on Chrysler Imperials in 1971.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As we moved from the industrial age to technology, the thing that got left behind was the human element. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. As a result they work better together. People are starving for the human touch.

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Leadership Retention Employee Global 167

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. To the first question, I would point to three main factors –payback for the 80’s and 90’s, globalization, and governmental intervention. For the U.S.

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Brazil Government Angel Investor India 69

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Pursue Global Markets 2. Pursue Global Markets. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. In the U.S.

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Africa Brazil China India 104

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

If investors observing this extraordinary phenomenon in 1996 were to have concluded that the technology market was in the midst of an unsustainable bubble, they would not have been wrong. Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble , there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999. We had recorded $1.8

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. To the first question, I would point to three main factors –payback for the 80’s and 90’s, globalization, and governmental intervention. For the U.S.

Brazil 54

Brazil Angel Investor India China 54

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Globalization has increased the level of competition and introduced more turmoil to the business environment. If you want to take your business to the next level, you’ll need to be open to the current realities of the new global economy, and get more creative. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion.

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Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 4, 2013

Can any other organization offer a kinesthetic and whole-brained process for turning global trends into new strategies and breakthrough ideas for your organization? ” For USA purchasers, IdeaKeg Single is priced at US $1999 including shipping. Still, show me another innovation consulting company that is offering what KILN offers.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. . I have the purchase history to prove it. Both products were innovative leaders.

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Startup Forecast Angel Investor Software 180

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of Expect Leadership, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineeering, and in Technology.

Leadership 113

Leadership Engineer Global Sales 113

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2014 | Forbes - crowdspring.co/H47XhY. Fewer US startups now than in 1999. Global study: World not ready for aging population – Yahoo News - crowdspring.co/19LsRt2. ” - crowdspring.co/16aZ5Ts. Square Cash looks impressively simple - crowdspring.co/19NZdrc.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2018

In the mid 1990s I knew that the internet was a game-changing technology. In 1997 I founded an internet company named Perficient, and it went public in 1999. Today the company still uses the logo that my college roommate created, employs thousands of people globally, and has a market cap well over half a billion dollars.

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RSS Government Internet Technology 63

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

market indices (Dow, S and P, NASDAQ) are trading lower today than they were in September 1999. Global stock market performance has significantly out-paced the U.S. And even better, the same technological trends that have made public market investing so difficult in the last 10 years have made startup (i.e.

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Stock Vesting Japan Algorithm 48

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

Last year, the VC industry partied like its 1999. While there were IPOs (notably Wix in November), most of the acquisitions were made by global technology companies with R&D Centers (and their corporate M&A teams) in Israel, including Apple, Google, EMC, AOL, Cisco, IBM and now Facebook.

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Venture Capital Israel Pre-Money Valuation IPO 155

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. That crisis saw a global spending decrease of 9%, with U.S.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology. Don’t let him shake your confidence in you!

Leadership 113

Leadership New York China Global 113

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2018

Her vision for how cloud based technology could enhance our communication efforts produced a high-quality tool that I never would have envisioned. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Don’t settle for an illusion!

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Leadership Database Audio Distribution 100

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Just like revenues are the right metric for businesses that aim to sell products directly, one can probably deduce a global metric for other types of businesses.

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 228

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

If you take a snapshot during an extraordinary surge in valuations, M&A activity, IPOs and thus wealth creation you’d echo John Doerr’s famous quote from 1999 that, “The Internet is the greatest legal creation of wealth in history.&# That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011.

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IPO Finance Valuation Naming 391

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Andy is a global thought leader in remote work, telecommuting, and distributed workforces having served as CEO of Crossover and Sococo and on the board of Texas Central, our new bullet train. He launched his first startup to bring the first cell phone technology onto the battlefield in Afghanistan.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology. Leverage diversity to create unity!

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Leadership Texas Framework Employee 100

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team. These presentations resulted in more than 3,000 introductions between portfolio companies and prospective Fortune 500/Global 2000 senior executives. And that’s both how and why we raised $2.7

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Venture Capital Portfolio Cofounder Networking 78

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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