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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. The biggest mistake for most of these startups was not understanding that optimizing their business model for the 24 million people in the Australian market would not prepare them for the size and scale they needed to get to big. Outside the U.S. Trip 2 to the U.S.

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales. Or blame my MarCom department who approved it. Worry about the sales results. What did we learn?

Sales 120
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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We started CoverWallet, and have since built an innovative product which can save millions of businesses time and money. I grew up in Minas Gerais, Brazil and my mother was a cleaner in my home town. Now, we can share our proven business model with people everywhere. I became a business owner because I could.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The business model for automating hospitals was perfect on paper, but we missed very tiny little details, like hospitals don’t have computers for example! This is back in 2000 and most hospitals in Brazil didn’t have computers. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The business model for automating hospitals was perfect on paper, but we missed very tiny little details, like hospitals don’t have computers for example! This is back in 2000 and most hospitals in Brazil didn’t have computers. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Do Your Homework First

ReadWriteStart

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. Nir is contemplating various different business models and channel options, all the way from Freemium B-to-C to white labeling the solution for universities and colleges. Overall, I saw several promising businesses. Estate Lister.

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How to Build a Boss Brand [Part I]

Up and Running

In 2014, I guided my own team to grow my own business, FIT Life Creation , 25x in year one. We took an integrated approach, combining storytelling, video, and social media across multiple channels. We also do this type of work in our retreats—we had two recent retreats to Cuba and Costa Rica, and one upcoming to Brazil!