YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2013

They are flexible due to their small size and unrestricted as to where they may operate. The saying “location, location, location” may not be as important these days due to the ability to operate through the web, but underlying benefits such as access to talent pools, investors, and social opportunities are still very important.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The company had less than $5 million in revenue yet we had a multi-tab spreadsheet doing activity-based costing on our customer service staff, operations and technology. I was a bull in a china shop. The CEO had 60-page Powerpoint presentations analyzing every micro detail of the business.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

For the last 75 years computers (we’ll call these classic computers) have both shrunk to pocket size (iPhones) and grown to the size of warehouses (cloud data centers), yet they all continued to operate essentially the same way. Classic Computers – Programming. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features. Example here.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Despite this, IT giants like Google and Samsung have slowly started outsourcing more and more of their operations. While a good portion of this is due to the low labor costs in countries such as India or China, there are benefits to outsourcing that go beyond time and price. Finding A Reliable Company.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A few months after the world discovered the first Coronavirus case in China, a general lockdown has completely changed the lives of billions of people. The two largest markets are the United States and China. The global lockdown, due to the pandemic, has forced companies to digitize their operations. Environmental concerns.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. John Raymond , Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force. China’s Anti-Satellite Demonstration.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

compete more effectively through new operational concepts, organizations, and/or strategies. employ its cyber capabilities to provide the populace of China with unrestricted Internet access to bolster civil society against CCP crackdowns, in order to pressure the PRC, spread American liberal values, and uphold U.S. Team Aurora.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. They need a combination of capital and experience to separate from the rest of the pack – the low cost of starting a business means it is even more vital to become the market leader more quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. For example, 90% of the software used in China and Vietnam today is pirated. Cost factors.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

To continually innovate, companies need to operate at startup speed and cycle time much longer their 20 th century counterparts did. Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) The founders.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Robotics & Autonomous Systems Robotaxi Fleet Management: Develop a platform for managing and optimising robotaxi fleets, focusing on safety and efficiency, with a focus on the US and China markets. A Secure AI App Store : YC is looking for a new kind of AI app store and operating system (OS) layer that prioritises user data protection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. This alternative has been around for several decades, with the generally accepted advantage of reducing costs. Factor in all the cost elements.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2020

With projections of steady growth in Canada by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), proactive business managers, executives, and entrepreneurs are moving fast to secure their spot in Canada’s expanding economy. while Europe, China, and Japan take 7%, 4%, and 2%, respectively.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2020

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. Even with today’s advanced remote technology, some communication just can’t be provided via video link.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world? China alone has 143 cities which meet this size. A “China + 1″ Strategy. The old paradigm of manufacturing in China and selling in Europe and US is no longer entirely true.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2020

If you usually do shipping and fulfillment operations all by yourself, consider enlisting a friend or an employee to help with the busy season. If you have a brick-and-mortar location or a lot of local customers, offer in-person pickup to allow customers to save on shipping costs – and to allow you to package and mail fewer orders!

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

Just out of college, I moved to China to seek my fortune as an entrepreneur, starting a consulting business where we helped large retailers and fashion brands manage their manufacturing infrastructure in China. Joseph Heller is the CEO & Founder of The/Studio Technologies , which operates TheStudio.com and SuppliedShop.com.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

In this article, we will talk about the trends and the cost of mobile app development with a forecast for 2021. We will see an increase in cloud platforms and a reduction in the cost of sensors. The mobile-savvy nations are China, Norway, United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. One last thing to consider is the operating system.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

OpenAI launched a new model, o3 mini , pushing the frontier of cost-effective reasoning. Links to China didn’t slow down the spread of DeepSeek AI who’s open source R1 reasoning model is now available on Azure, GitHub, NVIDIA NIM & Windsurf. .

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Yes, I studied Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage in college that says that lower-skilled jobs should move to countries with lower labor costs, but Andy Grove’s point about loss of skills in manufacturing leading to a decline in innovation in the next technology wave is both real and troubling.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Ukraine’s military is not burdened with the DoD’s 65-year-old acquisition process and 20th-century operational concepts. China has made the leap to a “whole of nation” approach. Today, the U.S. For the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? and are guiding LA 2.0. But Is This Really That Surprising?

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

The Ukraine conflict is demonstrating the changing character of war such that low-cost emerging commercial technology is extremely effective when deployed against a larger 20th-century industrialized force that Russia is fielding. China – Civil/Military Fusion. And we’re not. ” Acquire at Speed.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2016

Today, China is without a doubt one of the most exciting places in the world to do business. Despite the recent economic downturn, the market potential is enormous, the entrepreneurial spirit in China is high, and the country is inevitably going to increase its global influence thanks to its economic vitality. and the E.U.—and

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g. China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 17, 2010

Last week I wrote a post that covered many of the observation I made on my recent trip to mainland China. Given my background in IT, a natural area of interest for me was the build out of IT in China businesses that are not directly aligned with U.S. based secondary markets rather than purchased new in China.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. There has been a tremendous revolution in software in the last 5+ years that has brought down the cost of setting up a full service, secure e-commerce store to roughly the cost of an bottle of wine (per month).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Cutting costs , revisiting forecasts , and stabilizing your business. Not only because of its capability to accelerate and automate rule-based processes but also because it helps achieve better operational efficiency and reduces human error. The first stage in this crisis was survival.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Times China bureau chief Julie Makinen , who is on a JSK journalism fellowship at Stanford , joined in at the last minute and is helping students with customer discovery techniques, particularly how to find and interview people. Or is it satellite operators, or satellite insurers?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 20, 2020

I’ve been flipping homes in Louisville for the past four years now and nothing has made me really inspired by the thought of scaling my operations. The increase of elderly people in China will certainly offer a superb opportunity for developing an elderly care business. People want more life per square foot not cost.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

According to a variety of studies, the cost of firing senior- or middle-management personnel can be as high as 300 percent of that person’s annual salary, and in some cases even higher. This includes the cost of finding a replacement, training, and the ancillary emotional and unsettling peripheral and disruptive effects.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2011

Another great invention is the use of small-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for advanced urban operations. This technology will be a noteworthy advancement in urban operations such as traffic reporting or area monitoring. Airlens Systems came up with a UAV model that is smaller and safer to fly as compared to existing UAVs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. After Meebo launched, his friends helped him get the word out and soon they were getting coverage as far a China and India. Tell us about the Meebo launch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

But that’s not to say that every established company developing personal grooming products is operating risk-free. Not to mention $200,000 in staff time and hard costs. Generously, it might cost you $20,000. In other words, you could test ten book ideas for the cost of publishing one. in ten years?

Lean 165

Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

It may be the hedge we need to deter China in the South China Sea. was fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS, China built new weapons and developed new operational concepts to negate U.S. The sum of these Chinese offset strategies means that in the South China Sea the U.S. While You Were Out. military strengths.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As a true pioneer of the circular economy movement, Claudia is Technical Panel Member for UL STP3600 Standards, the standards for the Circular Economy and the metrics, processes, and procedures for the circularity of materials and operations. This action can create inefficiencies and add cost.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Few, if any, successful businesspeople operate in their nation. Tax benefits There may be considerable tax costs for both entrepreneurs and their firms as they look to grow their businesses. This is why dual citizenship is the easiest way out. Obtaining second citizenship provides chances to lower tax obligations.

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