YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Sleeping Dragon Awakes in China. During the opening address, it was noted that China and the rest of Asia was poised to leapfrog their Western counterparts’ several generations of IT hardware and software, and moving more directly to mobile and service-based models.

Asia 222

Asia Cloud Software Review China 222

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

Innovation is Becoming More Broadly Distributed. The biggest rise, unsurprisingly, was China, which enjoyed a huge surge in venture capital dollars over the past decade and enjoyed its fair share of blockbuster exits. Not surprisingly, we’ve seen a broader set of geographies represented by the Midas list over the last 10 years.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The moderator asked each of us panelists the asinine question, “tell us what you’re doing about WAP!&# (you know, as in “tell us what you’re doing about China?&# But you need to think in terms of broader distribution. or “tell us what you’re doing about location-based services?&# ).

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Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Europe and China, it wasn’t quite so in Singapore. Lee says that Household.sg ‘s is predicated on building a central distribution center that services end customers all over the country, as opposed to the traditional replication of stores in different geographic areas. Singapore – A Small (Super)Market. .

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Singapore Distribution China Bootstrapping 230

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. For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Technical Review 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The difference between “remote” and “distributed” is that in a remote team, there is a company office(s) where some team members are based full-time. A distributed team has no location base – everyone is in a different place. But distributiveness solves a lot of problems, including that of being remote. My kind of office view….

Management 152

Management SCRUM CTO Hire Distribution 152

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. Alibaba and DHgate are both based and focused on mainland China. B2B Marketplaces in Asia.

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B2B Saudi Arabia Global United Kingdom 159

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? Should there be a notion of “founder equity” for those individuals who put in the hard work to start a firm and build the brand?

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

As the cloud becomes increasingly common and the data deluge shows no signs of slowing down, the good old firewall is simply no longer sufficient for protecting the highly distributed assets of the enterprise.

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Security Software Review Technical Review API 140

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

After Meebo launched, his friends helped him get the word out and soon they were getting coverage as far a China and India. Mobile is another very important distribution place for the internet and Meebo is on the iPhone, Android, and BB. Tell us about the Meebo launch. After a month of launch Meebo was getting 50k logins a day.

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

The threat of anonymous transactions is especially galling to dictatorial regimes in nations like the People’s Republic of China, who aim to control every aspect of citizens’ lives. Securities. Clearance Systems. That’s good news for the institutions, like major banks, and their customers.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review China Stock Government 110

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Arab countries, stretching from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, have a combined population of about 350 million, with combined GDP equal to nearly 40% of China’s.). Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Interesting to watch Google’s approach to its digital distribution model – compared to Apple’s – [link]. Why China should fear the Egyptian revolution – [link]. – [link]. Apple’s 30% subscription policy looks rough for publishers. Is Apple a bit too greedy? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

She’ll have to quit her well-paid job at a respectable company and tell her parents that although she studied hard throughout school and got into a great college and graduated in 3 years that she is now leaving it to change the way that manufacturers sell products electronically through their distribution systems.

China 150

China Venture Capital Framework Partner 150

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They use different technologies of course, and different distribution mechanisms. According to Pew, while cell phones are nearly ubiquitous around the world (95% China, 91% Chile, 82% Kenya), penetration of smartphones are still getting there (37% China, 39% Chile, 19% Kenya). You have to solve for all of them.

Analytics 143

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 143

VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

of imports and $900 million of exports) a paltry fraction of Israel’s $45 billion bi-lateral trade with the United States or $15 billion with China. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, keen to reassert Japan as a leading global player, and fearful of an ascendant China, is encouraging stronger ties with Israel. Billion ($1.6

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Japan Israel IP China 60

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2013

According to data in the latest State of the Internet Report provided by Akamai Technologies , 56% of all malignant traffic observed by its customers – such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – originate from the Asia Pacific/Oceania region, with China contributing a full 41%.

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Sri Lanka China South Korea Indonesia 150

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Despite the momentum with India, Israel-China (including Hong Kong) trade is on-track to hit $10 billion this year, representing 13% of total Israeli exports (Bank of Israel). Youthful Demographic : India’s high birth rate, in contrast to China’s one child policy, means a young demographic.

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India Indonesia Israel China 74

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. while building their products in China. Trip 1 to China to understand manufacturing landscape, potential partners and rough cost of goods. to understand distribution channel landscape, potential partners and rough cost of customer acquisition.

Global 335

Global Australia Silicon Valley China 335

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2022

A quantum network’s value comes from its ability to distribute entanglement. This market includes secure quantum key distribution, clock synchronization, random number generation and networking of quantum military sensors, computers, and other systems. Quantum Cryptography/Quantum Key Distribution. Quantum communications ?

Technology 436

Technology Algorithm Stealth Distribution 436

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

The distribution techniques are completely new. More surprisingly, neither Apple nor Google offer the equivalent of SEM slots alongside their app store taxonomy ( although this appears quite common in China ). The stakes are quite high, and it may even be too late. This is not to say we will not see new entrants – witness Snapchat.

Mobile 96

Mobile SEM SEO Technical Review 96

Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the government space, Russian interference with elections, and China building island bases in the South China Sea as well as repurposing ICBMs as conventional weapons to attack aircraft carriers, are examples of radical disruption using existing technologies deployed in extremely short periods of time.

China 304

China Government Russia Acquisition 304

VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

The US and China are in the lead, but Israel has certainly earned itself a place as one of the leading centers of excellence in the global AI ecosystem with companies like AI21 Labs, which is developing a large language model Jurassic, which can be considered as an alternative to GPT.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Israel 78

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Times China bureau chief Julie Makinen , who is on a JSK journalism fellowship at Stanford , and is part of our mentorship team, has been taking notes on Weeks 7 and 8. The teaching team delivers comments, pulling no punches. It’s tough. She shares her observations below.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Times China bureau chief Julie Makinen , who is on a JSK journalism fellowship at Stanford , and is part of our mentorship team, has been taking notes on Weeks 7 and 8. The teaching team delivers comments, pulling no punches. It’s tough. She shares her observations below.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet. Less is more.

Startup 361

Startup Social Media India Acquisition 361

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

As most western countries remain mired in financial difficulties and, therefore, less attractive for businesses, China is emerging as the new go-to jurisdiction for success. Its fast-expanding middle class, solid economic expansion, and series of government reforms have made the China market a high-potential jurisdiction for success.

China 102

China Government Distribution Operations 102

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In the past year, we learned that Bitcoin probably has a large enough worldwide distribution that it’s hard to stop. But you only have to talk to people from high inflation countries like Argentina or Venezuela to understand the appeal of a globally-accessible and permissionless digital currency.

Venezuela 68

Venezuela Argentina China Technical Review 68

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

One thing worth considering is that your gross margins will tell you whether certain distribution channels are viable?—?for If you’re manufacturing in China, have you considered alternatives and trade-offs? Is China still the cheapest option when you add a 25% tariff? These add up very quickly. Will you ship internationally?

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world. Often, creating work from home jobs and remote jobs is mistaken with outsourcing.

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Hiring Bulgaria Italy Spain 75

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

We may be waiting for 5G in the UK, but China has been studying G6 since 2018 and started properly testing it with the support of its big national telecommunications companies in 2020, according to editors at inc.com. Thanks to Kevin Burke, Extension PR ! #7- 7- 6G will rule. Photo Credit: Anjelica Rivera. 12- Company culture a priority.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence 127

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

and concentrated on a single part of the supply chain – importing, distribution, wholesale, retail. Our hyperconnected world is amplifying the effects of these companies and enabling them to have global impact, as seen with companies from Israel, India, China, and Brazil. These specialist companies were still small local businesses.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I did what’s called a hybrid publisher where I actually owned all the creative and then the production parts or the backend and the distribution came from a publishing service that offers that. In China, they kept losing these employees and they couldn’t figure out why. Jay Acunzo: Yeah. Not a lot of people know this story.

China 77

China New York City New York Technical Review 77

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

That world is called China. Even in China. Lock users into proprietary rights management, distribution or consumption models? I don’t want a world in which some centralized figure decides that there are too many fart applications. And I believe that people over time and given a choice rally around openness. I choose open.

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Web HTML AJAX China 300

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. I reinforced this view by referring to a very interesting article I had read by Andy Grove (co-founder & former CEO of Intel) on car batteries, china manufacturing and the problem of US outsourcing.

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Bankruptcy Offshore Liquidation Preference Balance Sheet 403

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2021

One result of this experiment: the risk for the sons and daughters being sent into harm’s way is no longer evenly distributed across all segments of society. In 1973, near the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. ended compulsory military service and has since depended on an all-volunteer military.

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Afghanistan Silicon Valley Vietnam Government 379