Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

There were two main reasons that I could distill from their kind words of solace: 1) the existing NorCal investor didn’t know me well enough & 2) the new NorCal investor had a good knowledge of and presence in China, which they believed would be critical. I also spent two weeks in China and vowed to make it back frequently.

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China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

There were two main reasons that I could distill from their kind words of solace: 1) the existing NorCal investor didn’t know me well enough & 2) the new NorCal investor had a good knowledge of and presence in China, which they believed would be critical. I also spent two weeks in China and vowed to make it back frequently.

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China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 180

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

What we’ve experienced while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has me thinking about the worldwide supply chain network and our absolute ignorance in not addressing the detrimental, looming effects of global climate change. states that the spread of the virus globally affected both the markets and vessel operations significantly.

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Global Greece China Distribution 158

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Sleeping Dragon Awakes in China. Global companies like IBM, NEC, Cisco and Oracle were out in full force to share about Cloud Computing, providing a nod to the rapid growth in Cloud services in Asia. For this article, let’s take a look at the challenges facing Cloud adoption that were highlighted during the Forum.

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Asia Cloud Software Review China 222

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Alibaba and DHgate are both based and focused on mainland China. Interestingly, Global Sources has also maintained its legacy business and, except for now, still organizes physical trade fairs, always in Hong Kong.

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B2B Saudi Arabia Global United Kingdom 164

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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Silicon Valley Government Germany Japan 247

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.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia China 171

The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

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. The biggest mistake most US entrepreneurs make right off the bat is in thinking of China as one market.

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China Marketing Asia Mobile 128

VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

2021 Tech Trends: Israel is winning the global race for tech funding. Part of a global trend. Records were broken globally as well, both in terms of funding and number of unicorns. To put things in context: startup fundraising 2021 Global: $643 billion ??US: China: $104.4 Global tech correction. Israel: $25.4

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Israel Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. China has simply become the factory. Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity are encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. or Euro-centric phenomenon.

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Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 249

David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

His work at Deloitte has taken him around the world, advising clients from Brazil to China, and given him a global perspective on how integrated global business has become. David just completed his first year at Columbia Business School.

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Software Review Venture Capital New Jersey Silicon Valley 133

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Frankly, the scale of it has snuck up on the U.S.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As we enter 2025, leading investors and accelerators are recalibrating their focus areas to reflect both technological capabilities and urgent global challenges. Enterprise Process Automation Regulated industries like banking, insurance, and government still rely heavily on manual processes.

Software Review 78

Software Review Technical Review Startup Software Engineering 78

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Come 2050, another 25 countries will have ageing populations, the largest of which is China. Towards the end of the book, the authors urge employers and governments alike to make their workplaces and cities more age-friendly to cater to ageing workers and citizens.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Marketing Japan 157

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2020

while Europe, China, and Japan take 7%, 4%, and 2%, respectively. Canada also boasts of strong industries that are globally recognized for their advanced knowledge and applications of modern technology. Interestingly, significant parts of Canadian investments are located close to the U.S. Canada’s Industry Strengths.

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Canada North America Intellectual Property Asia 264

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

While the country itself is small compared to other Western European big leagues, Tallinn has a HeatMap Trust Score of 93%, and in recent years government intervention and financial support have made it one of the most prominent places in the Baltic region for startups and startup accelerator programs.

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South Africa New York City San Francisco Silicon Valley 136

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. The first place is taken by medical and pharmaceutical products , which are ongoingly researched and developed with the ultimate aim to improve the global population’s health and find the cure to incurable diseases to date. R&D statistics. Benefits of R&D.

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Offshore Demand Germany Global 140

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It is a centralised place where companies and governments come along to participate in trade activities. It is first on the global list of the largest stock exchanges for a reason. It has become one of the top three stock markets in the People’s Republic of China that play fully autonomous. Its total valuation is 4.9

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Stock Initial Public Offering New York China 114

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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China Entrepreneur Technical Review Framework 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. China has made the leap to a “whole of nation” approach. Worse, China will learn from and apply the lessons from Russia’s failures in the Ukraine at an ever increasing pace. Today, the U.S. For the U.S.

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Ukraine China Taiwan Russia 317

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway?

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Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Ironically, today, while Modi, leader of the world’s largest and most complex democracy, gave this speech, China violently cracked down on pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. For years, China has been the darling of the international investment community. In 2030, India is expected to surpass China in population.

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India China Technical Review Africa 85

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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Israel Peru Technical Review North America 96

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor the Dutch outperform the EU big five in terms of early stage entrepreneurial activity.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China. Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. Google Adwords advertising. That sounds great.

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Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Theory Ventures 2024 predictions Israel remains one of the major AI hubs globally In terms of funding, it’s safe to say that Israeli generative AI startups have yet to live to their full potential. Overall, Israeli startups raised $7.3 billion in 2023, the lowest amount since 2018 and a 60% decrease from 2022.

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Generative AI Israel Artificial Inteligence Open Source 109

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Three trends which started in 2010 should continue into 2011 and should accelerate as the year goes on: VC funding will continue to accelerate fueled by the global growth in entrepreneurship; job creation will see gains, fueled by startups and small business; initial public offerings will see a comeback. Investors will be bullish on startups.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup India 93

Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

Blinken : We found that defectors getting out of North Korea have much greater access than we thought to technology, much of it coming in from China. Then the question is, will their governments allow them to use it and if not, are there workarounds? We tell other governments, “Look.

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North Korea SEC Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 135

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. in all parts of the government — State, climate change, Department of Defense, economic policy, et al. However, one team took their project, got out of the building, and interviewed and presented a radically new operational concept for the South China Sea.

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Technology Russia China Intellectual Property 419

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In 20 years we will look back at the first few elections of the global Internet age the way we remember the smoky backrooms of elections past. And the rising powers of our age, the Brazils, the Indias, the Chinas, fight not with tanks and guns but with bits and bytes and rent-a-coder and hard work and hustle. Idealistic, you say?

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Coder Brazil IPO Government 69

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led This is problematic as China claims Taiwan is a province of China.

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Artificial Inteligence Russia Technology China 398

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

He has a vision and the experience to create a non-partisan organization to engage and educate people, especially policymakers in government, regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, and job creation. It’s a great book that every policy maker in government at any level should read.

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SBA Government Green Small Business Administration 102

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. How is our global banking world affected by large pockets of our population that are unbanked? There’s no doubt that mobile money presents an exciting symbiotic platform for the global banking community. report concludes.”

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India Mobile SMS Tanzania 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

When globalization or technology shrinks distances (Internet), painful missing needs become evident, and opportunities abound. The impact of global instability. Unpredictable forces, such as unrest in the Middle East and China, can quickly change energy cost equations, or availability of critical products.

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Customer Startup China California 417

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

To know that while acquiring a business in China will help you globalize faster it most certainly will take you off of your most immediate problems at home and that dominating your national opportunity first is far better than being spread thinly across two complex opportunities. It’s my job to help you find your True North.

China 150

China Venture Capital Framework Partner 150

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led This is problematic as China claims Taiwan is a province of China.

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Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 350