Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

So I asked our COO, Stuart Lander (a Brit) to set up operations for us. It seemed that back then the US government recognized the importance of attracting the best and brightest from around the world. He stated: “China is also courting trouble. We then moved our CFO, David Lapter, to the US. He was fortunate.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. And they figure out how they could digitally enable their business – supply chain, customer interactions, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders. To continually innovate, companies need to operate at startup speed and cycle time much longer their 20 th century counterparts did. China has simply become the factory. and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship. 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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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop. You’ll find out, for example, of how to tap on resources from local government.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

states that the spread of the virus globally affected both the markets and vessel operations significantly. First, our dependence on one single nation (China in this instance) for essential products must change. Broaden the Global Supply Chains.

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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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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

International Hub: The primary benefit of starting a Hong Kong business is that it is easier to enter mainland China. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been at the top of the list for more than 20 years because it ensures freedom of trade and monetary policy, while respecting the integrity and transparency of the government.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Team SeaWatch – Maritime Security in the South China Sea. In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with.

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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. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Come 2050, another 25 countries will have ageing populations, the largest of which is China. To implement an age-friendly strategy , the authors propose that this must be translated from strategic intent into operational actions. By 2020, over 40% of the adult population in “ultra-ageing” Japan will be 60 years or older.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

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. Influenced by the rapid growth of the bike-sharing craze in China, a savvy Uber employee spun out to create Bird. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. China – Civil/Military Fusion. Today, commercial companies have their own satellites providing unclassified imagery. And we’re not.

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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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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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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. the large government-linked corporations setting up their own venture arms (e.g.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. The niches these companies operate in are also directly connected to the R&D investment by industry: high tech, media, and telecom are the top-second industries investing most in research and development. Direct government funding and tax support for business R&D.

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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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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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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. This year we’ve expanded the scope of the class to look beyond just the effect of new technology on weapons and operational concepts. in all parts of the government — State, climate change, Department of Defense, economic policy, et al.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

It’s fair to say that all the current forms of virtual monetary value on the blockchain have forced national governments to go digital, even if those nations don’t use the chain itself. Perhaps the most powerful impact of the chain is in the area of anonymized blockchain technology transactions. Securities. Clearance Systems.

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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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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design 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. And that has happened to us.

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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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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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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

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Are you thinking about setting up a WFOE in China? Starting a business venture, especially in China, can be pretty tedious and confusing. Inaugurating A Business In China – A Step-By-Step Guide . Manufacturing WFOE (you’ll be allowed to manufacture your products in China). Well, that sounds like a great start!

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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. For example, when your company adds ano ther blade to its disposal razors , the product’s technical development, marketing and sales will follow relatively predictable paths. in ten years?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

It is being impacted by the growth in mobile network operators and mobile payment platforms, not classified as deposit-taking institutions, who are acting as banking agents. In Kenya and Tanzania, over 25 million people use the M-Pesa mobile payments platform, operated by Safaricom and Vodacom, with money sent via text message.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

Ten years ago, each would have required dedicated hardware and operational maintenance. Fiscal Policy vs. Monetary Policy – Fiscal Policy is manipulating the economy through government taxing and spending. people that is China. Monetary Policy is manipulating the economy by controlling interest rates and money supply.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 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. Hopefully the most successful of these initiatives will be broadly scaled across the department and federal government.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 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. The SCO imagines new, often unexpected and game-changing uses of existing government and commercial systems.).

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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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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s one of the quickest ways to describe and prioritize innovation ideas in a large company or government agency. However, in the 21 st century the Three Horizons model has a fatal flaw that could put companies out of business and government agencies behind their adversaries. Why Do the Challengers/new Entrants Have the Edge?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Joe Felter , Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities for the United States in its enduring strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China, Russia and other rivals. We focused on the challenges created when U.S. interests and a proposal for how the U.S.

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