Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

The readings, lectures, and guest speakers explored how emerging commercial technologies pose challenges and create opportunities for the United States in strategic competition with great power rivals with an emphasis on the People’s Republic of China. We focused on the challenges created when U.S. Most rise way above the occasion.

Technical Review 376

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology China 376

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

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.

Software Review 285

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property 285

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The answer is simple: China sourcing. Before we can explain what and how sourcing products from China helps and how to choose China sourcing agents, let’s first understand the concept of sourcing itself. Sourcing goods and products from another manufacturer or supplier leads to better pricing and cheaper goods.

China 147

China B2B Technical Review Search 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. In other parts of the world, innovators often need to develop both the ultimate product or service, as well as the enabling infrastructure that underpins it.

Global 345

Global Silicon Valley Marketing Indonesia 345

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

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. Technology level.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2018

According to reports, 92 types of products are being imported by various countries from Qatar helping the country make more than $57 billion each year. Contrary to the popular belief, Qatar does not only export oil but other products as well including software, machineries, vehicles etc. The Verdict.

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Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE Product 140

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

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 238

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Offshore 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. In other parts of the world, innovators often need to develop both the ultimate product or service, as well as the enabling infrastructure that underpins it.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Indonesia Venture Capital Global 312

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

He went out and found a developer and built a product. We had every chart every invented by man (or McKinsey) showing failure rates of our product, mean-times-to-repair, detailed sales forecast charts, etc. I was a bull in a china shop. But then something awesome happened. He took my comments as a challenge.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Fractional CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 414

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2012

Frank Robinson of SyncDev has been helping companies figure out their minimum viable product and pivots since 1984, long before I even knew what it meant. I want to tell you a story about how a team pivoted and succeeded by synchronizing product and customer development. We shut down production to setup your machine.”

San Jose 261

San Jose Technical Review Customer Development Software Review 261

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

He was also responsible for leading the production, negotiation, and passage of the 2016-19 National Defense Authorization Acts. China has specifically and explicitly focused on undermining the core assumptions on which the United States has been planning to project military power for 25 to 30 years. Student Takeaways From Chris’ Talk.

Technical Review 399

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology United States 399

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s as good as it gets in personal productivity / life reflection. I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. That’s why productivity wasn’t tough for me as a CEO. I’m not. I couldn’t.

China 374

China Asia Email Technical Review 374

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. by Simone Semprini, CEO & Co-Founder, TourScanner. It was a surreal situation with over one billion people confined at home.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review United States China Cofounder 278

Up and Running

MAY 26, 2021

Ensuring that your company runs effectively and remains productive is just as important as generating revenue. In fact, providing the tools necessary for you and your team to stay productive can directly influence how well your business performs and grows. . Remote training and development. Employee wellness.

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Management Product South Africa Employee 126

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. Don’t be psyched out by your competitors big financing round, latest product release or business development deal. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly. These companies will grab massive market share as others fall behind.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

China is tightly integrating its defense establishment with startups, companies, and academia in “military-civilian fusion.” While these activities shape and build culture, they don’t win wars, and rarely deliver shippable or deployable products. America’s adversaries understand this.

Government 316

Government Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley North Korea 316

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world? How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? China alone has 143 cities which meet this size. A “China + 1″ Strategy. What are the promises and perils of trading in the East?

Technical Review 171

Technical Review United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia China 171

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A startup may spark from a simple idea and quickly grow in momentum due to the ease of launching a product or service. Thailand is also very close to other countries with vibrant startup culture such as India and China, providing access to an unimaginable amount of resources. Do you live in another great startup city?

San Diego 237

San Diego Thailand Technical Review New York City 237

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 16, 2019

Ordering a product made in the UK, only to note that the starting point is China, it is likely you are dealing with fake merchandise. As it stands, counterfeit products, mainly in fashion and accessories, bring an annual amount of$500 billion globally. Since counterfeit products are a global problem, it is unlikely to end.

Product 114

Product Technical Review Capital Gains China 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2013

Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Targeting all the people in China as your opportunity gives you big numbers from a small penetration percentage, but will be seen as lack of focus by investors.

Startup 257

Startup Technical Review Angel Investor China 257

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2014

Unfocused entrepreneurs boast that their new technology will generate multiple disruptive products for consumers as well as enterprises around the world. Targeting all the people in China as your opportunity gives you big numbers from a small penetration percentage, but will be seen as lack of focus by investors.

Entrepreneur 257

Entrepreneur Technical Review Angel Investor China 257

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Version One Ventures

MAY 20, 2020

boom – expectations were high for B2B (product) marketplaces. By reducing the friction for North American companies to find suppliers in China, they’ve been the most successful B2B marketplace to date. A marketplace needs to bring product catalogs from multiple suppliers and aggregate them in one convenient spot for customers.

B2B 213

B2B Vertical Aggregator B2C 213

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

And to today, when its major product is simply innovation. When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. The second thing that’s changed is that we’re now Compressing the Product Development Cycle.

Restful 249

Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 249

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. With the help of voice assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, you can purchase the product just by saying it while running errands. We will deliver product x every three months with free shipping.”

eCommerce 185

eCommerce Technical Review Software Review Analytics 185

Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 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. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. What a long strange trip China has been through.

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China Taiwan Silicon Valley Guam 322

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. And social media gave them all the ability to market their products in non-traditional ways.

Fractional CTO 147

Fractional CTO CTO Hire China Silicon Valley 147

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

by Keiichiro Nozaki, Regional Marketing Architect/Evangelist of Asia Pacific, China, and Japan for F5 Networks. Companies are embarking on digital transformation journeys to experiment new digital ways of doing business — this means leveraging data smarter to enable unprecedented levels of efficiency, agility, and productivity.

SMS 164

SMS Japan Asia China 164

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Science and National Industrial Policy as we face the realities of China and global competition. the undisputed lead in a technology and innovation driven economy – until the rise of China. Each of these independent research organizations would support a mix of basic and applied research as well as product development.

Silicon Valley 247

Silicon Valley Government Germany Japan 247

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In addition to an attractive tax system and a productive workforce for a Hong Kong business, a stable political environment, a productive legal system, and a favourable business environment are other factors that provide many profitable Hong Kong company formation services.

United Kingdom 165

United Kingdom Limited Liability Company China Asia 165

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

While customers will be willing to try your product, they think two steps ahead. The role of Product Managers at Technology Companies. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Microsoft and Apple have a role of product manager as different from a program manager. 15 minutes.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. The first product tests for gluten and is especially targeted at people with Celiac’s disease which affects 1% of the population meaning millions of people.

Technical Review 362

Technical Review America United States Partner 362

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Through its support of Chinese brands and commitment to building a better life for its users, JD.com has become China’s largest retailer both on and offline. One of the ways in which JD is doing so is by featuring local agricultural products such as the hairy crabs from Liu’s own hometown of Suqian in the Jiangsu province.

United Kingdom 147

United Kingdom United States China Thailand 147

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

But without your own warehouse full of stock, it can be difficult to ensure the products you sell are always available. The second is better: have multiple suppliers for the same product. If you offer a fast-selling product, you don’t want to miss out on opportunities simply because your one-and-only supplier has run out.

Software Review 158

Software Review United States Business Model Stock 158

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

First, our dependence on one single nation (China in this instance) for essential products must change. I am sure there are countries out there with the resources and manpower to elevate their export production, logistics, and to increase their imports. Broaden the Global Supply Chains. Collective Responsibility.

Global 158

Global Greece China Distribution 158

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

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