Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We just held our fifth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. 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.

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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. All the usual caveats apply.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 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. New Rules for China. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We just held our twelfth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. 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.

Technology 333

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

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 306

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Software Review Technical Review 306

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.

China 333

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

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. How can you find China manufacturing companies with ease? Benefits of China sourcing agents. What is sourcing?

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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. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective.

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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

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement. I was a bull in a china shop. Your head of sales thinks she should fire somebody.

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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. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

One of the unintended consequences was that many of the academics went off to found a wave of startups selling their technology to the military. Yet the development of these advanced technologies is now being driven by commercial interests, not the Defense Department. America’s adversaries understand this.

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

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Technical Review United States China Cofounder 278

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Web technologies and software expedite the process of development. London, however you cut it, has a shortage of tech talent, which means anyone skilled in web technologies will have an ease fitting in though it may pose problematic for discovering talent once the startup is running. Do you live in another great startup city?

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve been asked to talk today about the future of Innovation – typically that involves giving you a list of hot technologies to pay attention to – technologies like machine learning. In fact, it’s not about any specific new technologies.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Sleeping Dragon Awakes in China. During the Forum, Cloud Computing was highlighted as the number one technology priority for companies in 2012. 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

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. This series of blog posts is my attempt to understand how science and technology policy in the U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy as we face the realities of China and global competition.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The Department of Defense has thought that Artificial Intelligence is such a foundational set of technologies that they started a dedicated organization- the JAIC – to enable and implement artificial intelligence across the Department. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. AI in National Security.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

by Keiichiro Nozaki, Regional Marketing Architect/Evangelist of Asia Pacific, China, and Japan for F5 Networks. We are now in the midst of the Fourth, characterized by the fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological worlds. A century ago, we had the industrial revolution.

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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. Focus means starting with a problem that is painful, rather than a technology, and showing how you can solve that problem better than anyone else. Solve one problem really well.

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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. Focus means starting with a problem that is painful, rather than a technology, and showing how you can solve that problem better than anyone else. Solve one problem really well.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

Example: I was recently in China and had three public appearances. I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). The first was to do a 5 minute “ignite&# presentation – 5 minutes, 15 slides.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

And retail, financial services, hotels, the auto industry, taxis, flowers and every inefficient or protected industry out there is being altered by technology changes that change market dynamics and create opportunities for the innovative, the nimble and the risk takers. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. This is an extension of the previous list with new sources and startup requests. You can find the 2024 RFS list here.

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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.

Technical Review 171

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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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. Apeel Technologies. Apeel is another Ag Tech company that has invented technology to reduce spoilage of fresh produce by extended the shelf life through natural means.

Technical Review 362

Technical Review America United States Partner 362

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I are about to start our second year of teaching what was our Technology, Innovation and Modern War class. This year we’ve expanded the scope of the class to look beyond just the effect of new technology on weapons and operational concepts.

Technology 418

Technology Russia China Intellectual Property 418

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

by Joseph Heller, CEO & Founder of The/Studio Technologies. Part of the reason is that technology has totally increased the velocity at which everything changes in the world. New groundbreaking advances occur every year and it’s incredibly hard for new companies to adapt to that technology. I told them “great!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. If the past is a prologue, they’ll go off to senior roles in defense, policy and to the companies building new disruptive technologies. neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. And that has happened to us.

Technology 436

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Suppliers in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology or professional services space, need to pay special attention, as these industries have above average DSO. A bank wire is not always a convenient mode of payment, especially for customers in China who do not use internet banking. Benchmark the industry DSO. Anthony Coundouris.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 20, 2020

By reducing the friction for North American companies to find suppliers in China, they’ve been the most successful B2B marketplace to date. If technology makes the transaction “too easy” to complete, then buyers and sellers might wonder why they are giving a percentage of their transaction away and could take their transaction offline.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

It becomes even more interesting in the world of emerging technologies and the IoT. These new technologies will become an integral part of most e-shops. Most startups are driven by high-end technology, innovations, and agile testing, with the help of which new trends are being born.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2018

Yes, businesses do not only have the option to import goods from China , they can turn to Qatar as well. Qatar is known for making quality technology along with high end software to help businesses automate processes. Qatar is a country that practices new technology, thus, it also produces the latest machineries.

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