VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

If you are asking investors to invest into a foreign entity, get legal and tax experts to prepare the memos for them about the tax impact on their fund, governance of foreign corporation etc. If you just travel in, don’t attempt it, it will be an expensive waste of energy/time/cost that will get you polite meetings but no engagement.

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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. that can make 1,000s of low-cost, attritable systems. Russia will not defer its future plans for aggression to meet our dates. This article previously appeared in Defense News. Today, the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

This emerging opportunity reflects the urgency of keeping pace with rivals like China and Russia, who are furiously integrating commercial technologies like AI, quantum computing, and unmanned systems into their armed forces. A startup could land a contract worth up to $3 million within months of entering the defense market.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s worth considering the reasons why nations decline — they lose allies, a decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century.) neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. Slides 35-37.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. They struggle to maintain cost advantages. They are faced with decisions about whether to support their long-time employees who are increasingly hostile but have worked hard for generations with the need to compete on costs and quality. It globalizes.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Countries like Russia, China, Canada, and the United States are involved in drilling races, trying to capture as much of the crude oil market as they can, all the while implementing new energy tech innovation to improve safety, productivity, and environmental impact. Exploring New Areas.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Just as the printing press upended the religious and political structures of early modern Europe, AI has the potential to reshape economies, governance, and international relations. The cost of cotton decreased by 80% over fifty years due to mechanization. History offers instructive parallels, like the loom. Let me offer three ways.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While Asia has long been known for its cheap engineering resources and the off-shoring tech phenomenon that took place over a decade ago, the cost gap has narrowed — and even more significantly, so has the quality gap. On average, the cost of relocation for us has been less than $4,000 and we recruit from all over the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Of course the Russian aristocracy wanted to keep it to themselves and for several centuries it was only available in limited quantities and at great cost. For instance large-scale vodka production in Poland dates to the 16th century and the Ukranian word Horilka (or Vodka) appears in written form as early as 1562.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

“Our startups get tons of hands-on support – much more than they’d get almost anywhere else in the world,” says Lorcan O’Sullivan, manager of Enterprise Ireland , one of the latest of the many campaigns by governments around the globe to attract startups to their shores and inject new life into their local economies.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Trading lanes that were once calm and free, are being contested by geopolitical actors such as Iran, UK, China, USA and Russia. New rules and regulations spew out of government offices every single day. You might save costs by doing it yourself, but no doubt, you will not save time. Shipping is being diverted.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia. As of 2017, 421 companies have passed through the program in 6 U.S. Determined Founders.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia. As of 2017, 421 companies have passed through the program in 6 U.S. Determined Founders.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

However, I’m pleased that we now have a new Prime Minister and are on the road back to more stable government. That also seems to be what key figures in our new government want, most of whom are, above all, pragmatists. Grexit, Russia/Ukraine and terrorism spring to mind as recent examples.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Conservatives counter that these same social platforms are silencing conservative voices and call for government regulation to ensure that their opinions are heard. Both of the political perspectives above overlook the underlying problem: We haven’t agreed on a set of goals for how social media should impact civil society.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. You start to see weird things like Russia and India are the same. Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. This example is about the very sad reality of the Ebola epidemic and the sadder still inaction by governments (like ours).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. More Stable Currency for Some Citizens of the World Some people don’t trust their governments with a national currency.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2021

Our current approaches – both in the past and current administration – to innovation across the government are piecemeal, incremental, increasingly less relevant and insufficient. At the same time, Russia has reemerged as a regional power. By public-private partnerships not government control. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Capturing market space versus Russia, for instance. One of the subordinate functional areas is cybersecurity, which is a foundational aspect of any acquisition that cannot be traded for cost, schedule or performance. I was 33 years in industry, before coming into government. Designing in exploitability early in programs.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. Buildings can reduce their costs by reporting energy use actively. Smart cities are a new approach to urban development.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Many start-ups are going through ups and downs and this change would both incentivize them to hire more when things are going well and lay off less people in the downturns Examples from other countries: Russia reduced IT companies’ social contributions from 30% to 14% until the end of year 2017 2.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

But also, to bring more tech talent into government to really help speed the transformation process. Rather just rewarding this rigorous, we only care about cost and schedule. You’ve got incent program managers if you can get better performance at lower costs, you got to be a disrupter yourself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

My grandparents were forced from Russia. I mean people out there don't realize the cost per click for advertising is going down. The customer acquisition costs are going down. MC : We tried to explain to them that throughout history that there's always been circumstances where you wake up one morning and the world is different.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2023

We've seen the weaponization of the US dollar, particularly against Russia as, as we invaded Ukraine. 07:57): But you kind of on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis with letter grades or number grades that basically say, are you doing the things the government wants you to do and deems as appropriate and or are you not doing those things?

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2022

Great power conflict is back… between Western democracies and autocratic regimes like Russia, between the rising superpower of China and the reigning superpower of the US. The long persistence of Moore’s Law has produced ever greater computing and digital storage capacity at ever lower cost.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

We understand its potential, we anticipate its use, yet governments appear largely indifferent to its probable role in election campaigns. Historically, election interference has been a costly and challenging endeavour, typically orchestrated by rogue states like Russia, China, and North Korea.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I feel confident that money was his motivation in running for President and in doing whatever it is he did with Russia. I feel confident that money was his [Trump] motivation in running for President and in doing whatever it is he did with Russia. But the U.S.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

But if the second, more realistic camp wins out – one that looks at malign activities of competitor states, like China and Russia, and focuses on defending American influence and liberal values internationally – I think there will be a striking amount of continuity. I think Biden said that the top threat to America was Russia.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." The benefit of the hammer and the dance is lower, and also the cost is higher."

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The only solution is to outsource advanced weapons systems development outside of the traditional services and government ecosystem and hand the development to civilians.” As a result, we believe the U.S. is woefully unprepared and ill-equipped for a war driven by advanced technology. Vannevar Bush to President Roosevelt in 1940 Insane?

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