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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) Arab countries, stretching from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, have a combined population of about 350 million, with combined GDP equal to nearly 40% of China’s.).

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The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups in 2016

VC Cafe

Ironsource – Software Discovery, Distribution and Delivery Platform (Raised $123M). Taboola and Outbrain – Content distribution, discovery and recommendations (Raised approx. Jfrog – Binary Repository Solution and Software Distribution Social Platform (Raised $62M). 150M each).

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The Fatal Flaw of the Three Horizons Model and How To Fix It

Steve Blank

Ironically rapid Horizon 3 disruption is most often used not by the market leaders but by the challengers/new entrants (startups, ISIS , China, Russia, etc.). The large organizations used startups who could rapidly build and deliver products for them – by offering something the startups needed – contracts, a distribution platform, or prizes.

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Your Computer May Already be Hacked – NSA Inside?

Steve Blank

In Russia, President Putin’s office just stopped using PC’s and switched to typewriters. The microcode is distributed by 1) Intel or by 2) Microsoft integrated into a BIOS or 3) as part of a Windows update. You’d be invisible to all rootkit detection techniques that checks the operating system. George Orwell.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

Both Sides of the Table

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. She was talking a lot about how the broader world doesn’t operate how we in Silicon Valley always perceive that it does. She encouraged people to get out and travel, see the world, see how other people live and operate. But then the world changes.

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How and Why Your Startup Should Go Virtual

ReadWriteStart

On the other hand, operating virtually is no panacea. The concept of virtual work has many names, from telecommuting and teleworking to distributed companies and remote workers. Operate out of an office space (either your own or shared). freeing you to invest in research, development or marketing.

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All Startups Should Consider Expanding In Multiple Geographies

Feld Thoughts

My post The Future Of Work Is Distributed received some good comments. ” It’s an important nuance, as there is a big difference between a fully distributed workforce (which the blockchain kids refer to as a “decentralized workforce”) and a multi-location workforce. .”