Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 179

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

The week was kickstarted by an opening address from Sean Moffitt of Wiki Brands (left), where he shared insights about the growth of the crowdsourcing industry, how meritocracy can drive the trend, and some of the industries that will be impacted by crowdsourcing including education, finance and retail.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

”With a growing pipeline of exciting new tech start-ups in Singapore, founders will require funding, experienced mentorship and strong networks to build companies that can compete in worldwide markets. ” In the News investment National Research Foundation Singapore startup'

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Examples include: AI-driven diagnostics in healthcare, fraud detection in finance, predictive maintenance in manufacturing, and personalised shopping experiences in retail. Global Competition: Israel faces increasing competition from other AI hubs worldwide, including Singapore, San Francisco, Montréal, Toronto, and Boston5.

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Israel Artificial Inteligence Vertical Generative AI 97

YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2015

Singapore offers a bunch of legal entity forms available for registration: sole proprietorship, partnership, Limited Liability Company, a subsidiary, a branch office, a representative office, and so on. The best option for a new company in Singapore would be a private limited company that limits owner’s liability to the company’s assets.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2013

The startup last week announced that it landed a S$696K (US$560K) seed funding round led by TNF Ventures through the Technology Incubation Scheme under the Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and supported by Singapore angel investors Ben Ball and Ben Chew, validating TribeHired ‘s concept.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. However, the prospect of new startups is more focused on emerging technologies.

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Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Global Entrepreneurship Week took place last month around the world, and it was a rather opportune time for me to examine the factors that have helped Singapore startups succeed. There are also efforts by the government to share data collected by public agencies through online portals as part of the Smart Nation initiative.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 18, 2012

In a press conference today, the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) as led SPRING Singapore announced the overhaul of the Yes! The newer scheme, aimed at helping to generate a more entrepreneurial mindset in Singapore, will see financial support for entrepreneurs at a similar level to Yes! Feel free to comment below.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 28, 2020

Perception also informs finance. I’ve now done with Fortune 50 firms and Governments in the USA, India, China, Singapore & the UK. Rightly or wrongly, perception is reality. A thought experiment: You meet someone at a function and ask the obligatory question of what they do for a living. Keep thinking, Steve. .

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Valuation Technical Review Singapore India 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Similarly, Alibaba’s $1 billion investment in Singapore-based e-commerce firm Lazada equips it with the necessary armour to counter Amazon’s entry into Asia. Increases government support and legislation. With the necessary government support, startups will be able to sell their goods and services more easily.

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Venture Capital Asia Later Stage Artificial Inteligence 196

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). 2005 to Today: Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Government Specific, etc.

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Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Everyone wanted to work in finance. Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g.,

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

” Sixteen innovative and high impact MaD Venture Fellows were invited to present at the MaD Ventures Salon on 25 January, pitching to 300 people in the investment, finance and business communities in Hong Kong. Prof Wong Poh Kam of National University of Singapore believed that Asia should not follow blindly the Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence Asia Singapore 157

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

government dataset compiled by the U.S. billion, followed by finance, 19 deals, and healthcare, 17 deals. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., government policy ‘thenext big thing will not be invented here. government policy ‘thenext big thing will not be invented here.

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Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

work (collection, processing, reporting, analysis), processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps , metrics ladders of awesomeness , and… so… much… more. Remember, tools, work, processes, org structure, governance models, last-mile gaps, metrics ladders of awesomeness, and… so… much… more. The Implications of Complexity.

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Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 95

www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

He counsels public and private company clients in a variety of industries including information technology, government contracting, software and telecommunications.

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Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The table below summarizes the costs and procedures associated with starting a business in Israel: The Economist discusses the report in detail in the current print edition, but some interesting stats are analyzed in Snipping off the shackles : Singapore is the easiest country to do business in, according to the report.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

The abundance of risk capital during America’s technology bubble in 1999 and 2000 effectively financed the launch of the technology innovation ecosystems that now thrive in China, India, Singapore and other emerging (and increasingly robust) economies.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2014

And Stoddard notes that at NetApp they use proper governance to facilitate faster learning: “We use an enterprise executive architecture committee, with all the leaders of every NetApp function — marketing, sales, HR, operations, finance, and so on. That’s how we can come up with a roadmap for the whole company. Excuse the pun!)

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Algorithm Analytics Social Media Metrics 174

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2013

It’s thus interesting to see what’s going to be shared at the upcoming Crowdsourcing Week , a five-day conference to be held in Singapore on June 3-7, 2013, that explores everything crowdsourcing, open innovation and crowdfunding. Events & Happenings crowdfunding crowdsourcing Crowdsourcing Week event innovation Singapore'

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Singapore Cofounder Government Finance 220

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). They are using Singapore as their model of economic development.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-. You couldn’t increase wages, and that was mandated by the government. I want to put a pin in Singapore and come back to it. Bill Gurley : Let’s talk about that for a minute.

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