Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. This category would include among others Yandex, Mail.ru, KupiVIP and Avito in Russia as well as Allegro in Poland. Why Eastern Europe? mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In this interview, Viljakainen also shares some thoughts about entrepreneurship and globalization. Having said that you can also find the most narrow-minded people from the U.S – people who talk about wanting to do business in Russia or China without ever visiting these countries. This is Part II of the interview.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Travel is necessary for business expansion in a globally interconnected market; therefore, securing a visa for nations where admission is expensive and time-consuming might be difficult. Visa-free access Business owners and entrepreneurs frequently travel on short notice and lack the time to deal with the paperwork associated with visas.

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Russia Singapore Global China 158

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) Yet in an increasingly globalized, diverse, interconnected world, it would be a mistake to assume that the same players can dominate in all markets. Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital.

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Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. Born Global or Die Local. Identify activities/resources/partners locally and then globally.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

I was watching my favorite show on TV this morning – GPS (Global Public Square) with Fareed Zakaria. The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US.

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Pakistan Technical Review Iran Russia 150

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

-led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. Horowitz et al., “ China Has Made Drone Warfare Global ” Foreign Affairs , 2020.

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Artificial Inteligence Russia Technology China 397

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Truly a global solution, Wrike is available in 10 languages (English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish). It later opened offices in Dublin, Ireland, Kiev, Ukraine, and St Petersburg, Russia. Wrike seamlessly integrates with software such as Google Drive and Dropbox.

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Management San Jose Software Review Ukraine 124

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. For 25 years as the sole Superpower, the U.S. The country, our elected officials, and our military committed to a decades-long battle to ensure that terrorists like those that executed the 9/11 attacks are not able to attack us on that scale again. National power is ephemeral.

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Technology Russia China Intellectual Property 418

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011. The volume of trade (excluding diamonds) between Israel and Russia in the first nine months of 2010 totalled $711 million.

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Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Yet, I find them often jumping to the forefront, with many notable successes , including Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, and Arianna Huffington (Greece) at the Huffington Post. Look at the world as today’s global market. But it does mean that every move be made with a global consideration.

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South Africa Greece Russia Global 365

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

-led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. Today’s class: Cyber. Cyber Attacks / Cyber Warfare. 03, 2014.

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Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 349

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops.

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Community Estonia Ireland Finland 121

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

and globally. Our national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage) is being challenged and effectively negated by autocratic regimes like China and Russia. At Stanford, the Gordian Knot Center will sit in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies run by Mike McFaul , ex ambassador to Russia.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

We’ve gone global as well. Haas global footprint. For example, our Intel Technology To Market Accelerator took 22 teams from 11 countries across 15 time zones, from northern Russia to southern Chile and from Saudi Arabia to the U.S. Clearly, lean works globally. In fact, it works globally. Berkeley-wide.

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Business Plan Silicon Valley Saudi Arabia Lean 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2014

If you think that being an Asian company in Asia automatically conveys you home ground advantage, you may be in for a surprise, as the results of a recent study conducted by Telstra Global would show. In the News Asia business global economy' You can download the Connected Countries report here.

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Asia Global South America Russia 185

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.

Technology 436

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. .

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Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For example: what are the implications of Russia having a life expectancy of 59 versus 61 for Bangladesh? With the Middle Kingdom accounting for such a large proportion of the global population, mainland China will still fuel world economic growth, but the pace of growth will vary province by province more than ever.

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Mozambique Tanzania Ethiopia Bangladesh 100

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

110 People Own 35% of Russia’s Wealth - crowdspring.co/19D9pi8. Global study: World not ready for aging population – Yahoo News - crowdspring.co/19LsRt2. The urban life of bees, ‘fuel-efficient’ insect-sized robots, and healing with honey | Environment – crowdspring.co/GNiSwR. Five Myths About U.S.

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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. Nations decline when they lose allies, economic power, interest in global affairs, experience internal/civil conflicts, or miss disruptive technology transitions and new operational concepts. Today, the U.S.

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deal architect

APRIL 9, 2014

Innovation from around the globe Wagenstandanzeiger – a beauty of data visualization - Germany Daring New Buildings – Azerbaijan Microsoft and the Sochi Olympics – Russia Video Analytics Capital – Macau World Design Capital – S. Globalization and Technology' Africa Innovation is GREAT.

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Azerbaijan Russia Africa Germany 192

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Also, the CB Insights' Industry Analyst Consensus says that the global meat market could get the estimated value of $2.7 This would be the result of an increase in revenue from meat and beef in upcoming years in countries like Russia, Germany, Brazil, and the USA. trillion by 2040.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 126

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

It’s the global struggle for a better life. While Iran & Russia are moving to deny gay people’s existents or diminish their rights we live in a country that accepts them as the loving parents and people that they are. He arrived in the US in his 20′s with nothing and a dream to make a better life for his family.

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Italy California Mexico Los Angeles 391

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. Emerging Markets As The Pocket Full Of Potential.

Global 95

Global Brazil Russia Singapore 95

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Allied countries benefit under the Global Capabilities Program which offers allies opportunities to partner on research and development, with the goal to build prototypes and eventually co-produce systems. Last fall, Russia conducted a cyberattack on the Norwegian parliament. defense ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. It globalizes. I don’t know if he’d agree or disagree with the book, but he’s always encouraging us to think more broadly about the definition of “entrepreneur&# is a global sense). It was an “enterprise 2.0” As was Shel Israel.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Even if you work in a multi-headed hydra called "global corporation." Here's my process for doing that… ~ Visit www.google.com (or Baidu in China, Yandex in Russia etc). But there are two prerequisites: 1. You are going to have to throw away the shackles, and think like a business owner.

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Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 139

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.

Technology 253

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 253

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

Learning from the success of this initiative, I introduced the BlaBlaCar team to companies in Poland and Russia, which have also been very successful acqui-hires. “I was empowered to continue doing what I had been doing, but with a much larger budget and support from a team that shared my same passion.“

Italy 59

Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

You start to see weird things like Russia and India are the same. Let's go back to our table, and global oil consumption. We started with a table, global oil consumption, let's end with a table too. are more clearly visible, and you get a much stronger sense of proportions. Yes, it was in the table.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

My first role was in sales and the buyers on the platform absolutely loved the access to global freelancers, the low hourly rates, and the full transparency and flexibility in the system. Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks.

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San Francisco Bangladesh Ukraine Philippines 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2012

But Tieto was growing rapidly and going global. Before long I was managing thousands of nerds in Russia, China, Germany, the U.S., This post was first posted on Harvard Business Review blog and is part of the HBR Insight Center, The Next Generation of Global Leaders. and other countries. And it wasn’t working.

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Leadership China Russia Wiki 168

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2012

Prior to starting All The Worlds Entertainment , Thomson was executive chairman of global integrated advertising agency iris Worldwide , where he grew the business from £39 million to £75 million, and established iris in 15 key markets globally along the way. But that’s the way life alway’s been for the Scotsman.

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Social Media Media Singapore Aggregator 187

YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2012

. “Over the past 10 years, Imagine Cup participants have applied technology and minds to positively impact their local communities and change the world,” says Moorthy Uppaluri, general manager, Global Academic Programs, Microsoft. Next year, the annual competition moves to St Petersburg, Russia.

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