VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. In many cases, the failures (financially, morally etc) happened because of a charismatic founder and not enough governance. Leverage your board and investors: a good board is a discussion, not a lecture.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2022

To compound matters even more, boards must also deal with the impact of global problems such as the war in Ukraine, inflation, and a looming recession. We’ll look at what has changed in governance in higher education post-pandemic and best practices for governance in higher education moving forward.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Here’s a guest post on what happened to him in the Ukraine. Only rarely does the teaching itself require tenacity, as it did late last month in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine was magnificent. Not if I had to spend two weeks in the Ukraine applying for a new Russian visa!

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. After a quarter-century in government – serving with the National Security Council, the Senate Armed Services Committee and now State – Blinken says Washington can no longer afford to pretend it can solve such complex problems alone.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. After a quarter-century in government – serving with the National Security Council, the Senate Armed Services Committee and now State – Blinken says Washington can no longer afford to pretend it can solve such complex problems alone.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

It’s not just right or left—as you know we’re so far past big vs small government in our politics. Gone are the days of perfectly legitimate debates on the right size of a central government. Why is it that the supposedly smartest guys in the room—the kingmakers of tech—are so constantly terrible in their value systems and opinions?

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2022

The unspeakable violence and aggression that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine and its people is the first all out “hot war” invasion in Europe since WWII. Since its debut in 2009, Bitcoin has been heralded as a self-sovereign alternative to government controlled fiat. Bitcoin becomes the compelling “risk off” asset.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Emerging market governments often implement measures that support industrialization and prompt economic expansion. Although the war with Ukraine and the imposed sanctions limit the access to the Russian market, many multinational enterprises have not given hope on their Russian market expansion once the war is over.

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Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2020

There are a good number of hackers lurking in cyberspace that have the backing of their governments —namely in China, North Korea, and Russia. The group targeted individuals in the Ukraine using spam emails that appeared to come from the Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Government restrictions and fears of infection pushed companies that had previously held out to accept remote working, and many discovered that it’s more manageable than they had expected. For example, the best R&D teams for your needs might be based in the Ukraine, whereas the best designers may be in Germany.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). As promised at the end of July , the organization has now announced the launch of five new programs across the continent, doubling its European presence to ten chapters across as many countries.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

They can do so because most have little legacy organizational baggage, no government overhead, some of the best software talent in the world, cheap manpower costs, no career risk when attempting new unproven feats and ultimately no fear of failure. Yet in the last decade the U.S. North Korea. DF-21 and Islands in the South China Sea.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

For example, in April of 2022, we donated 10 tonnes of aid to Ukraine. And it will make sure you're following all the rules the government has set for health and safety. You may safeguard your employees from harm and avoid workplace accidents by developing a comprehensive health and safety plan. Thanks to Alex Contes, ReviewGrower ! #19-

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. Are we talking about scales of funding that only the government can do, or is there a role for private philanthropists and non profits here? I am Eric Ries. Alpha Lee : Yeah.

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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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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Bloomberg Government. Ukraine Tries to Sober Up Its Bears for Euro Soccer. For Greek Politicians, Election Doesn’t Make Governing Any Easier. Ukraine Tries to Sober Up Its Bears for Euro Soccer. Go To Businessweek.com. Bloomberg.com. Businessweek.com. Bloomberg TV. Professional Products. Bloomberg Anywhere. Bloomberg Law.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from Capella Space – one of our Hacking for Defense student teams who now has 7 satellites in orbit. For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified.

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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. Uh, they invaded Ukraine and we froze their access to reserves. We saw with the Twitter files and, and information coming out of Facebook that the government's actually coordinating on some of these cases.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2022

A vast supply of previously untapped labor joined the global workforce, allowing businesses to employ factory workers in China, software engineers in Ukraine, and call center reps in the Philippines. . But with rising rates, ever inflating government borrowing will be extremely challenging.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. John Mearsheimer, “ Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin ” Foreign Affairs , 2014. How much is he the system of government versus the product of a system? Fall of the USSR.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Adding to this are it’s state sponsored poisonings and assassinations, cyber-attacks against nations and election meddling in the U.S. and other countries.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Adding to this are it’s state sponsored poisonings and assassinations, cyber-attacks against nations and election meddling in the U.S. and other countries.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 20, 2018

Related: With Net Neutrality Repealed, ISPs Now Have the Censoring Power of an Authoritarian Government Take the startup Shippo. I grew up in Soviet Union Ukraine, a society that at the time did not have either?—?and Without net neutrality, the open internet is no longer a wide-open field. and I am not taking this freedom for granted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

My family was also Jewish (my father’s father fled Jewish oppression in Romania and his mother from the Ukraine) so in fact I am Jewtino. I grew up in a household with strange foods (arepas, platanos, tongue) strange music and a father who had no sense of American culture. But childhood sure didn’t feel that way.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2016

A discussion on the reasons why Saudi / Iran tensions have boiled up through lowering of oil prices / government receipts and the neutrality position that the US government has taken (relative to the past of aligning itself squarely with Saudi).

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