ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2023

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Ukraine Software Review Customer 148

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

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.). Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information. That will take a long time to settle.

Technical Review 165

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 private investors don't yet have enough time-in-grade to have developed good pattern recognition skills, and most lack operating backgrounds.

Finland 158

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

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. But they also take on issues in science, technology and management.

Pakistan 150

Pakistan Technical Review Iran Russia 150

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Few, if any, successful businesspeople operate in their nation. For instance, the Caribbean nations permit dual nationals to travel to more than 130 nations, such as the UK, the Schengen Area, Hong Kong, China, Russia, and Singapore. This is why dual citizenship is the easiest way out.

Russia 158

Russia Singapore Global China 158

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. His 11 principal directors lay out the technical roadmaps for the DoD and help transition the technologies into operational use.

Artificial Inteligence 397

Artificial Inteligence Russia Technology China 397

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. This year we’ve expanded the scope of the class to look beyond just the effect of new technology on weapons and operational concepts. For 25 years as the sole Superpower, the U.S. One can make the case that all of these have/or are happening to the United States.

Technology 418

Technology Russia China Intellectual Property 418

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

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 potentially a politically sensitive question, but I would say that in parts of the United States people are using technology actively. are idiots.

Leadership 164

Leadership Singapore Finland China 164

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. He was a past Director, Plans and Operations, for Cyber Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Today’s class: Cyber.

Technology 349

Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 349

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And that has happened to us.

Technology 436

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

There are literally hundreds of platforms currently operating that connect investors and startups, and there have been at least a hundred others that have come and gone. ” With that in mind… No: It’s a similar situation in the entrepreneurial funding space.

Kazakhstan 107

Kazakhstan Belarus Accredited Investor Portugal 107

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The company’s early operations were based in Mountain View before it relocated to San Jose, San California in February, 2016. It later opened offices in Dublin, Ireland, Kiev, Ukraine, and St Petersburg, Russia. Wrike was founded by Andrew Filev in 2006.

Management 124

Management San Jose Software Review Ukraine 124

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

For many investors and entrepreneurs in the West, doing business in Russia can seem like a step into the unknown. With a little knowledge of some of the key cultural differences and unique properties of the local tech scene, Russia can easily become one of the most attractive tech markets in the world for investors. Russia in numbers.

Russia 140

Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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. Marine C orps with just that.

Security 404

Security Silicon Valley Russia China 404

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

A light “railway” using high density busses in dedicated traffic lanes is also due to start operating in 2011, and a cable-car connecting the bay area with the academic institutions in the upper part of the city is planned for 2013. Israeli Researchers pursue brain-operated computing. TEVA CEO RANKED 20TH ON FORTUNE LIST.

Israel 87

Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Ukraine’s military is not burdened with the DoD’s 65-year-old acquisition process and 20th-century operational concepts. Russia will not defer its future plans for aggression to meet our dates. Today, the U.S.

Ukraine 317

Ukraine China Taiwan Russia 317

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But winning future conflicts requires more than just adopting new technology; it requires a revolution in thinking about how this technology can be integrated into weapons systems to drive new operational and organizational concepts that change the way we fight. The syllabus for the class is below: Technology, Innovation and Modern War.

Artificial Inteligence 379

Artificial Inteligence Technology North Korea Asia 379

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For example: what are the implications of Russia having a life expectancy of 59 versus 61 for Bangladesh? Companies need to be creative and find new business models to take advantage of the shifting makeup of their operating countries’ populations.

Mozambique 100

Mozambique Tanzania Ethiopia Bangladesh 100

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Institutional inertia is a social problem.

Technology 381

Technology North Korea Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence 381

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

“Click fraud can be extremely unsettling for well-to-do publishers and advertisers on search,’ says Grayson Kemper , Content & Editorial Manager for Clutch , “particularly during a time when many businesses are operating with an incredibly tight budget.”.

PPC 121

PPC IP Idaho Non-Compete 121

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Joe Felter , Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities for the United States in its enduring strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China, Russia and other rivals. Team 1: Precision Match (AI for DoD Operations) Click here to see the presentation.

Technology 288

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Russia 288

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine. DoD needs a requirements, budgeting and acquisition process that operates at commercial speed (18 months or less) which is 10x faster than DoD procurement cycles.

Ukraine 325

Ukraine China Private Equity Russia 325

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Massimo Sgrelli, Entrepreneur, angel investor, computer programmer, agrees with Eyal’s suggestion: The best way to attract Silicon Valley investors to your non-US startup is to split your operations keeping R&D in your own country, while moving business and marketing heads in the Valley (and potentially the founders too).

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Read about all the class sessions here.

Technology 253

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 253

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

In Russia, President Putin’s office just stopped using PC’s and switched to typewriters. You’d be invisible to all rootkit detection techniques that checks the operating system. Your operating system ensures security of updates by checking downloaded update packages against the signing key.) George Orwell.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Russia Security Customer Development 335

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.

Artificial Inteligence 373

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Startup Silicon Valley 373

paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. 14 ] I once explained this to some founders who had recently arrived from Russia. In Russia they just kill you," they said, and they were only partly joking. The founders cant enrich themselves without also enriching the investors. [ Growth, again.

Startup 111

Startup Technical Review Software Review Acquisition 111

Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

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.). Combine the existing strengths of a company/agency and its business/mission model by acquiring external innovators who can operate at the speed of the disruptors.

China 304

China Government Russia Acquisition 304

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

If you wonder how to pick your next launch country first, see my earlier post here. ** One of the most important decisions any company of any size will make is how it will successfully launch operations in a new country (the following applies to launching in new cities or states within an existing country).

Italy 59

Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Gett – Taxi hailing and deliveries in Israel, Russia and UK (Raised $102M). Stratoscale – Distributed Operating System for data centres (Raised $70M). Personetics – AI-powered Bot providing personalized banking services (Raised $18M). Ctera – Private cloud for corporates (Raised $45M).

Israel 60

Israel Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

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.

India 334

India New Jersey Silicon Valley France 334

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2014

In its new Connected Countries report , it found that the companies that have managed to do well in the past three years in this part of the world are those that tended to have a global footprint, that is, those who operate both in Asia as well as those outside Asia.

Asia 185

Asia Global South America Russia 185

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2019

Today, the largest gas producers are the US and Russia, with around 766 billion m3 and 635 billion m3 respectively as of 2015, according to CIA’s World Factbook data. Thus, if a natural gas exporter is moving toward an economic or political crisis, it wouldn’t be profitable to buy stocks of companies operating in that particular country.

Saudi Arabia 30

Saudi Arabia Stock Iran Russia 30

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2011

Serial entrepreneur Weyrich has started three Internet companies and three mobile app companies since the age of 22, and recently sold a Catholic Dating service he owned and operated in 2007 to a competitor.

Portugal 159

Portugal Netherlands Italy Spain 159

Transformify

AUGUST 20, 2018

across the country, as well as operating over 35 active in-country payroll solutions for those working overseas. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution. The candidates are hired as self employed or independent contractors via Transformify Recruitment CRM.

Saudi Arabia 40

Saudi Arabia Czech Republic Hiring South Korea 40

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. What kind of skills will you need to operate in a world of real and fake manufactured data coming from friends? And when how businesses operated changed forever. The same is true for the Internet.

North Korea 285

North Korea Social Media .Net Europe 285