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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Instead of email, they’ve grown up with QQ instant messages.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Instead of email, they’ve grown up with QQ instant messages.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

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Tesla and Adobe: Why Continuous Deployment May Mean Continuous Customer Disappointment

Steve Blank

While most of the literature talks about continuous Delivery/Deployment as a software innovation for web/mobile/cloud apps, Tesla is using it for durable goods – $100,000 cars – in both hardware and software. There are no model years to differentiate a Tesla Model S built in 2012 from one built this year.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

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Are You the Fool at The Table?

Steve Blank

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. billion dollars while admitting it will have operating losses through the end of fiscal 2012.) The question is, are we in a new tech bubble?

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 45: Dan Miller and Brian Zuercher

Steve Blank

Dan Miller , co-founder of Level Therapy , provider of mobile therapy sessions. Seen was recognized as the “Innovation Game Changer” at the 2012 Ohio Interactive Awards. . Dan Miller. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were. Brian Zuercher , founder of Seen marketing platform software. Brian Zuercher.

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