article thumbnail

Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

But other critical hypotheses such as activities, resources, partners, channels needed testing offshore. channel partners and Chinese manufacturers and customer acquisition and activation programs outside their home country. Test channel and demand creation activities in the U.S. This meant they would need U.S.

Global 335
article thumbnail

Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

Engineer 219
article thumbnail

Entrepreneurs Can Revitalize The Image Of Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

article thumbnail

It’s Time For A New Way Of Thinking About Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

Offshore 139
article thumbnail

Large Corporations Fail To Innovate Like Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm.

Offshore 120
article thumbnail

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B) Seems like a hell of a lot of advantage to have, on top of a great founding team, when heading into a startup. (A) A) Just launch… We launched RateBrain with no marketing, fanfare, VC money, and we’re starting to see traffic and real traction.