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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. But other critical hypotheses such as activities, resources, partners, channels needed testing offshore. to understand distribution channel landscape, potential partners and rough cost of customer acquisition.

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