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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

Google, at the time, was overhauling the back end of their search engine. They built their search engine 20 years ago. Bigger jets, bigger engines, bigger ships, as opposed to the small changes that can make an enormous difference. They need to understand product market fit: why some ideas will get traction, others won’t.

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[Singapore][Competition] SiTF Awards 2011 Sees Strong Finalists

YoungUpstarts

From the world’s first run-for-rewards mobile application, to the first-of-its-kind end-to-end closed-loop inpatient medication management system in Asia Pacific, here are some highlights of the finalists: In the Start-up category. In the e-Government category. In the Interactive Ideas category.

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The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained

Steve Blank

Companies in the semiconductor ecosystem make chips (the triangle on the left) and sell them to companies and government agencies (on the right). Those companies and government agencies then design the chips into systems and devices (e.g. and sell them to consumers, businesses, and governments. moved most of its fabs to Asia.

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How to build a Silicon Valley caliber product engineering team in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC-backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. This is the third part of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Don’t focus on any one market, but instead on the over 4 billion people across all of Asia.

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[Review] How China’s Leaders Think

YoungUpstarts

Censorship is necessary, Cai says, because China is evolving from a planned economy to a market-based one. However, he fails to question Cai on how the Chinese government is preventing Chinese equivalents of blocked U.S. When you can behave yourself and self-administrate, the government will be happy to step by and rest,” Cai adds.

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[Competition] Seven Startups To Represent Asia At Seedstars World Final

YoungUpstarts

. “Seedstars World is filling this gap with a worldwide competition focusing on emerging markets and fast growing startup scenes, allowing these startups to climb on the stage and get the attention they deserve.” Events & Happenings Asia competition Seedstars World Singapore startup'

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Korea – Asia’s Startup Powerhouse

YoungUpstarts

This worked hand-in-hand with the smart city infrastructure that was in place, enabling the relevant government agencies to communicate with the public through different channels swiftly, and decisively. The government has made huge financial commitments in turning South Korea into one of the world’s leading startup hubs.