Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2020

while Europe, China, and Japan take 7%, 4%, and 2%, respectively. Low Cost of Doing Business. The cost of starting a business in Canada is 5% lower than what it will cost in the U.S. This was revealed in the results of a comprehensive 10-month study of international business costs by KPMG.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. Yet it is a business that manipulates materials an atom at a time and its factories cost 10s of billions of dollars to build. (By Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s China is using all elements of its national power, e.g. information/ intelligence, its military might and economic strength as well as exploiting Western finance and technology. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led s primary great power competitor. Today’s class: Cyber.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

One of the ways our adversaries try to gain the advantage is by attacking our supply chain through methods like fraud, introduction of counterfeit materials, control of raw materials, cyber and intellectual property attacks, denying access to strategic materials and rare earth minerals. Cybersecurity is Integral.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Balance your business between geographies.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand. Objective 2 – Detect intruders faster to reduce or eliminate the cost of data breaches by implementing traps. So what can organizations do?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Cutting costs , revisiting forecasts , and stabilizing your business. In 2020, data breaches are among the greatest cybersecurity concerns, with health records, corporate intellectual property, smart cars, and connected devices being the most vulnerable targets. The first stage in this crisis was survival. 5G Network.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Engineers can input design goals into AI-driven generative design software , along with parameters such as performance or spatial requirements, materials, manufacturing methods, and cost constraints. GPT-3 uses 175 billion parameters and was trained on a cluster with 1,024 Nvidia A100 GPUs that cost ~$25 million! Example here.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. For example they can reduce component cost, introduce a line extension or create new versions of the existing product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent in 2012 to 54 percent by 2022. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Not only do enterprise-level businesses need to protect their intellectual property, but they must also protect physical assets. Register Intellectual Property. For example, suppose that a corporation designed a widget and outsourced manufacturing of the product to a plant in China.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 12, 2012

The story of manufacturing in the United States over the last couple of decades is one marked by job loss due to globalization and offshoring production to low-cost labor countries. Among the trends cited are things like intellectual property theft in China, supply chain and collaboration issues, and the rising cost of Chinese labor.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. But start-ups face significant challenges in acquiring, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property. We hear a lot in the news about patent wars among the tech giants – Nokia vs. Google, Apple’s lawsuits in China, and Facebook vs. Yahoo!

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. But start-ups face significant challenges in acquiring, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property. We hear a lot in the news about patent wars among the tech giants – Nokia vs. Google, Apple’s lawsuits in China, and Facebook vs. Yahoo!

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property. It’s tough.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property. It’s tough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent now to 56 percent by 2022. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million by 2015. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide. with demands for new products and services.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

China is looking beyond natural resources; in Israel, Chinese companies are finding the technological advantage and innovative spirit that can help them compete in their domestic market and ultimately become dominant global players. In fact, Israeli VCs are increasingly viewing China as their main source of capital. billion in 2030.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide. with demands for new products and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

This will keep financial and legal liabilities away from your personal assets, but won’t cost you the big initial cost and ongoing time and fees of a C-corporation. You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Create and register intellectual property online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide. with demands for new products and services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

All the people in China is a large and growing market, but all the people with cancer is much more well-defined. Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. Market and opportunity risk. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent now to 56 percent by 2022. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Global 120

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

All the people in China is a large and growing market, but all the people with cancer is much more well-defined. Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. Market and opportunity risk. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We have great intellectual property protection, and have efficient ways to enforce contracts. Look out China, we’ll advise you into submission! As a general rule, the more trust a society has, the lower the cost/friction of transacting with each other. Think Philips Electronics, NXP, ASML and Tom Tom.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Access to University’s Intellectual Property : Office of Cooperative Research. Strong Asian ties, especially to China — Yale has among the strongest ties to China of any major Western university, matriculating its first Chinese student in 1854. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. But start-ups face significant challenges in acquiring, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property. We hear a lot in the news about patent wars among the tech giants – Nokia vs. Google, Apple’s lawsuits in China, and Facebook vs. Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Balance your business between geographies.

North America 223

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

All the people in China is a large and growing market, but all the people with cancer is much more well-defined. Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. Market and opportunity risk. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors.

Intellectual Property 223

Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 223

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 12, 2010

I just spent a week and a half in southern China visiting a range of manufacturing facilities and meeting with senior executives, and the learnings were significant, some of which I want to share with you today. I want to take a moment to explain how worker compensation works in China. and/or pressure on financial results for U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Intellectual property (IP) can help support a competitive advantage in the market and provide a valuable asset that can help grow your business. There is nothing wrong with using unregistered trade marks to save costs during the early stages of a venture.

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