Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Some of the readings for this week included CNAS “The Next Defense Strategy” series , Sustaining the Future of Indo-Pacific Defense Strategy , Enhancing Forward Defense: The Role of Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific , Make China the Explicit Priority in the Next NDS , the Indo-Pacific Strategy Report , Lessons for a Future War.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2023

The funding round was led by 42XFund, which is based in Abu Dhabi, and participation came from a number of different investors, including Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), responsAbility, and 500 Global, amongst others. eFishery’s current focus is on the Indonesian market. The remarkable annual output of 5.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

With today’s world-wide instant communication and the internet, every new business is global by default, and distributed team members are spread across international boundaries without waiting for immigration. The diversity of ideas, cultures, and motivations is a powerful change agent.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Part of why I’m on this trip with Wences Casares (founder and CEO of Xapo ) is to learn (and share) a broader view of entrepreneurship, where the strategies of Blitzscaling can be applied outside of Silicon Valley and China, and participate in Endeavor’s critical global mission for building the industries, companies, and jobs of the future.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Fortunately, Europe and Asia as well as Africa are making great breakthroughs in technology such as mobile payments, blockchain and distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence as well as robotics. China has built up beautiful and diverse tech hubs that will make anybody forget about Silicon Valley existence altogether.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. And while the US had FANG (Facebook, Amazon/Apple, Netflix and Google) China has BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent). But it’s not just China and Singapore.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The supply and demand for healthcare goods is increasingly global, driven by emerging economies, longer life expectancy and technological advancements. [2]. billion people) of the global middle class by 2030, up from just under one-third in 2009 [6]. Megatrends driving the growth in healthcare sector. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3]

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. B2B Marketplaces in Asia.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Not only is this more productive, it is also easier to integrate all functions of the business from branding to channel distribution and export marketing, which helps strengthen company operations. Appoint a central agency or have an in-house team dedicated to a specific business function that covers all markets.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

What we’ve experienced while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has me thinking about the worldwide supply chain network and our absolute ignorance in not addressing the detrimental, looming effects of global climate change. states that the spread of the virus globally affected both the markets and vessel operations significantly.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

China is the world’s largest country with more than 1.3 Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. On the other hand, in China, most of the users, the majority, are not well educated and in big cities working in foreign companies. That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. billion people.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Arab countries, stretching from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, have a combined population of about 350 million, with combined GDP equal to nearly 40% of China’s.). Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. What We Discovered About Blockchain The Afro-Tech approached blockchain and distributed ledger as how it will affect African-Americans in everyday living.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. It is generally accepted that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 , was first seen in Wuhan, China, during the last days of 2019. This virus is a zoonotic virus.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2012

So it warmed my heart when I heard that Cyril Ebersweiler and my long time friend Sean O’Sullivan were starting an accelerator in Shenzhen, China called HAXLR8R as part of their Chinaccelerator initiative, both which are part of the Global Accelerator Network.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

. – which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers. The key investors to keep tabs on are, for the most part, concentrated in four primary markets: China. With the strengthening Yuan , China is a great place to look for funding right now.

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Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

Growth-minded businesses are always thinking about global expansion. If you have a clear objective about expanding globally it becomes a lot easier to take your business overseas. The companies that are planning to expand globally need to take time to explore what benefits they are looking to achieve.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Similarly, I believe that ‘do no harm’ is the right overarching approach for distributed ledger technology. Sixty-six million tons of American soybeans were just handled through a blockchain transaction by the Dreyfus company to China. . I think this distributed ledger technology has enormous potential.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

They are coming from the East and West Coasts, from London and China and Tel Aviv. COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2018

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER PARTNERSHIP ‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.’ It combined the thrill of problem solving for some of top global companies with the even bigger thrill of always being part of a high performing team that tackled those problems shoulder to shoulder. WOMEN’S STORIES OF MALE ALLIES?—?THE

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age. It’s a great business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Managing distributed workforce and remote teams was not something totally new for them. As the epidemic started in China, its economy suffered a lot and it’s still too early to predict the total losses. Most flights from and to China have been cancelled and it will definitely take time for the tourism industry to recover.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

So around 800 AD some clever folks in China developed the world’s first paper currency, which served as a kind of “promise” against a future payment of something else, such as precious metals. The Mobile Phone (1973). In 1973, Motorola launched the first handheld mobile phone. Photo: Wikipedia ). Social media (2002).

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2012

If you’re venturing into the apparel market, you’ll have to visit China and Vietnam where the major garment factories are located. And for coffee distribution, you’ll have to press elbows with Starbucks in Guatemala. All markets are global. If you decide to produce toilets, sinks and showers, you’ll have to go to Japan.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I would like to invite you to an exclusive opportunity to learn who these startups are and what their technologies do - distributed desalination, reverse osmosis membranes, nanoscale materials and nanoceramics , among others. What is it? All around the world water shortages long ago crossed the crisis threshold. In California. New Mexico.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

One thing worth considering is that your gross margins will tell you whether certain distribution channels are viable?—?for If you’re manufacturing in China, have you considered alternatives and trade-offs? Related to the previous question, we live in an age where global politics and economics can impact anyone’s business.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 18, 2019

Railroads and telegraphs enabled new networks of communication and distribution. Granted, there are a handful of nations, including China, France, Canada, and the U.S., Electrification meant people could suddenly do far more at night than they’d ever done before. There was a massive shift from rural living to cities.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Global and Local. I caught a glimpse of this energy during my Venture Partner tenure with the folks at GGV Capital , who’ve been successfully investing exclusively across China and the U.S. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2019

Scott Young: This actually resulted in several years after that experience of trying to learn French actually went with a friend to do our own version of that project, which we called The Year Without English, where we went to four different countries, Spain, Brazil, China, and South Korea to learn Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Chinese, and Korean.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. I fully realize that a lot of people do all their business in WeChat in China, etc). I think it’s great if startups have large ambitious of serving audiences globally, but it’s really important to tackle one market first well.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. I fully realize that a lot of people do all their business in WeChat in China, etc). I think it’s great if startups have large ambitious of serving audiences globally, but it’s really important to tackle one market first well.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

She’ll have to quit her well-paid job at a respectable company and tell her parents that although she studied hard throughout school and got into a great college and graduated in 3 years that she is now leaving it to change the way that manufacturers sell products electronically through their distribution systems.

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