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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. New Rules for China. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. New Rules for China. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

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

Steve Blank

Does the story of a superpower ignoring distant threats from seemingly weak competitors sound familiar from the class discussions on China? Google, at the time, was overhauling the back end of their search engine. They built their search engine 20 years ago. and China in the near, mid, and long-term time frames.

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5 Sources Of Ideas That Turn Into The Next Big Thing

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. Unpredictable forces, such as unrest in the Middle East and China, can quickly change energy cost equations, or availability of critical products. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

There is no social media or marketing content that you have to create. Alibaba and DHgate are both based and focused on mainland China. Although America has plenty of opportunities on widely used social media and marketing campaigns (for examples, LinkedIn and Apollo work at their best in the U.S.),

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

China: $104.4 The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. Several discussions on social media have founders asking if they should hedge their FOREX risk. In the US alone, startups raised $330 billion. US: $330 billion ??China: Israel: $25.4

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5 Generators Of Customer Pain Conducive To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. Unpredictable forces, such as unrest in the Middle East and China, can quickly change energy cost equations, or availability of critical products. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

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