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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 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. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 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. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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

VC Cafe

2021 Tech Trends: Israel is winning the global race for tech funding. According to Crunchbase , Global venture investment reached $643 billion in 2021, compared to $335 billion for 2020—marking 92% growth year over year. China: $104.4 Israel: $25.4 Israeli tech investments 2015-2021 (source: IVC ). US: $330 billion ??China:

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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中文-简体 (China). SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » Subscribe. América Latina.

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

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Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. In 2006, Moshe was promoted to corporate vice president and head of Israel Research and Development. By Ben Bakhshi. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

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. San Francisco proper was #1, and taken on the whole, the Bay Area, of course, receives more venture capital investment than anywhere else, naturally.

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The Long Haul Of Building A Venture Capital Firm

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In this podcast, Eggers details his view of the phases the venture capital industry has gone through and recounts some stories about how Lightspeed was able to break through, and how hard it was to get that chance. and Didi, Qunar, and countless others in China.