Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market. China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

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. Investing in China Today. All the usual caveats apply.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

In this post, we take a closer look at Hong Kong to tell you why it should be your first choice when seeking to grow your business to the international market. Hong Kong is the Main Gateway to China and Entire Asia. You can import your goods to China under zero tariffs. You can import your goods to China under zero tariffs.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Scalable startups are on a trajectory for a billion dollar market cap. has a large enough market that most U.S. China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. Entrepreneurship is everywhere, but everywhere isn’t a level playing field.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

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. Investing in China Today. All the usual caveats apply.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are the buzz word in business for good reason. The internet has made it possible to have a global work force from launch date, and the same cost advantages that multinationals have had since they started exporting labour to China and other parts of Asia since the 1960’s.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Various countries are interested in drilling in the Arctic, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and in other productive areas, and in new areas that have not yet been explored. There is even greater competition for offshore drilling areas than ever before. Possible Barriers to Success in Oil and Gas Drilling.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

If you’d like to capture the iPhone market, too, check out AppBreeder , a web-based iPhone app maker, or SwebApps , another tool for building iPhone applications. It might be smart to double-check your plans with an experienced and successful mobile and online marketing expert before beginning your app creation.

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BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

In our weekly partner’s meeting yesterday, we ended up in a discussion about the progression of offshore development in a variety of portfolio companies. In the end, the companies that were doing the best job with development were the ones that had their own operations offshore. 6 months later only 2 are left.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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murkygrey.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The big guys have been doing it for years and recently, smaller and smaller startups are incorporating offshore development into their plans. As a development manager I have, over the years, utilized development teams in India, China and Russia. To avoid this mistake: Hire a local manager for your offshore team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Global 136

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Yes, the concentration of entrepreneurial founding and management talent is here in the Bay Area, but so too is lots of private money, more and more large platforms which continue to grow in market share. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. We spoke about what succeeds early in technology market evolutions. As markets grow, the more open and modular systems win.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Because reports like this stand in the way of financial market manipulation and drive home the point that not all financial innovation is good and that stocks are not fungible commodities. These companies raised just $367 million in the public markets, and they account for 470,000 U.S. don’t like this report. jobs today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Global 244

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Global 258

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 258

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

This approach, popularly known as glocalization , means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Global 120

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore. All this sounds very enticing and many budding entrepreneurs can’t wait to fly to Paris or Shanghai to tap into the international markets. Manufacturing offshore could impact intellectual property.

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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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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Prosperati HOME BLOG ABOUT CONTACT Blog Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? What’s even more amazing was that we were also paying slightly above market rate in Malaysia. Contrary to popular belief, most issues typically associated with offshore development are easily resolved. Part 2 How To Evaluate Early-Stage Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

That means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car). Reinforce your brand in international markets.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

They achieve product/market fit while based abroad, and then sometimes gradually move key business functions to the US and Western European tech hubs. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Bi-national companies , which from inception have an international presence.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

They achieve product/market fit while based abroad, and then sometimes gradually move key business functions to the US and Western European tech hubs. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Bi-national companies , which from inception have an international presence.

United States 60

United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

We have heard that there are tax advantages in doing business offshore. All this sounds very enticing and many budding entrepreneurs can’t wait to fly to Paris or Shanghai to tap into the international markets. The classic mistake is to place an office in London and think that you have entered the EU (European Common Market).

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Offshore Silicon Valley Europe 120

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. The book is framed in the context of Balram writing a letting to the leader of China trying to explain how India works.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2022

China also emerged from decades of socialist isolation to engage with the rest of the world, employing a market based “socialism” with Chinese characteristics. Great power conflict is back… between Western democracies and autocratic regimes like Russia, between the rising superpower of China and the reigning superpower of the US.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. Because the formation of a business is so dependent on “product / market fit&# these are the critical roles for me. What about offshoring? If they’re not I won’t fund.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Today the United States is in great power competition with China. versus China. China manages its industrial policy via top-down 5-year plans. Their overall goal is to turn China into a technologically advanced and militarily powerful state that can challenge U.S. economy was left to “the market.” Unlike the U.S.,

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BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

I truly am a fervent believer in globalization and how offshoring some development work can make a ton of sense from a cost and time advantage (24×7). In addition, the companies that actually took advantage of offshore development and were successful were the ones that opened their own wholly-owned Indian subsidiaries.

Global 120

Global Offshore India China 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. For consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers. The New Structure of the Venture Capital industry. Finally, venture capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

Silicon Valley 335

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. But in the 20 th century, dominated by hardware, software, and life sciences, technology swings inside an existing market happened slowly — taking years, not months. or Euro-centric phenomenon.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Maybe this is because I run offshore software development company and have seen a LOT of people coming asking for help after dealing with freelancers. And probably youre no marketing expert and salesman, either. Ive had greak luck with the folks at Odesk, both for web development and things like market research. Very important!

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