Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 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. What a long strange trip China has been through.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

China’s Age of Malaise [Evan Osnos/New Yorker] – A loooong read but essential stuff if you are interested in China from an sort of view (cultural, economic, geopolitical, startup). When I return to China these days, the feeling of ineluctable ascent has waned.

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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. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

A few observations from my time in India: Geography India recently surpassed China to become the world’s most populous country. It’s obviously very large, but most start-up activity is concentrated in a few cities: Bangalore (the “Silicon Valley” of India), Delhi (the 33m strong capital of India), Mumbai (the financial capital) and Chennai.

India 87

India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 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. What a long strange trip China has been through.

China 207

China Taiwan Silicon Valley Guam 207

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2020

In a larger sense, they want to help entrepreneurs and innovators alike gain direct access to large and explosive end-markets to help accelerate, not only tech commercialization , but to create newer and better jobs, to foster partnerships, and to empower long-term growth and development simultaneously. Andrew Chung, 1955 Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Venture capital on pace for biggest year since dot-com era - [link]. Some very useful info here – The China Startup Report - [link]. I hope you enjoy these links!

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

1:30PM HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN, SALON K SIMÓN BORRERO, Rappi RODOLFO GONZALEZ, Foundation Capital COURTNEY MCCOLGAN, Runa HR DANIEL VOGEL, Bitso Latin American startups are attracting a record amount of venture capital funding. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. What gives?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I never expected to have my first book published in China, much less in Mandarin, but that goes to show how much the world continues to change. My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 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. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and various random stuff! Small Business and Startups: Customer Service Marketing Manifesto – crowdspring.co/1wYokDi. The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market - crowdspring.co/1xaoN3x.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. Also, one billion new customers can be added to this market by 2040. This amount can triple by 2025.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The past year saw startups on the rise, an increase in venture capital funding (both in real dollars and numbers of companies funded), a resurgence of IPOs, and the rise of David against Goliath, as best represented by Groupon’s spurning of a $6 billion offer from Google. Investors will be bullish on startups.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. While Facebook’s numbers have grown, internet usage (now mostly mobile even in developed markets) continues to evolve in a pace that rivals innovation in the past.

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India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 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. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 of US social network users) according to Falcon.io’s 2021 digital marketing trends. Ark Invest forecasts that by 2030 the AR market could scale from under a $1 billion today to $130 billion. Fortnite alone made $1.8 Immersive ar/vr/xr.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries. The venture capital landscape in Asia is varied and complex, as most of the active firms on the continent are concentrated in just a few areas.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. They point out perceived market risks, they might question the management team’s experience, they might worry about regulatory risk or incumbent competitive powers. So if you add people like me the target market is tens of millions. Far from it.

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Technical Review America Partner United States 362

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

Incentivize the Formation and Commitment of Angel Capital. Fix Venture Capital by Fixing the IPO Market. Increase Startups Access to Capital. China Free Trade Agreement. “Not All Good Ideas Get Funded Anymore” Make the SBA More Entrepreneur-Friendly. Jump-Start America’s Trade Agenda.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world. Over the last decade, a new trend emerged as tech talent was scarce where it was needed the most.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Was SuperMac attempting to introduce radically new products and create a new market ? Was the company attempting to be a low cost provider by introducing cheaper products to an existing market? Was the company attempting to be a low cost provider by introducing cheaper products to an existing market? No, not really.

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Silicon Valley Marketing RSS California 141

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China. ShopTranslated is a mass-market online retailer of plus-sized women's clothing, with merchandise in the $59-$99 range. Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Or, bootstrap longer.

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Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

The Equity Kicker

JULY 19, 2012

There has been a bit of buzz recently about the Q2 increase in VC activity in the US, and following discussion a discussion at a dinner last night where we fumbled for stats on the state of the venture market I decided to do a little research this morning and find out the latest trends. Deal volume in China has continued to decline.

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Europe Venture Capital China Hosting 119

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As we end 2012, Gust is the official, exclusive platform of virtually every national federation of business angels in the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, France, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, even China, all in their native languages.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

If you’re a venture capitalist … you have limited partners that give you money to invest on their behalf, and you’re responsible for giving them outsize returns. Therefore a venture capitalist needs to invest in startups that can turn into billion dollar companies. .

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. “CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. Everyone wants to work in tech startups.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Scaling venture capital breaks it. Venture capital is, and should remain, a boutique industry (See The Venture Boutique , blog post from 2008).

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

BeyondVC

APRIL 28, 2005

I recently caught up with my friend Derek Sulger, founder of Linktone (Nasdaq: LTON) and current founder and CFO of Smartpay , a Paypal-like play in China (I really like what Derek is doing with this one-no credit in China, use the mobile phones for debiting from bank accounts). His thoughts make a ton of sense.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2017

No matter how successful your organization may be, not marketing to low-income consumers could cost you plenty. During a time when so few companies are getting it right, Amazon is a shining example of a company that found a way to successfully market to this group. Further, many subscriptions pitch convenience over cost savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

And there was a great discussion about generational change at Venture Capital firms handled so well by Benchmark & Sequoia and how Fred is thinking about it. He takes on the question of why China, with its vast population and resources and the Ottoman Empire, which clearly had a dominant position over the West, crumbled.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

. Techventure , one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs, is back. which celebrates the vibrant developments taking place in Asia that have helped Asian corporations take the lead and capitalize successfully in many areas of technology. Innovation.

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