Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

Programming 280

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 280

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

Programming 172

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 172

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. The market was created to provide startups and their investors liquidity. China’s venture capital system has made a remarkable journey from the “state owns everything” to the free market. Like the U.S. Lessons Learned.

Venture Capital 272

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 272

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. The market was created to provide startups and their investors liquidity. China’s venture capital system has made a remarkable journey from the “state owns everything” to the free market. Like the U.S. Lessons Learned.

Venture Capital 164

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 164

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. I started my last company with 100% off-shore resources because I could never have completed Customer Development at a reasonable cost of money or regulatory burden had I employed US Citizens.

DC 90

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90