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SuperMac War Story 3: Customer Insight Is Everyone's Job « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Our first question was, did the total number of customers that had already bought products from our competitors and us represent a saturated market or the tip of the iceberg? Since I was heading a marketing department, not acting as an individual contributor, I needed to teach all of marketing the importance of customer data.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups.

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What Do Diversity Hiring and Work From Home Jobs Have in Common?

Transformify

Typically, these remote jobs did not require advanced skills – data entry jobs, image tagging, image labeling, customer support, online call centers, telemarketing, online surveys and the like. Transformify is based in the UK but our team is around the world and we have people in the Philippines, Serbia, UK, Hong Kong and more.

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. Full Circle My time at oDesk / Upwork directly led to my current venture capital career. That lunch began my career in venture and my focus on marketplace investments.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? Its Second Artillery Corps not only controls China’s ICBMs, but also its short range missiles pointed at Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and U.S. Like the U.S.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? Its Second Artillery Corps not only controls China’s ICBMs, but also its short range missiles pointed at Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, and U.S. Like the U.S.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

Now we’re a bonafide and recognized medium-sized company that serves customers throughout our State and employs many arborists and serves so many homes and businesses. When we started this business it was out of necessity, as we didn’t have other options, and we were grinding to even stay afloat, let alone become profitable.