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7 Reasons To Think Globally While Still New And Local

Startup Professionals Musings

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. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. with demands for new products and services.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

The same is true for Internet services, digital media and most products that involve significant up-front research and development (R&D) costs. These emerging market economies are now tired of being mere producers of “Designed in California” products and are starting to invest in innovation.

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7 Strategies To Prepare For Global Market Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

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. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. with demands for new products and services.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

I always wanted to work in Europe but it was hard to ask for a sponsoring company to pay for you to come over. I called every person I knew in Accenture Europe and asked for advice to get transferred. It is better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission After 5 years in Europe I decided I really wanted to work in Japan.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. I was in the midst of sizing the mobile handset markets in 3 regions: US, Europe and Asia.

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Before there was Oppenheimer there was Vannevar Bush

Steve Blank

Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union) made strategic decisions about what types of weapons to build (tanks, airplanes, ships, submarines, artillery, rockets), what was the right mix (aircraft carriers, fighter planes, bombers, light/ medium/ heavy tanks, etc.) now at war with Germany and Japan, the race to build the bomb was on.

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15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

The Next Web

It’s part two of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. If you are an Internet/software business, take care you pick a location that helps you to start. It’s now a global product, in US, Asia, Europe and Africa.