Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2023

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Reorganize DoD Research and Engineering. Russia will not defer its future plans for aggression to meet our dates. This article previously appeared in Defense News. Today, the U.S. Why Is It Up To Congress?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. —— I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2017

To those currently working on AI solutions and applications, with the hopes of commercializing them globally, I’d like you to think deeply on the following question: Just because you have the technological prowess to create your awesome AI solution, when you take a step back and ponder its implications, do you think you should?

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. This category would include among others Yandex, Mail.ru, KupiVIP and Avito in Russia as well as Allegro in Poland. Why Eastern Europe? mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. However, there is actually much more to Gust than is apparent on the surface, or even from the viewpoint of a current user (either entrepreneur or investor).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. New types of disruptive technologies/weapons (China/Russia A2/AD , China’s DF-21D and DF-26B ) can create the need for new doctrine. And that has happened to us.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

During the Cold War with the Soviet Union, science and engineering at both Stanford and U.C. Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. We’ve gone global as well.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!)

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) Yet in an increasingly globalized, diverse, interconnected world, it would be a mistake to assume that the same players can dominate in all markets. Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For example: what are the implications of Russia having a life expectancy of 59 versus 61 for Bangladesh? Looking to another part of the world, a number of analysts are betting that China, the most populous country on the planet, will take up some demographic slack and be the growth engine of the future.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The new National Defense Strategy states that we need to prepare for competition between major powers, calling out China and Russia explicitly as adversaries, (with China appearing to be the first.) Instead the focus is on global and rapid maneuver capabilities of smaller, dispersed units to “increase agility, speed, and resiliency.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Our students, a mix between international policy and engineering, will be the ones in this fight. neglected strategic threats from China and a rearmed Russia. New types of disruptive technologies/weapons (China/Russia A2/AD , China’s DF-21D and DF-26B ) can create the need for new doctrine. And that has happened to us.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Rather than depending just on SEO, marketers will need to optimize picture sitemaps and employ descriptive filenames for photos that are identified by search engines. Also, the CB Insights' Industry Analyst Consensus says that the global meat market could get the estimated value of $2.7 Thanks to David Wurst, Webcitz ! #4-

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Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2020

In considering a total risk management plan, boards, senior executives, and risk management teams need to be aware that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the current global crisis for their own benefit by using terms related to the crisis to commit cybercrimes. In Russia, the Hades group is a well-known hacking group.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Countries like Russia, China, Canada, and the United States are involved in drilling races, trying to capture as much of the crude oil market as they can, all the while implementing new energy tech innovation to improve safety, productivity, and environmental impact. Global economic pressures drive the increasing demand for oil.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Chicago’s startup engine roars | Chicago Tribune - crowdspring.co/16aYZLL. 110 People Own 35% of Russia’s Wealth - crowdspring.co/19D9pi8. Global study: World not ready for aging population – Yahoo News - crowdspring.co/19LsRt2. The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work | WSJ - crowdspring.co/1gq3TGK.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2012

Prior to starting All The Worlds Entertainment , Thomson was executive chairman of global integrated advertising agency iris Worldwide , where he grew the business from £39 million to £75 million, and established iris in 15 key markets globally along the way. But that’s the way life alway’s been for the Scotsman.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

-led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. Horowitz et al., “ China Has Made Drone Warfare Global ” Foreign Affairs , 2020.

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VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

Snapchat is also concerned from getting every feature copied by Facebook, so it recently acqui-hired the team behind Strong.Code , a way to protect software against reverse engineering by obscuring the code. Source: Snapchat hits a disappointing 166M daily users, growing only slightly faster. What about Amazon? . Amazon Anytime.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

By 1863 the government had given up the monopoly and opened production to all comers; an industry was born, prices plummeted, and by the early 20th century Vodka represented almost 90% of the alcohol consumed in Russia. Today the vodka business is massive, with global consumption in 2008 logging in at over 512 million cases!

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Emmanuel Macron during the workshop in Versailles In this context I was invited, together with a large dozen of foreign investors, to participate in a workshop to discuss what France could to do to attract more venture capital from global firms.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2023

Wealth and Ownership Amid A Shifting Global Financial Order written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Carol Roth In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Carol Roth. And that's the shifting of the global financial order. We just saw the, the second US debt downgrade ever.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Now that I’ve mapped out key first steps that need to be taken and important cultural nuances to be aware of when expanding your business into Asia , many CEOs ask me if they can actually locate their engineering and product teams here and expect the same level of quality they get in the Valley. My simple answer is: absolutely.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

My grandparents were forced from Russia. Human talent, marketing, engineering, R&D. There's a product manager at 3M that knows the N95 mask business inside and out, domestically and globally. Wars have been fought. It's either leave or die. My dad and my uncles fought in the World Wars. Everything gets less expensive.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Global economic growth is determined by powerful markets, which are becoming more and more sophisticated. Among the most noteworthy markets for newly-established businesses, India and China are the ones most likely to eliminate inefficiencies in global trade. It is common knowledge that startups are currently soaring in Russia.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2022

Globalization goes in reverse. Globalization is going in reverse for the first time in 3 decades. At a company level, global supply chains made it possible to source and build products faster and cheaper with a “just in time” model. But the tide of globalization is starting to ebb.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

It Will Be Harder Than the Pentagon Thinks , Considering Military Culture and Values When Adopting AI, Swarms of Mass Destruction , Joby Aviation raises $590 million led by Toyota to launch an electric air taxi service , Linking combat veterans and Valley engineers. — On China. It’s a very important area.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Even if you work in a multi-headed hydra called "global corporation." Here's my process for doing that… ~ Visit www.google.com (or Baidu in China, Yandex in Russia etc). But there are two prerequisites: 1. You are going to have to throw away the shackles, and think like a business owner.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

We were overly-naive engineers trying to solve a problem,” Phil says with a laugh, looking back on a time when the crazy set in. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. In Silicon Valley, the ambition is always global.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011. The volume of trade (excluding diamonds) between Israel and Russia in the first nine months of 2010 totalled $711 million.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 30, 2017

It's easy to take that for granted, but that's why places like Russia have trouble getting their startup community off the ground. Get ready to have to start paying your software engineers even more so they can afford to live. What investor wants to take that extra layer of government risk?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2021

John Garnaut and Bill Bishop, Sinocism , “ Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China ” Sinocism , January 16, 2019. Rob Atkinson, “ Innovation Drag: The Impact of Chinese Economic and Trade Policies on Global Innovation ,” ITIF, January 2020. Next week – Russia. Class 2- Reading Assignment Questions. Lessons Learned.

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