Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. with demands for new products and services.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure. Yes, we must be sensible with public money but does the risk outweigh the benefits of growing and keeping good companies in Europe? The unfortunate state of affairs in Europe is that there is a lot of youth unemployment.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Statistics show that populations in Europe and Japan are having fewer children, while both places face distressing recent levels of youth unemployment. And right now Europe is witnessing a historic migration crisis. And right now Europe is witnessing a historic migration crisis. Only time will tell.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Japan, whose high-tech companies dominated global markets for much of the 1980s, saw its leading position gradually eroded as legal, cultural and linguistic barriers limited the inflow of global human capital. For example, workers in Europe have fewer incentives than workers in the United States to work hard.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Use more mobile data: In Dec 2011 the average mobile connection downloaded 424 megabytes of data (Japan was second with 392 megabytes). Going back five years mobile was widely regarded as a strong area for Europe due to the strength of Nokia and the Symbian operating system, but since then Apple and Android have taken over.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Kevin not only built relationships with many of the younger, more emerging professionals in all of the US funds but he has also developed a very active investor relationships with Asian funds in particular in Japan, South Korea and China and in Northern Europe.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

I saw some companies that became truly rancid – even one entrepreneur who flew to Hawaii as his company was melting down and got drunk at an M&A meeting to save his team and he ended up not paying his entire team all of their final expense payments but he flew first class to Europe. In other words, I had seen multiple systems.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

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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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2017

We have witnessed vehicles operating autonomously, including a caravan of trucks crossing Europe with only a single operator to monitor systems. Jason Bissell is General Manager of Asia Pacific and Japan, Talend and Calvin Hoon is Regional VP for Sales, Asia Pacific for Talend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent in 2012 to 54 percent by 2022. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe. Metal Gear Rising's Blade Wolf DLC out in Japan May 9. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt NY. After Raising $6.7M More in Gadgets. Also on AOL Tech. About & Staff.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

I know this first hand having personally lived and worked in many countries in Europe (and Japan) over an 11-year period where the melting didn’t happen. This story is universal for every American immigrant in whatever century one’s family arrived here and the “melting pot” is what uniquely makes America great.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

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. Numbers are important. I’d rather make decisions with uncertain numbers than no numbers. But you have to understand how to interpret your numbers.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

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. It’s now a global product, in US, Asia, Europe and Africa. Entrepreneur Europe Insider Analysis and Opinion' Our market is the world, we build a product for everyone.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

 —  @realdonaldtrump He’s a Foreign Policy Idiot He has said that he thinks non-nuclear countries should have their own nuclear weapons and specifically said he has no problem if South Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia go nuclear.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Startup Battlefield. Free Startup Docs: How Much Equity Should Advisors Get? Are There Too Many Stock Exchanges? Dreamworks is making the Need for Speed movie. More on Engadget , TUAW , Joystiq , HuffPost Tech. About & Staff. Privacy Policy. startupcto

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2023

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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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2019

The industrialized countries such as Europe, America and Japan have completed the industrialization of CNC machine tools, and China started from the 1980s and is now in the development stage. WayKen is a global rapid prototype and manufacturing company.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups. Darksiders 2 ‘The Crucible’ mode footage is a test of courage. Around Azeroth Beta Edition: We had a pretty good day. About & Staff. Privacy Policy.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But it wasn’t the tank as a technology, by itself, that allowed Nazi Germany to take over Western Europe in a matter of weeks. Over the last twenty years, however, China has developed the ability to precisely target fixed infrastructure in Japan, Guam and elsewhere with thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

Having grown up in Northern California and living near a Japanese family when I was really young, I always had a fascination with Japan and wanted to live there. By then I knew the local team well and they realized that I had done several relevant projects in Europe. It was right up my alley in terms of skill sets and interests.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 21, 2021

Founded in Bucharest, and now headquartered now in New York City, UiPath rang the bell this morning at the NYSE, becoming the largest public cloud company born in Europe. In early 2017, while the company only had single-digit revenue, it was already operating in North America, Europe, India and Japan.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? Here’s what we know about the Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes trailer. Second generation Razer Blade upgrades innards, lowers price. More on Engadget , TUAW , Joystiq , HuffPost Tech.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 22, 2019

In the seventies they used an image of a stork and a baby for the introduction of Pampers in Japan. Great idea, one would think… Where it not for the fact that in Japan the stork has nothing to do with babies. In Europe there are big differences in privacy laws when it comes to email marketing. Ask Proctor & Gamble.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

During his campaign, Trump labelled both China and Japan as “currency manipulators” and threatened a trade war over what he called their unfair trading practices. A new deal, which would have to be signed and ratified by each country, would include major United States allies like Japan, Canada and Mexico.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Startup Battlefield. Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M. Game Australia to close all of its stores in the coming weeks. More on Engadget , TUAW , Joystiq , HuffPost Tech. About & Staff. Privacy Policy. Terms Of Service.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

It’s an issue facing most of Europe, Australia, and Japan as well. But a drastic expansion in existing visa programs will likely be necessary over the long run. And the sooner the better. That’s because the US is hardly alone in having to deal with a rapidly aging population.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2011

Interestingly, Sato runs the company from London and Paris, but development work takes place in Japan. “(There’s a) huge individual tourism market in Europe; (on the other hand) Japan has cheap costs and technology in engineering,&# he explains. The reason for this, Sato says, is very simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I pushed for Accenture to transfer me to Europe. In early 1999 I made the decision to fulfill my lifelong dream to live and work in Japan. years in LA (early 90’s) many of my friends left to start companies in Silicon Valley. We were high tech at the very start of the boom. I chose a different path.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

“The range of business ideas and the level of expertise we see on our doorstep here in Asia is truly impressive and our metrics show that the startups we accelerate do as well as any of their peers in Europe or the US outside Silicon Valley.” Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent now to 56 percent by 2022. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

There are approximately 170 million potential new customers in Europe alone, and this is one reason why mega-corporations establish headquarters in international locations as well. For example, computer technology is booming in India, and few countries can beat Japan for manufacturing. Advantage Over Competition.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 22, 2016

The addition of Serendex adds new drugs to its portofolio including Serendex’s flagship product, Molgradex, an inhaled drug in later stage clinical trials in Europe and Japan to treat autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million by 2015. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2012

For 2012, the program now includes more than 90 merchant partners across Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East & Africa, and the United States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The European Union created the EU Solidarity Fund in 2002 specifically to respond to natural disaster-afflicted areas in Europe. Resiliency is the name of the game. In light of recent U.S. national disasters such as Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, many people want to be better prepared.

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