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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

When they find it, their focus on scale requires even more venture capital to fuel rapid expansion. Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. lesson of using SBIC funds.),

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. Torch has four major parts: Clusters, Business Incubators, Seed Funding, and Funds to support Venture Capital firms. Lessons Learned.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. Torch has four major parts: Clusters, Business Incubators, Seed Funding, and Funds to support Venture Capital firms. Lessons Learned.

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

They’ve been thinking hard and smart about the lessons to be learned not only from Silicon Valley, but with only 16 million people, they are also looking for lessons from other small innovation clusters such as Israel, Singapore and Finland. Venture Capital. The country needs to build a deeper Venture Capital industry.

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Blind Men and an Elephant- Nature Versus Nurture and Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

Thirty plus years ago when I came to Silicon Valley Asian’s and Indian’s in high technology were a small minority and almost none were running companies or in venture capital. Or look at Israel. Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital. Were they not being nurtured? Is it their DNA?

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 6 – Unmanned Systems and Autonomy

Steve Blank

It is the “venture capital” of the Navy and Marine Corps. Other countries, e.g. Turkey and Israel, have proliferated systems that have been used to win a war. Our first guest speaker was Rear Admiral Lorin Selby , Chief of Naval Research, United States Navy. Admiral Selby is responsible for the Naval Research Enterprise.

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Startup America – Dead On Arrival

Steve Blank

As they can’t provide the scale to attract venture capital, they fund their businesses via friends/family or small business loans. Unlike small businesses, scalable startups are what Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their venture investors do. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital.

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