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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

is now engaged in great power competition with both China and Russia. The third class focused on Russia, which is asserting itself as a great power challenger. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. Semiconductors: Technology and Market Primer 10.0”

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Like Their Customers, Tech Startups Will Weather the Storm

ReadWriteStart

Markets are always in flux, randomly walking between gains and losses, but sometimes macro factors conspire to create sustained volatility. This type of internal project is less disruptive during a lull in customer demand, plus organizations know they will get a good deal in today’s market.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. A country that is in the process of moving from a developing to a developed stage is considered an emerging economy or market. Emerging Markets: Five Markets To Watch.

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Why Defense Could Now Be a Market for Startups

Steve Blank

At a time when young companies struggle to find technology sectors not dominated by Silicon Valley’s giants , most startups remain oblivious to one of the largest markets in the world, the U.S. There’s a willing market here, too. A startup could land a contract worth up to $3 million within months of entering the defense market.

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Dual Citizenship: Business Opportunities with a Second Passport

The Startup Magazine

Copyright: on Unsplash I License: CC0 Public Domain A second passport gives you access to potentially numerous additional markets, enhancing your trading and scaling-up options. Therefore, foreign nationals are unable to benefit from favorable exchange or interest rates or make investments in flourishing real estate markets.

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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

For many investors and entrepreneurs in the West, doing business in Russia can seem like a step into the unknown. With a little knowledge of some of the key cultural differences and unique properties of the local tech scene, Russia can easily become one of the most attractive tech markets in the world for investors.

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