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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. innovation in the U.S. China now has plenty of both.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

In ’05, social networking was not quite as prevalent as is it today. ” This was around 2001. Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey, Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. I was like, “… It’s going to be big.