Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Team SeaWatch – Maritime Security in the South China Sea. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. It Started with an Idea.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 272

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. With nearly all assets of value existing in the digital domain, backups can be made and data stored anywhere on Earth.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

I was fortunate to attend the party over at WATEC Israel 2011’s Cleanvest Summit. In addition to the investor-entrepreneur socializing, the government of Israel was able to score two key contracts with two foreign nations. Both Taiwan and Kenya have made agreements to exchange water technology and data revolving with Israel.

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Brazil Kenya Taiwan 97

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2018

and China threatens to escalate, 5G wireless technology has emerged as one of the major fronts in the long-term competition between the two superpowers. currently trails China and South Korea in 5G development, a situation which puts America at a disadvantage if it is not addressed. As a tariff war between the U.S.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g., the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

For China, small businesses essentially make up the country’s economy, contributing to 60% of its economy, hiring up to 3/4 of its workforce and fueling 69% of its exports. In a 2011 and 2012 survey conducted by McKinsey of SMEs in Asia, SMEs who use the Internet say it has helped them gain revenue as well as reduce costs.

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Asia Internet Small Business Indonesia 150

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012. The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 2, 2011

If you are interested in the big picture of global innovation, you might want to download this report from INSEAD — the 2011 Global Innovation Index. It ranks 125 countries by measuring various indicators, both inputs and outputs to the innovation process.

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Global Intellectual Property Lithuania Moldova 96

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

中文-简体 (China). In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Defending Japanese Waters From Chinas Navy. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » Subscribe.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

hrs (2011). Look out China, we’ll advise you into submission! The Next Web and the Next Women) and several government backed initiatives. Dutch work ethic is steeped in a belief that we ‘work to live – not live to work’ often contrasted against the other side of the Atlantic. The shortest workweek with 30.5

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dick Kramlich and Yoram Tietz at E&Y's Journey conference, Israel, Nov 2011. Y – China. D – China holds itself close to Mao. The leadership looked to Singapore to see if China could scale their model. The leadership looked to Singapore to see if China could scale their model.

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China IP Singapore 87

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

What this means is that any economic development effort must be framed in the context of the following central question: how can the government help more young companies be formed, grow faster and achieve long-term success? Fortunately, there is a constructive policy conversation in this area on both sides of the political spectrum.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. China Lifts Spending as Growth Ebbs.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

T he World Bank published the Doing Business 2011 report earlier this week, measuring how easy and pricey it is to complete the various bureaucratic procedures and red tape involved in setting up, running and shutting down a firm. Emerging markets are still struggling to climb to the top 50 spots: China is ranked 79th and India is at #134.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

As the head of the pan-European, inter-governmental initiative, Israel has planned five conferences, starting in Tel Aviv in October and culminating in Jerusalem in June 2011. Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. percent in 2011.

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North America Brazil Argentina 68

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

2011 is the first year where it feels like a real boom – much like 1996. Tsunamis, Middle East crises, government shutdown threats and a looming budget deficit are all dampers on the market. As evidenced from the unemployment curve in the last economic cycle, these business cycles can often last 4-5 years.

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IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By aggressively launching a free to use service, Alibaba’s Taobao quickly became the leading person-to-person trading site in China. In November 2011, David Rosenblatt took over as CEO and has been scaling the company ever since. Poshmark was founded by Manish Chandra in 2011.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." Ralph Waldo Emerson. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for. One out of ten of Americans are out of work. But I don’t think so.

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And when you further strip out any employment created by government stimulus that is uncertain to continue going forward we know that the country is not creating enough jobs. This coupled with government intervention of companies “too big to fail” were the blight that led to Japan’s “ lost decade.” We’d have to hit 2.5%

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