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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. Born Global or Die Local. Outside the U.S. Obviously this depends on industry and application.)

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) Surfers alway want to know the waves conditions in real-time and they want to stay connected with their local and global community. I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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Innovation Outposts and The Evolution of Corporate R&D

Steve Blank

Evangelos has spent the last 15 years as a Venture Capitalist, first at Apax Partners and later at Trident Capital. For example, US Steel had integrated vertically and was involved in the mining of the iron ore all the way to the production of various steel products, e.g., nails.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. It’s like arguing against vertical software. I once ran a startup company partnered with a US company. In my homeland, Brazil, it was largely used, and I grew up with many people taking.

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