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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. Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. Outside the U.S. Obviously this depends on industry and application.)

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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. LaunchGram: aggregate news service about products and launches coming soon in verticals such as movies, electronics, video games, and cars.

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Best, Miguel Cavalcanti, from Brazil Reply Colin Rae , on September 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm Said: Steve, in many of your posts I’ve noticed you say certain things can not be delegated/outsourced (e.g Reply Miguel Cavalcanti , on May 18, 2009 at 8:12 pm Said: Hello Steve, great pst, tks for sharing your knowledge.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Greg Barnett, Brazil Counsel ! #23- 27- It will not be overly saturated Photo Credit: Ben Tabai As long as there is a need for what you are selling and the market is not overly saturated for the vertical you are looking to establish a business in, the future of entrepreneurship looks bright.

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There's a Pattern Here « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I am currently down in Brazil and no matter how much I search, I can’t seem to find your book down here. Cheers, Laurent The king of customer development starts a blog (and tweets too) « Entrepreneur Corner , on April 17, 2009 at 8:31 am Said: [.] Is there any site that sells the ebook version?

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Relentless – The Difference Between Motion And Action

Steve Blank

PS1- I run a small software startup in Brazil and just found out about Customer Development and your blog (I’ve been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on online, like Venturehacks and Ries’ blog). I couldn’t find it anywhere here in Brazil and International shipping takes weeks to get here.

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The Power of Reference Customers

SVPG

As an example, one popular product strategy is to focus on a set of reference customers for each of your target vertical markets (e.g. first develop six references for the US, then six for Germany, then six for Brazil, etc.). first develop six for the financial services industry, then six for the manufacturing industry, etc.).