Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

Global 244

Global North America Intellectual Property Entrepreneur 244

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Today, he gave a speech to a crowd of 20,000 at Madision Square Garden, outlining steps he is taking to cut bureaucratic red tape and encourage the Indian diaspora to invest back into India. This hustle is familiar to entrepreneurs worldwide.

India 85

India China Technical Review Africa 85

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

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. I’m in Australia and just spent time with some great entrepreneurs in Melbourne. It doesn’t.

Global 335

Global Australia Silicon Valley China 335

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2014

Subtitled Lessons for Global Corporations , the book embraces cross-cultural storytelling in its approach. Akiko Ito – a Japanese social entrepreneur who left her family in Japan to travel the world, was driven to contribute to charitable causes by founding a global NGO, and who adopted a “life is a game” philosophy.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Leadership Asia Thailand 223

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. Many investors and entrepreneurs in the US still have a US-centric view of the world. There’s another post on immigration reform in the US here but I won’t digress.

India 107

India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

Global 258

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 258

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

Global 136

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet.

Startup 361

Startup Social Media India Acquisition 361

YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

Vijay Anand is an entrepreneurially-minded professional with more than 13 years of hands-on experience as an entrepreneur , an advisor, and a columnist at Entrepreneur magazine. We communicated with Anand who kindly shared with us his thoughts on the start-up scene in India. I came back to India , in 2004.

India 208

India Silicon Valley Early Stage Asia 208

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

I previously touched upon the Passion/Product Fit of an aspiring entrepreneur. Once the answer is found, the entrepreneur needs to do serious research on the market he/she will be addressing. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. Global from day one (GD1).

Singapore 178

Singapore Technical Cofounder Product Marketing 178

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

During this week's roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China. First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity is encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. Finally, venture capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. The Dutch ‘invented’ the limited liability corporation with the inception of the Dutch East India Company. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as glocalization , means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

Global 120

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 120

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent. Bryce is a bit like the entrepreneurs I search for.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Today, he gave a speech to a crowd of 20,000 at Madision Square Garden, outlining steps he is taking to cut bureaucratic red tape and encourage the Indian diaspora to invest back into India. This hustle is familiar to entrepreneurs worldwide.

India 40

India China Africa Government 40

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

China has simply become the factory. Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity are encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. Until then investors and entrepreneurs acted like startups were simply smaller versions of large companies.

Restful 243

Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 243

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

There are more opportunities than ever before and entrepreneurs are basically thriving. Global economic growth is determined by powerful markets, which are becoming more and more sophisticated. These are the fastest-growing markets for aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking to make it. In which ones is it worth investing?

Russia 113

Russia China United Kingdom 113

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

However, there is actually much more to Gust than is apparent on the surface, or even from the viewpoint of a current user (either entrepreneur or investor). As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry.

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

2011 is going to be a great year for entrepreneurs – even better than 2010. But this investment will happen globally and the US may see a decline in VC-funded startups in 2011. The survey indicated that the VCs surveyed felt the best prospects were for entrepreneurs in emerging markets like China, Brazil, and India.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Growthink Blog

JUNE 6, 2011

Ridley proves conclusively in this wonderful book, for all of this it is the entrepreneurs and the innovators that we have to thank. And thank your local, neighborhood entrepreneur. In an awe-inspiring tour de force of exposition, Mr. Ridley takes the reader all the way back through human economic history.

Global 70

Global India Aggregator China 70

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. Among Microsoft’s 20 worldwide R&D centers, there are only three “strategic centers”: in India, China, and Israel. There aren’t enough entrepreneurs here that want to start a company worth a billion dollars.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

He couldn’t have imagined power users would be global political figures, dictatorships, small factions of people standing up to the Iranian army or every sports figure & celebrity in the world. He simply is inspirational as an entrepreneur, an inventor and as somebody who wants to make a difference in the world. Lots of it.

Technical Review 362

Technical Review America United States Partner 362

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. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 272

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 272

Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Today, Silicon Valley took the Great Equalizer and established a system of inequality where only white male faces are prominently displayed in “tech media”, VC firms exclude African-Americans and sexually harass women tech entrepreneurs and we also see Silicon Valley firms talking up some “lack of pipeline” bullcrap.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Africa 48

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

entrepreneurs targeting U.S. Since the great “financial crisis” of 2008-2009, the firm’s clientele – really without us even trying – has becoming increasingly global. based business in 2008 to where now a global clientele represents more than 30% of our business. Global Best Practices. based opportunities. Not anymore.

Small Business 81

Small Business South Korea South Africa Uruguay 81

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It was my first time in the city and I must say that I was immediately taken by the energy of the city and of the entrepreneurs that I met at the conference. I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3

Czech Republic 99

Czech Republic Russia San Jose Europe 99

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 19, 2019

I received fantastic input from angels, entrepreneurs, lawyers and VCs across the world, helping me pressure test and compile this list (note: Flybridge portfolio companies are in blue). This year, I added companies from India and China with the help of a number of friends from those communities?—?a

Startup 24

Startup DC India Software Review 24

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet.

Social Media 218

Social Media India Acquisition China 218

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.

North America 260

North America Intellectual Property Marketing Offshore 260

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. It globalizes.

India 334

India New Jersey Silicon Valley France 334

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. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

But still, the subject doesn’t always translate as well to the average entrepreneur as microeconomics does – most business people have good intuitive understandings of supply, demand, and pricing. people that is China. But who knows what monetary policy is and why they should care? Why should you care?

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

By the 1950’s Shumpeter observed that in-house R&D had replaced the inventor-entrepreneur. Address the global creation of innovation: Disruptive innovation is now created around the world by companies of any size, many of them startups. It was corporate R&D labs that set the pace of innovation in each industry.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

Asia 123

Asia Silicon Valley India China 123

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2015

author of “ Access to Asia: Your Multicultural Guide to Building Trust, Inspiring Respect, and Creating Long-Lasting Business Relationships “ To succeed in the global economy, business leaders have to be culturally in tune with their Asian counterparts. As a global leader, make every effort to be culturally aware.

Asia 100

Asia Myanmar South Korea Burma 100

YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2011

Global online crowd-funding platform and venture community Grow VC has tweaked its micro investment membership model, as well as developed and implemented a whole new set of tools to empower startup companies, making investing in startups transparent and effective.

North America 215

North America South America Africa Early Stage 215