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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. Internet penetration in Beijing is greater than 70% while it’s less than 25% in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. New Rules for China.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. Internet penetration in Beijing is greater than 70% while it’s less than 25% in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. New Rules for China.

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The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors

Steve Blank

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. Here’s why.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. For example, I love the idea of prototyping.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. Terrorists harnessing the internet to radicalize and recruit new members. For example, I love the idea of prototyping.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Details: So, at the beginning of his post, to him an idea is something worth protecting as intellectual property. Fanatastic.com will be a sports community site encouraging users to share and discuss latest sports news. The ideas I have for products right now are things I would use.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs? Of course, the real thanks should go to a startup - Gogo Inflight Internet - that I was lucky enough to meet at a recent workshop. Thirdly, revamp how intellectual property rights are applied to software and code.

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