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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many

Steve Blank

It may be the hedge we need to deter China in the South China Sea. was fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS, China built new weapons and developed new operational concepts to negate U.S. The sum of these Chinese offset strategies means that in the South China Sea the U.S. Here’s where this conversation gets interesting.

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

Operating Numbers. ” Board members gave her a wakeup call: there was either going to be a much more realistic assessment tomorrow based on her first-hand customer conversations, or a new CEO. China and South Korea are starting their factories up again. Days 3 and 4: Prepare new business model and operating plan.

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11 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2018

Hearpreneur

I fully immersed myself in industry conversations, met ecosystem partners, and participated in social media discussions with next-generation entrepreneurs. Aside from that, I have to say that my best accomplishment this year is getting more involved in both the local tech community and communities abroad.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.” Not in Europe or South Korea. So it was from ’91 to ’94 that I programmed. It was all technical.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

"It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, 'You live once, you might as well swing for the fences.'" You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. Here's my conversation with Sal Khan. So, let's not waste this opportunity.

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How To Reach Millennial Clients With Digital Currency

YoungUpstarts

Conversely, the fees for some digital currencies are 1% and below. Over in South Korea, 100 million credit cards and 20 million bank accounts were comprised — all thanks to a single employee at the Korea Credit Bureau. As interest rates rise and outstanding balances climb, fees are at an all-time high.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

It came from a conversation with Dad in the paddock and I probably sat on it for a good twelve months before I went ahead and registered it. 12- Got into conversations Photo Credit: Di Geddes I struggled to find a name that expressed my focus on the standard of care we deliver that hadn’t already been taken.

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