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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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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. Identify activities/resources/partners locally and then globally.

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Why Defense Could Now Be a Market for Startups

Steve Blank

By comparison, last year’s global market for software-as-a-service, one of the hottest sectors for startup creation and investment, was estimated at $104 billion. ai entered the defense market having already built a successful commercial business in the energy vertical. Defense Department. There’s a willing market here, too.

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Scale of Messaging Landscape 2017

VC Cafe

This post is just my own learning process about this subject and doesn’t cover the rapidly growing bot ecosystem or the vertical messaging apps (startups like Crew ). Encryption, while it’s important to us as consumers, can come at a cost of others using the platforms for malicious purpose. In summary. Amazon Anytime.

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3 historical innovations and the businesses they birthed

crowdSPRING Blog

Of course the Russian aristocracy wanted to keep it to themselves and for several centuries it was only available in limited quantities and at great cost. Today the vodka business is massive, with global consumption in 2008 logging in at over 512 million cases! Drink up, friends… 2. The steam engine (70 AD).

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