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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. Trip 1 to China to understand manufacturing landscape, potential partners and rough cost of goods. Outside the U.S. Get seed funding in Australia.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

YoungUpstarts

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). Macro Trend 3: IT “Tuned” for Industry. 1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc.