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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The United States just did this to China by limiting Huawei’s ability to outsource its in-house chip designs for manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese chip foundry. However, most of these products required custom chips — and China lacked the domestic manufacturing capability to make them.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

And they figure out how they could digitally enable their business – supply chain, customer interactions, etc. They explore and analyze data using machine learning platforms to create models about customers, processes, risks, or whatever they’re trying to predict. Making business smarter : Customer Support. What’s Different?

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Almost 30 years ago, my father decided to uproot the entire family from Taiwan to the United States so that his academically “inconsistent” son could have an education tolerant and perhaps even encouraging of his idiosyncrasies. Oftentimes they see a market need and simply want to serve those customers.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. We’ve managed to turn this little island in the Indian Ocean into a brand for the people who are making the Internet.”. Great restaurants and new customers find us in the App Store, in the press, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare.”. Believe.in.

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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

Up and Running

The business, which introduces cultures to kids through books and other products, is run from Tainan, Taiwan. “If Kyle Ems, founder of SeniorCareBox, a web-based company that helps customers send care packages to seniors, says there is no shortage of help available to new entrepreneurs. To run a business, you need customers.

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Carousell gets cozy with Rakuten to bring its mobile marketplace to Southeast Asia

The Next Web

Carousell is now setting its sights on capturing the audience in Southeast Asia, especially for those who are increasingly accessing the Internet via their mobiles. According to an Accenture report from last year, there will be 194 million new Internet users between 2010 and 2020 in the region.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

New suppliers and customers can be found much further afield, and even internationally, literally with the click of a mouse. Its custom-built market analysis tools have over 340,000 users worldwide and it ran almost 450 capacity-building workshops in 20135. Serving the community by looking beyond it. A shared imperative.