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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. The goal is to meet its local chip demand by 2030. The chips that TSMC makes are found in almost everything: smartphones (i.e.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

Instead of investing in massive amounts of computers needed for training companies can use the enormous on-demand, off-premises hardware in the cloud (e.g. Helpful for predicting numerical values based on different data points, such as sales revenue projections for a given business. Some cloud vendors train on >10TB data sets.

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The impact of Covid-19 on Livestreaming adoption

VC Cafe

Some business schools have had students make demands for refunds while others have announced that they may not reopen until Jan 2021. Eating – when I was in Taiwan and Vietnam over the summer, I noticed several people livestreaming their meals (especially hot pot!). Patreon has seen a surge in registrations.

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Furniture CEO Finds Balance between Success and Staying Grounded

Hearpreneur

Throughout the year, Blake travels to China, Taiwan and Mexico to meet with manufacturers and negotiate pricing and development of new and innovative office and school furniture products. With growing demand for your product, what are your best methods for combating stress? How did you start your business?

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Doctors are in high demand, not just by their patients, but by startups looking to create social networks, marketplaces, and portals around their expertise. Microsoft has cut orders to its supply chain by half, according to Taiwan’s Digitimes. Windows 8 Phone sales quadrupled last year’s phone sales.

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10 Quotes for Small Business Owners from Big Entrepreneurs – Humble Beginnings!

Designmantic Blog

They’re very demanding, regardless of background.”. The late co-founder of ‘Hewlett Packard’ (HP) made resistance capacitance audio oscillators in a garage before forming the company that now boasts of $50 billion in annual sales. What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled.