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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

More recently, US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has led to apprehension that US-based companies will be moving their production from Chinese manufacturers to factories in other low-cost countries such as India, Thailand and Vietnam. Few other countries can match China in this – be it India, Thailand or Vietnam.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

A talented group of specialists including engineers, designers, financial analysts, and lawyers are assigned to develop various facets of the company’s framework. There has been a noticeable growth and expansion of Startup Labs in Southeast Asia in countries such as Vietnam, Philippines, and Singapore.

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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

Both Sides of the Table

It was about the founder of Sriracha sauce, David Tran, displaced from Vietnam when the North’s communists took power. It also chronicles the forces behind the decline of the American city (which has been revived in the past 10-15 years) and the rise of global manufacturing. The distinctive design of his packaging.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

They had me lay off the entire team of seven designers and then laid me off. The realization that I could run a company and I could do it well was also the attraction, motivation, and inspiration for founding Artitudes Design. Thanks to Andrea Heuston, Artitudes Design ! #2- He didn’t believe that women should be in business.

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[Singapore] Designs On A New Furniture Future

YoungUpstarts

Amidst the elaborate show booths featuring all manner of furniture, interior decorations, construction materials and even hand-carved decorative wooden ships, you’ll find a creative space displaying examples of some of the more quirky, fun yet practical furniture designs within the entire exhibition. Designed in Singapore.

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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. As the cost of Chinese labor increased, other countries like Vietnam could fill that role. How Do the Chinese View Our Actions?

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 14 – Planning– Major General Mike Fenzel

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Global Integration of Operational Plans. But cyber and space alone demand global integration.