Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

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. What I learned from the article? What touched me?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Global Integration of Operational Plans. In the past, when we talked about Operational Plans for combatant commands like Central Command , or INDOPACOM , or a European Command , we didn’t think about global integration. But cyber and space alone demand global integration. We refer to this as a “global integration framework.”

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Throughout the 1990s, we were focused on how to integrate China into the global system so that it would become a responsible stakeholder. That to me is the long pole in the tent for future multi-domain operations this very distributed approach to warfare, that will be necessary. We came out of Vietnam. — On China.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2012

If you’re venturing into the apparel market, you’ll have to visit China and Vietnam where the major garment factories are located. And for coffee distribution, you’ll have to press elbows with Starbucks in Guatemala. All markets are global. If you decide to produce toilets, sinks and showers, you’ll have to go to Japan.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

alone, topping half a million — exceeding the number of deaths across World Wars I and II and Vietnam combined) to devastating economic burdens ( exacerbating pre-pandemic record levels of income inequality). And the shift to remote work could be an initial gateway to other policy changes that could help distribute opportunity.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. I think it’s great if startups have large ambitious of serving audiences globally, but it’s really important to tackle one market first well. Vietnam, for example, has strong tech adoption and has nearly 100m people.

Asia 48

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. I think it’s great if startups have large ambitious of serving audiences globally, but it’s really important to tackle one market first well. Vietnam, for example, has strong tech adoption and has nearly 100m people.

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Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48