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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy (part 1)

Steve Blank

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

2021 Tech Trends: Israel is winning the global race for tech funding. Part of a global trend. Records were broken globally as well, both in terms of funding and number of unicorns. To put things in context: startup fundraising 2021 Global: $643 billion ??US: Global tech correction. US: $330 billion ??China: