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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

And as we’ve seen in the Ukraine, Russia remains determined to wage a brutal war to play a disruptive role on the world stage. ” Team 2: Networks. Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes?

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

Scalable startups are on a trajectory for a billion dollar market cap. But if you want to build a scalable startup you need to be asking how you can you get enough customers/users/payers to build a business that can grow revenues past several $100M/year. startups ignore the rest of the world until they scale in their own country.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

There are literally hundreds of platforms currently operating that connect investors and startups, and there have been at least a hundred others that have come and gone. As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry.

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Wrike: The All-In-One Project Management Solution

YoungUpstarts

If the user is browsing a professional networking site and finds a prospective new employee, they can send the profile straight to the HR department as a task. Wrike’s app has been installed over 100,000 times on Android devices alone by everyone from startups to Fortune 100 companies. It is also available on iOS.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

” Then we needed a permit to go unescorted, or something. ”But my credentials are for a television network. Giza was just a one-day side trip on my main mission: Visiting a tech startup tucked away in Alexandria, a bustling seaside metropolis of 5 million. . ”Why? This is personal, not a professional assignment.”