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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. Born Global or Die Local. Regional Ecosystems.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

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New Normal: A conversation with Phil Fersht of HFS Research

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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Decade-end review: Not your Dad's outsourcing market

deal architect

Over the last month, as we get ready to welcome the 20s, I have been reviewing blog posts and books I have written and the notes from advisory work helping clients pick vendors, negotiate contracts, review vendor performance from the.

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Move R&D offshore Operations Follow your customer growth, don’t grow data center and support capacity ahead That said, I would like to close this post will a couple of more cheerful comments. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Save the planet!