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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. 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. Born Global or Die Local. Identify activities/resources/partners locally and then globally.

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Why Defense Could Now Be a Market for Startups

Steve Blank

At a time when young companies struggle to find technology sectors not dominated by Silicon Valley’s giants , most startups remain oblivious to one of the largest markets in the world, the U.S. Regardless, companies should be mindful of the reputational impacts working with the DoD could have on their existing business.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. markets: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. markets: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

He talks about the power of Graham’s reputation, and describes that time as “a moment” – one of those opportunities that come out of nowhere and you just have to take. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Latin America. Middle East.