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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

In the middle of the Vietnam War, student riots protesting military research forced the end of classified work on most college campuses. At times this means startups operate at speeds so fast they appear to be a blur to government agencies. Startups dream in years, plan in months, evaluate in weeks, and ship in days.

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[Review] Startup Asia

YoungUpstarts

Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop. The second part covers the various sectors that have seen the biggest growth in Asia.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

They should also consider launching online B2C or B2B platforms incorporating mobile and social-commerce. This is supported by the East’s dispersed and young populations, high mobile penetration rates, growth of 2nd and 3rd tier inner cities (particularly in China), and traffic congestion. A “China + 1″ Strategy.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Although our experience in Vietnam would foreshadow the issues of unconventional warfare the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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China’s OPPO Sees Opportunity For Mobile In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

If there’s any indication that the mobile handset markets in Southeast Asia is ripe for the taking, it’s the sudden interest from a number of China-based handset vendors that started to introduce their mobile products into the region’s markets. Gadgets mobile OPPO Singapore Southeast Asia'

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These Are The Most Exciting FinTechs To Emerge In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The countries are Singapore (490 FinTechs), Indonesia (262 FinTechs), Malaysia (196 FinTechs), Thailand (128 FinTechs), Philippines (115 FinTechs), and Vietnam (77 FinTechs). Quoine is a cryptocurrency company based in Singapore, with operations in Vietnam and Japan. million customers in Vietnam. MoMo has gained over 2.5

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[Singapore][Event] ad:tech Singapore 2012 Shows Digital Future For Asia

YoungUpstarts

Dr Jeffrey Cole, Director, Center for the Digital Future, USC Annenberg School drew on 10 years of data and insights from a worldwide study in 30 countries, and described how the Internet and mobile technology are changing the fabric of our daily lives. Regional Insights into Markets of Vietnam and Thailand.

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