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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. As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. The Pentagon can build a mindset, culture, and process to fix this.

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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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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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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. The pattern of using mobile apps in the post-pandemic has also changed.

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Yahoo! Launches Mobile Video, Smart And Targeted Ads Across Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

As the mobile revolution continues unabated, digital media company Yahoo! last week launched a new series of mobile advertising products in its Southeast Asian markets targeted at helping businesses reach their consumers via the device they’re almost always embracing. across PCs and mobile devices. “We

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

The country mobilized its resources and industrial base, raised powerful military forces and projected power – directing it at a defined enemy and the enemy’s industrial base. Although our experience in Vietnam would foreshadow the issues of unconventional warfare the U.S. For example, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor the U.S.