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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

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. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. But other critical hypotheses such as activities, resources, partners, channels needed testing offshore. Identify activities/resources/partners locally and then globally. This meant they would need U.S.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

If you feel like looking for offshore developer talent, you can try Softensity. Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. How do you know who will be willing and able to work on your project? Events Assistant at Mashable (San Fra.

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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. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Is Government a good idea?