The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

For many investors and entrepreneurs in the West, doing business in Russia can seem like a step into the unknown. With a little knowledge of some of the key cultural differences and unique properties of the local tech scene, Russia can easily become one of the most attractive tech markets in the world for investors. Russia in numbers.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Provide a continual output of minimal viable products that can act as catalysts for solutions to the toughest problems. Our national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage) is being challenged and effectively negated by autocratic regimes like China and Russia. Train national security innovators.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. But they also take on issues in science, technology and management.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design 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. Read about all the class sessions here.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. The Bottom Line.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

This emerging opportunity reflects the urgency of keeping pace with rivals like China and Russia, who are furiously integrating commercial technologies like AI, quantum computing, and unmanned systems into their armed forces. Is there strong interest for the product?

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

There are literally hundreds of platforms currently operating that connect investors and startups, and there have been at least a hundred others that have come and gone. despite having lots of competitors. ” With that in mind… No: It’s a similar situation in the entrepreneurial funding space.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For example: what are the implications of Russia having a life expectancy of 59 versus 61 for Bangladesh? Companies need to be creative and find new business models to take advantage of the shifting makeup of their operating countries’ populations. The internet of everything is on its way.

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Transformify

AUGUST 20, 2018

All data privacy, time management, productivity and project management requirements of the clients are discussed, and custom solutions are provided on an individual basis. across the country, as well as operating over 35 active in-country payroll solutions for those working overseas. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Various countries are interested in drilling in the Arctic, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and in other productive areas, and in new areas that have not yet been explored. The United States and Russia have led these explorations in their own territories. There is even greater competition for offshore drilling areas than ever before.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

We’ll give you a co-editor credit because you helped improve the product.” Similarly, in RuneQuest or in real life, you might succeed or fail on your quest or your product launch. Napoleon failed in Russia because his supply chains failed during the frigid Russian winter. Steve read my work and told me, “Great work.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2011

Through the app, you get access to close to a million items of clothing, shoes and beauty products from over 300 retailers. Serial entrepreneur Weyrich has started three Internet companies and three mobile app companies since the age of 22, and recently sold a Catholic Dating service he owned and operated in 2007 to a competitor.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2017

and Russia have a combined 13,800 nuclear bombs, many 10x more powerful than those dropped on Japan. Think doctors and AI robots operating on patients in tandem and the improvement in surgery outcomes. There are countless examples of the notion, “just because we can, it doesn’t mean we should:”. Nuclear weapons: The U.S.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

And I’ve watched how, in a blink of an eye, technology went from products used by the very few, to ending up in the pockets of billions, bringing social change and corporate disruption. The mass production of books changed that. And mass production of printed books fueled a reconfiguration of our society, not just our brains.

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OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

First, our own office and operation is The Same, But Different. LRN and Return Path have very different products, but there is so much in common among SaaS businesses that everything felt very, very familiar. And that’s the lead-in to the theme of my visit: The Same, But Different. I mean that in a few ways.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2019

Today, the largest gas producers are the US and Russia, with around 766 billion m3 and 635 billion m3 respectively as of 2015, according to CIA’s World Factbook data. Thus, if a natural gas exporter is moving toward an economic or political crisis, it wouldn’t be profitable to buy stocks of companies operating in that particular country.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Improving grid management and optimizing power production through different sources and distributed energy production are critical to cost management. With a smart grid, you can improve outage detection, speed of data capture, continuing and disaster recovery, field service operations and overall grid modernization techniques.”.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity. So that’s the big one, obviously, with the geopolitical tensions, not just Russia and Ukraine. So there’s a product side and a business side. . The first one is the pre-product-market fit which we don’t do. .

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

So while the infrastructure cost and startup costs may have declined, the operating costs have increased. If it doesn’t have the product fully baked yet? A lot of this capital is coming from non-traditional geographies like China, Russia, Middle East, India. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013.

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Up and Running

MAY 25, 2012

Small business owners often dream of expansion, growth and enhanced profitability; those strategic moves and timely tweaks that catapult their operation to the next level of success. But in this new world order of growth and expansion, you can no longer devote the majority of your time to managing day-to-day operations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

16:25) Be aware of what's happening in the marketing of your products, learn everything you can about what's going on in your industry to set your company up for the future. (18:56) 47:20) Mark's predictions for how business and society are going to change, the products we'll need and the opportunities that will come out of those needs. (48:11)

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Some are strategic peers, some are near peers in specific areas, some are threats as non-state disrupters operating with no rules.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

After Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky had launched Experiences (a service offering city tours and the opportunity to meet up with locals), he made the bold plan to 4x his production from 12 cities to 48. It was also unable to manage the complex handoffs and workflows for the Experiences coordinators and three production teams.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

“Click fraud can be extremely unsettling for well-to-do publishers and advertisers on search,’ says Grayson Kemper , Content & Editorial Manager for Clutch , “particularly during a time when many businesses are operating with an incredibly tight budget.”. Other than build your own product, what can you do?

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2010

Technology usage is no longer on the fringe, it is part of most people’s daily life, be it in India, Russia, Abu Dhabhi or Silicon Valley. Focus is key to successful execution and is why visionary founders with great ideas are often paired with more operational leaders. When we are taken by surprise our eyes widen.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

Horizon 3 ideas – disruption – can be delivered as fast as ideas for Horizon 1 – existing products. To existing competitors or to existing requirements and acquisition systems they look like minimum viable products – barely finished, iterative and incremental prototypes. The three horizons are not bound by time.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

If you wonder how to pick your next launch country first, see my earlier post here. ** One of the most important decisions any company of any size will make is how it will successfully launch operations in a new country (the following applies to launching in new cities or states within an existing country).

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. You created what appears to be a cool product, but without a revenue model, you don’t really have a bootstrap. Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. 114 submissions and a professional logo in less than a week.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits – tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos. It’s why all of you operated so well in the unpredictable environment that all startups face.” And that’s just to get started.

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

When a startup both begins with an idea exposed by technological change and makes a product consisting of technology in the narrower sense (what used to be called "high technology"), its easy to conflate the two. Every successful startup is at least partly a product of the imagination of growth. [ Growth, again.

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BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

In the end, the companies that were doing the best job with development were the ones that had their own operations offshore. For example, one portfolio company had 5 consultants from India trained for 3 months on the product. For example, one portfolio company had 5 consultants from India trained for 3 months on the product.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Have they moved to their forward operating bases in the Artic?) To give our leadership an estimate of the Soviet’s nuclear production capacity, the CIA also had to estimate how many nuclear weapons could the Soviet Union make. Where were their production facilities? How many did they have? How would they reach the U.S.?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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. You got to create a different operating culture. Today’s topic was The DoD and Modern War.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Gett – Taxi hailing and deliveries in Israel, Russia and UK (Raised $102M). Yotpo – Clever product reviews in eCommerce websites (Raised $29M). Stratoscale – Distributed Operating System for data centres (Raised $70M). Personetics – AI-powered Bot providing personalized banking services (Raised $18M).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

It is of paramount importance of localize your product – in other words, to give it a local flavor. The state of the nation in terms of production and consumption of goods and services is to become higher than ever and to create jobs for millions of people. It is common knowledge that startups are currently soaring in Russia.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2015

This analogy is particularly relevant to startups and SMEs, where the decision to adopt a certain technological product or service, could make all the difference between climbing higher than the competition or lagging behind. Here are 5 ways that cloud telephony can positively impact small businesses. Never miss another customer call.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

They achieve product/market fit while based abroad, and then sometimes gradually move key business functions to the US and Western European tech hubs. These “Dual Companies”, companies that often keep operational presence in their home countries, raise 30% more funding than purely domestic startups.

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