Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) Arab countries, stretching from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, have a combined population of about 350 million, with combined GDP equal to nearly 40% of China’s.). Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

In Russia, President Putin’s office just stopped using PC’s and switched to typewriters. Given my talks on the Secret History of Silicon Valley I was interviewed on NPR about the disclosure that the NSA said they had a new capability that tripled the amount of Skype video calls being collected through Prism. George Orwell.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. Have they moved to their forward operating bases in the Artic?) How many did they have?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, 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. If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Transformify

AUGUST 20, 2018

As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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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. And, we assume, Silicon Valley oligarchs responsible for AI creations will applaud themselves for their technological prowess. Think doctors and AI robots operating on patients in tandem and the improvement in surgery outcomes.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

There was a huge kerfluffle over the weekend about racism in Silicon Valley which tried to end when Michael Arrington wrote a post titled Oh Shit, I’m A Racist. I’ve seen it many times, including in Silicon Valley.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? For example, in response to “ How do I raise funds in Silicon Valley for a European-based startup ? &# Eyal S.

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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. 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. Tech companies generate a lot of buzz.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Posted on March 29, 2009 by steveblank This is post II of how I came to write “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley “ 1974. Now we have ditched the cold war triad in the 21st century since the Soviet Union became Russia again and discovered its own style of capitalism.)

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

Napoleon failed in Russia because his supply chains failed during the frigid Russian winter. Another area in which I learned lessons from Star Fleet Battles is the importance of operational security and deception. This maps well onto entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

I’ve spent my life at the center of innovation in Silicon Valley – doing eight startups in 21 years, and the last 15 years in academia teaching others innovation and entrepreneurship. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. Let me be honest about my bias.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

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.”. Skolkovo Innovation City in Russia has been recognized as an attempt to emulate Silicon Valley. Smart Transportation.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. These grants funded the Stanford Electronics Research Laboratory and kick-started innovation in what would become Silicon Valley.)

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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.”

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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 concentrating our eyes narrow.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. 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. Development: using DjangoPeople and Elance a very international team was born. Total cost: $5000. Two months of work and $2500.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

This is especially true for companies headquartered in Silicon Valley, Seattle, and New York. When the CEO prioritized either distributed or remote work and makes it part of the wiring of how the company operates, it’s effective. When it’s an afterthought, a lifestyle choice, or a reaction to something, it fails.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. But then the world changes. It globalizes.

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paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

A company making $1000 a month (a typical number early in YC) and growing at 1% a week will 4 years later be making $7900 a month, which is less than a good programmer makes in salary in Silicon Valley. The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. 12 ] Why do founders want to take the VCs money?

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

markets: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. These “Dual Companies”, companies that often keep operational presence in their home countries, raise 30% more funding than purely domestic startups. As of 2017, 421 companies have passed through the program in 6 U.S.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

markets: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. These “Dual Companies”, companies that often keep operational presence in their home countries, raise 30% more funding than purely domestic startups. As of 2017, 421 companies have passed through the program in 6 U.S.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

At the onset of the war in Ukraine, Russia launched a cyber-attack on Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite, which supplies Internet across Europe, including to Ukraine. DoD needs a requirements, budgeting and acquisition process that operates at commercial speed (18 months or less) which is 10x faster than DoD procurement cycles.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 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. I think Biden said that the top threat to America was Russia. I disagree with that. It was more about flexibility.

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