YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2020

In today’s ever-changing, highly competitive business climate, small startups and large companies alike are increasingly turning to outsourcing processes. This is the type of outsourcing that is typically associated with the word in the first place, and can conjure up the image of comedic portrayals of frustrating customer service encounters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

For example, 90% of the software used in China and Vietnam today is pirated. Creative or operational. Operational products, like process automation or reservation systems, may be large but mundane, and more easily outsourced. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. Startups are often distributed entities, so adding and managing freelancers, contractors, and outsourcing firms is not a big step.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

It is a frame of mind and is not the sole prerogative of large multinationals or startups. Unleashing creative thinking helps drive businesses forward, improve customer value propositions and identify new opportunities that deliver on the needs of our ever changing customers. How to create an innovative culture?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

For example, 90% of the software used in China and Vietnam today is pirated. Creative or operational. Operational products, like process automation or reservation systems, may be large but mundane, and more easily outsourced. Tags: startup software outsource offshore business. Intellectual property content.

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Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

In every startup I did, every new course I created, and everything I’ve taught, the phrase “make every day count” took on new meaning when I knew how many were left. When I retired after 21 years working in 8 startups, I was invited to be a guest lecturer at the business school at the University of California Berkeley.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 8, 2016

What was born as a year long backpacking trip in Asia evolved into something a lot more meaningful, and 5 years and two startups later we can look back at the mistakes we made and the lessons we learned along the way. You may well have to trade-off your travel dreams versus your tech startup requirements.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

That is the reason I am so supportive of the Startup Visa movement that has been so successfully championed by Brad Feld, Dave McClure, Eric Ries, Shervin Pishevar and many others. So I asked our COO, Stuart Lander (a Brit) to set up operations for us. I know all of this from first hand experience. Irony, hey?). He was fortunate.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. Sequoia , Accel , NEA , etc.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2013

Can Gen-Y, much less the new Generation Z (1995-2010), survive as entrepreneurs, and do they have the passion and commitment it takes to run a startup and attract investors? Yet now Gen-X’ers are seen as the major facilitators of change , and Boomers are the angels and business advisors for hot new startups. Minimal “street smarts.”

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. He is currently CEO of Bubbly, a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 21, 2013

At any startup, the first hurdle is the lack of resources – lack of funds, lack of manpower, lack of time. See also Are Crowdsourcing And Outsourcing No-Nos For Startups? ). Front office teams (sales and marketing, for example) should be in their home market while the back office (IT and operations) can be anywhere.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2020

As of 2019, the lowest labor costs currently stood in Vietnam, India, and Indonesia. However, there are still many other things to consider when moving your operation abroad , so it’s essential to do your research. The post Why You Might Consider Moving Abroad to Start Your Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2011

Can they survive as entrepreneurs, and do they have the passion it takes to run a startup and attract investors? Yet now Gen-X’ers are seen as the major facilitators of change , and Boomers are the angels and business advisors for hot new startups. A startup is the most unstructured entity I know. Minimal “street smarts.”

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In Asia, there is still coal-fired power generation being built, and Vietnam hosts the largest new production facilities for blast furnace steel production, which is reliant on met coal. Medine: First off, we have to look at where the capital is coming from that keeps the US operations alive. And, third, it depends on the gas market.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2009

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. I’ve paraphrased his speech into the language of a startup. Startups are inherently chaos. Every potential startup founder should think about their level of comfort operating in chaos and uncertainty.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

And in the tradition of great startups, on the way out Perry took 6 of his best managers with him. In five years, ESL went from a plucky startup to the market leader in Sigint and telemetry intercepts. In 1964, Bill Perry, the head of the lab, frustrated with GTE’s management, quit (GTE, a phone company had bought Sylvania in 1959.)

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

All the radar operator would see was noise, rather than airplanes. I began to realize a few things: First, everything we had done in electronic warfare in the Vietnam War was just a slightly more modern version of what we had done over occupied Europe in World War II. (And making nothing but jammers to put on our bombers.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Players that still operate on the horizontal, time-tested tenets of business need to pay closer attention to this blooming economy if they are to compete in the future. Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam) We’ve identified some factors that set them apart from other ride-sharing outfits. Hyperlocal Focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2010

Can they survive as entrepreneurs, and do they have what it takes to run a startup and attract investors? Yet now Gen-X’ers are seen as the major facilitators of change , and Boomers are the angels and business advisors for hot new startups. A startup is the most unstructured entity I know. Civic minded. Minimal “street smarts.”

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). Special Operations Command) to continue prototyping over the summer. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

I am very well read in military history from the Civil War through Vietnam, which you regular followers will know I find more instructive on management and leadership principles than most business books on those topics. But, in the modern startup world you do have the tools to move swiftly toward a goal of consequence if you so choose.

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Steve Blank

JULY 12, 2010

The Vietnam War had just ended and I was out of the Air Force back in college living in Ann Arbor Michigan. When I could tear my eyes from the pool I noticed that in the far end of the building was a glass wall separating a room bathed in red light, where the reactor operators sat at their console. Life Is Good. Dose Roulette.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

The Vietnam war was winding down. Even though the bombers we lost over North Vietnam were older versions, called B-52 D-models, many of the systems were the same. Now the Soviets had first hand knowledge of how their air defense systems would work against the nuclear armed B-52G and H models in an operational environment.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. Startups formed to serve them need to wait until they come online so that the customer acquisition can be faster.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. Startups formed to serve them need to wait until they come online so that the customer acquisition can be faster.

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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. ” And for a startup that’s like, “What do you mean?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

They understood the ubiquity, pervasiveness and ultimate profitability of these startups and doubled-down on their investments. And it appears that at least in Silicon Valley, a larger percentage of money made in the last tech bubble is recirculated back into investments into the next generation of tech startups.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2019

I had a falling out with an angel-backed startup where I assumed an executive technology role, and my former colleague, Artur, was our executive finance member. Since our team is entirely remote, we have innovator DNA to shift or operate based on market trend. How did you come up with your business name? I didn’t.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2012

We managed to catch Adeo Ressi, CEO of The Founder Institute and CEO of TheFunded.com briefly at the sidelines of DEMO Asia 2012 to get his views on the startup scene here in Asia. The Founder Institute now has three chapters in this region, namely Singapore, Vietnam, and Jakarta. Quality Of Ideas The Same? On South East Asia.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

Hunter Walk: After a successful career on the operating side, what prompted starting BBG Ventures in 2014? HW: BBGV invests in startups where there’s at least one female founder. There’s a narrative among startups that the public markets should perhaps be avoided because they force short-term thinking. Do you agree?

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 13, 2020

Traditionally, CEOs (especially startup CEOs) have tried to avoid mixing business and politics, perhaps because of the fear that the latter would harm the former. When it comes to business, you should always be human, ethical, and compassionate first; business should operate within, rather than outside, these principles.

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