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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones.

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Vietnam venture capital – potential unlocked

VC Cafe

Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has shared a circular (a regulatory document, in Vietnam speak) for improving the legal environment for venture capital investing in the Socialist state. Vietnam’s promising start-up ecosystem. Funds will not be regulated by the Securities Law in Vietnam.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 3

Steve Blank

We just held our third session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. 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.

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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. One of the unintended consequences was that many of the academics went off to found a wave of startups selling their technology to the military. America’s adversaries understand this.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones.

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Six Criteria for Outsourcing the Right Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, 90% of the software used in China and Vietnam today is pirated. Technology level. If you expect your solution to incorporate the absolute latest in software technologies, scalable to millions of users, with multi-system failover and recovery, don’t count on out-sourcing. Creative or operational.