Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2017

The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries was one of two books I read this weekend (the other was Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness ). The Red Web covers Russia’s history around the Internet starting during the Cold War with a focus on the last twenty years. The post Book: The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

Russia 85

Russia Web Government China 85

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. To fully grasp the size of the opportunity Russia offers, let’s start by looking at the numbers.

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Russia Government Vertical IPO 116

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

How a country values its people (and its future) can sometimes be told by the percentage of the country’s government expenditure that goes towards education.Here’s an infographic that shows you how six different countries – the United States, China, Russia, France, Germany and Japan – compare when it comes to education, in terms of factors such as government expenditure, hours of instruction per year, class size and student/teacher ratios, etc.

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United States Russia Japan Germany 176

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

It starts out as the autobiography of Bill Browder and his creation of a massively successful hedge fund ( Hermitage Capital Management ) that was one of the first non-Russian investors in Russia in the mid to late 1990s. Books book browder hermitage capital russia sergei magnitskyAfter the election, I took a break from social media. Prior to this election cycle I rarely read online news and almost never watched news on TV, so that was easy to stop as well.

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Russia Finance Social Media Naming 118

The Startup Magazine

JULY 26, 2018

Finance Legal insight Technology banks Bitcoin blockchain blogger capital China commercials Community Contract cryptocurrency developer financing Government Innovation Investment legal Magazine Money policy production profit robots Russia software strategy taxes

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Government North Korea Russia China 86

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Skolkovo Innovation City in Russia has been recognized as an attempt to emulate Silicon Valley. Community Technology air pollution Austin brian neese Center for Technology in Government China CommunityLogiq Concordia University Texas Education GE Digital Gideon Kimbrell greenhouse gas emissions Guangzhou Herman Chandi John Gordon LED lights Mike Zeto online MBA Reykjavik Russia Skolkovo smart cities Texas urban technologySmart cities are a new approach to urban development.

Technology 63

Technology Iceland Columbus Ohio 63

deal architect

APRIL 9, 2014

Innovation from around the globe Wagenstandanzeiger – a beauty of data visualization - Germany Daring New Buildings – Azerbaijan Microsoft and the Sochi Olympics – Russia Video Analytics Capital – Macau World Design Capital – S. Africa Innovation is GREAT. Globalization and Technology

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Azerbaijan Russia Africa Germany 176

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It’s worth considering the reasons why nations decline — they lose allies, a decline in economic power (the UK in the 20th Century); they lose interest in global affairs (China in the 15th Century); internal/civil conflicts (Russia in the 20th Century.)

Technology 190

Technology China Russia SBIR 190

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2020

Supported countries are Brazil, India, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland, Russia, China, Poland, Hungary, Salvador, Australia, and Canada, as well as the com.

SEO 163

SEO Hungary South Africa Poland 163

The Next Web

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Understandably, having a population higher than Russia and America combined, Latin America also comes with a vast amount of differences between our North American cousins. We in Latin America are the happiest people in the world. We have dominant international soccer teams. We have over half our population using the internet, and some of the highest daily internet usage in the entire world.

Russia 119

Russia America Internet Web 119

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Next, we’ll discuss the challenge of our National Defense Strategy – we no longer face a single Cold War adversary but potentially five – in what are called the “2+3 threats” (China and Russia plus Iran, North Korea, and non-nation state actors.).

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Technology North Korea Iran Asia 234

The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 23, 2014

The Louisiana Caviar Company , founded by John Burke, sells its product to customers in an unlikely foreign market: Russia. The Russian market opened up due to efforts to ban caviar from the Caspian Sea in Russia. Louisiana Caviar Company exports 80 percent of its product, with half of its exports going to Russia. [i]. ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFILE : John Burke: Louisiana Caviar Company.

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Louisiana Russia Harvest Europe 56

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Established in 2000 in Russia, the MetaQuotes Software Corporation has arguably revolutionised mobile trading in developed companies across the globe.

Russia 141

Russia Security Portfolio Software 141

YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2020

However, the Asian market encompasses more than 40 individual states and nations, including China, Australia, New Zealand and even Russia. The foreign exchange is unique in the financial market, as it remains accessible to investors 24-hours a day and six days a week.

Brazil 141

Brazil Russia Mexico New Zealand 141

SiliconHills

MARCH 7, 2014

By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News There were startups from Guatemala and Germany, Malaga, Spain, France, Australia, Russia, Denmark, Sweden and more at the invitation-only SXSW Global Startup Forum at City Hall. In addition to local dignitaries like Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest, was a panel of venture […] The post Startups from Around the World at SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

Guatemala 86

Guatemala Denmark Spain Russia 86

The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2016

The Soviet Union had collapsed, yielding a vacuum in which every consumer product could be updated or reimagined; with communist politics phased out, private enterprise had come to Russia for the first time in the country’s contemporary history. It started with snacks. When Simon Dunlop and Victor Frumkin met in their mutual adoptive hometown of Moscow nearly 20 years ago, they hit it off well enough to go into business together.

Russia 74

Russia Web Product Entrepreneur 74

Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Coca Cola traps itself between Russia and Ukraine Politics. The cola giant posted a Christmas card showing a beautified map of Russia, as a part of a greeting to Russians. This resulted in the Ukraine embassy showing its concern for the illegally occupied Crimea region by Russia. Brands are closer to their audience with the help of social media. They experiment and try various creative styles to win hearts.

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Social Media Media Ukraine Russia 178

The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2015

to the geopolitical (“Consequence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.”) Thankfully, Autopsy.io isn’t “Uber for hearses”. Rather, it’s a newly-launched site that collects stories of startup failure, with the aim of sharing the lessons learned with the whole community. The great thing about the project – which is growing daily – is the bluntness of founders’ reflections on their shuttered startups, with reasons ranging from the brutally personal (“We were naive idiots.”)

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Ukraine Russia Product Community 117

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 26, 2012

As I approached the check-in desk, a very gruff Ukrainian customs official looked at my visa to Russia and said, “You cannot travel. Your visa to Russia has already been used. A mad scramble uncovered the problem: when I had changed planes for Kiev back in Moscow they stamped my visa as “entered” so that counted as “visiting” Russia. The Professor can go home to America, but can not go from here to Russia.”

Ukraine 159

Ukraine Russia Stealth Silicon Valley 159

SiliconHills

JANUARY 10, 2014

But if you can’t wait that long and you can’t travel to Russia, there’s a solution much closer in Austin. By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News It’s less than a month to go until the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi kicks off. It’s the Austin Startup 2014 Winter Games! The event begins […] The post Austin Startup Games to Showcase Entrepreneurial Athletes appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin Austin Startup Games startups technology

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Russia Austin Founder Startup 69

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Russia. It is common knowledge that startups are currently soaring in Russia. In spite of the fact that Russia does not have too many foreign investments, it is doing pretty good. When it comes down to startups, as well as emerging businesses, they have to make efforts to succeed in getting where they want. Can newly-established businesses make a real impact? As a matter of fact, yes. You can be profitable and bring change in the world.

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Israel China Qatar Russia 109

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2019

including Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, John W. In my experience as a business advisor and angel investor these days, I seem to more frequently hear from entrepreneurs and business owners with “can’t-fail” or “get-rich-quick” ideas. In my view, these are the least likely to succeed, partially because the people behind them have the wrong expectations and traits. The instant gratification approach just doesn’t work in business.

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Entrepreneur South Africa Russia Sweden 197

Hacking Startups

JUNE 12, 2008

Garry Kasparov Griefed by Flying Penis : In Soviet Russia, Second Life plays the world chess champion. RC helicopter with a giant penis attached buzzed around Kasparov’s opposition assembly, in real life

Russia 40

Russia 40

Hacking Startups

JUNE 12, 2008

Garry Kasparov Griefed by Flying Penis : In Soviet Russia, Second Life plays the world chess champion. RC helicopter with a giant penis attached buzzed around Kasparov’s opposition assembly, in real life

Russia 40

Russia 40

Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2020

There are a good number of hackers lurking in cyberspace that have the backing of their governments —namely in China, North Korea, and Russia. In Russia, the Hades group is a well-known hacking group. Not long after the attacks from Russia, North Korean hackers also used malware as a lure to inform people about the COVID-19 pandemic. It was only a month ago that cybersecurity was one of the most concerning items on nonprofit boardroom agendas.

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North Korea Russia Mongolia Ukraine 43

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Russia, Iran, and North Korea have also fused those activities. This article previously appeared in War On The Rocks. There was a time when much of U.S. academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. Some of the best and brightest wanted to work for defense contractors or corporate research and development labs. And the best startups spun out of Stanford were building components for weapon systems.

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Government North Korea Silicon Valley Iran 218

YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

Filipinos come a very close second at 79-percent, followed by Russia (60-percent). Note: This study was conducted from the responses of some 5,500 Millennials aged 18-28 from across Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, India, South Africa and the United Arabs Emirates. Much has been written about the characteristics – and quirks – of the Millennial Generation, those born between 1982 and 1995.

Asia 191

Asia United Arab Emirates South Africa Indonesia 191

Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

Ironically rapid Horizon 3 disruption is most often used not by the market leaders but by the challengers/new entrants (startups, ISIS , China, Russia, etc.). I’m a big fan of McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model of innovation. (if if you’re not familiar with it there’s a brief description a few paragraphs down.) It’s one of the quickest ways to describe and prioritize innovation ideas in a large company or government agency.

China 212

China Russia Government Customer Development 212

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2013

Its recent edition attracted more than 3,000 teams and 9,000 participants, both locally as well as from countries such as Australia, Canada, Norway, India, Brunei, Pakistan, Russia, Greece, the Philippines and Indonesia. One of Singapore’s oldest startup competitions – Start-Up@Singapore – is back, this time for its 14th edition.

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Singapore Brunei Pakistan Norway 138

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

Several of our companies have had great success in Eastern Europe and Russia with technical teams. My post The Future Of Work Is Distributed received some good comments. More interesting was the number of direct emails I received back with detailed information about “remote-first” companies and how they did things. There was a distinction in some of these emails between “remote-first” and “multiple geographies.”

Seattle 91

Seattle Silicon Valley Russia Denver 91

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information. Russia has evolved in a different direction, with tight information controls and state-run media. It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world.

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Russia China Pennsylvania Offshore 130

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2019

The potential for nuclear war with Russia was a central theme for me growing up, especially during the Reagan years (1981 – 1989) as I went from teenager to young adult. I watched HBO’s Chernobyl the past few nights. I finished it last night, took a deep breath, and said out loud to myself, “that was spectacular.” ” One of the final quotes that stuck with me is the title of this post. The full quote is “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth.

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Russia Boston Government Video 146

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The event – which is currently held in cities such as San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Austin, New York, Boston, Madrid (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), Bogota (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico), Vancouver (Canada) – will be extended to include Detroit, Michigan and Mexico City, Mexico on November 16, followed by Sao Paulo, Brazil, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Moscow, Russia. Media and event company Women 2.0

Founder 154

Founder Partner Mexico San Francisco 154

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2014

Other interesting facts: - Western businesses tend to have different geographic priorities than Asian businesses: while Western companies look towards expanding into multiple new markets in entrenched both Western markets as well as the emerging markets of Russia, South America and Middle East, Asian companies tend to focus on other parts of Asia.

Asia 156

Asia Global South America Russia 156

Andrew Payne

MARCH 8, 2019

And while New York state has an economy comparable to Russia, South Korea, OR Canada, Amazon negotiates with them as roughly an equal. I’ve always felt my “best” Hacker News comments are the ones most down voted , like this nugget from about a year ago: (From: “ Zuckerberg struggles to name a single Facebook competitor “). Today, the concept of breaking up or limiting the big tech companies is far less abstract, with Sen.

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Government South Korea Russia Canada 53

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

Usually, these offshore suppliers are in Asia, (India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines), Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia), or Africa (Morocco, Kenya and South Africa). In today’s ever-changing, highly competitive business climate, small startups and large companies alike are increasingly turning to outsourcing processes.

Global 118

Global Jamaica Dominican Republic Costa Rica 118

The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In addition to speaking at IDCEE’13 in Kyiv, Cooper had another goal in visiting Ukraine (and Russia, a couple of days before that). The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have been sort of anchors for oDesk on the technical side,” Cooper explained. Freelancer.com sent out this email to users in Russia: Freelancer is coming to Russia to hold a media event in the coming weeks and we want to hear your story!

Russia 123

Russia Ukraine Latvia Lithuania 123

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

No matter how many times companies and governments get in trouble for using people’s data to their advantage, (Can anyone say Facebook and Russia?), A relatively new concept, data analytics is the wave of the business current and future. it’s still an important tool in societal development and user retention. A reason why is how data analysts collect and use the information. Another reason why is how it influences job descriptions and the career markets overall. People Are Data.

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Analytics Russia Retention Boston 116

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Countries like Russia, China, Canada, and the United States are involved in drilling races, trying to capture as much of the crude oil market as they can, all the while implementing new energy tech innovation to improve safety, productivity, and environmental impact. The United States and Russia have led these explorations in their own territories. Around the world, there is a great deal of competition in oil and gas exploration.

Saudi Arabia 83

Saudi Arabia Offshore Russia Canada 83

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

While cybercrime in Singapore is generally low compared to other high-risk countries (Russia sees 85% cybercrime rate, with China at 77% and South Africa at 73%), the sharp rise in losses from cybercrime is cause for concern. Here’s some good and bad news for Singapore – the good news is, cybercrime incidents in the country this year as reported has dropped by almost 25%. The bad news, however, is that those who do fall to cybercrime are losing so much more than before.

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Singapore South Africa Russia Africa 152

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Just like it did for me in Russia. Commonality is a big, massive persuasion tool. You and I automatically know, like and trust people the more commonality we find. Just think about it for a second – if you are considering doing business with someone and you find out they grew up in your town, and went to your Alma mater, and share the same friends, wouldn’t you feel more comfortable doing business with them? Heck yes, you would. That is the power of commonality.

Russia 118

Russia Customer Video Sales 118

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2011

Divalicious is available on iOS devices and can be found in the app stores for the following countries: USA, Japan, China, Korea, Portugal, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Netherlands, Russia, Italy, Spain, Germany and France. If you can’t enough of shopping, there are always online shopping sites to get your fix.

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Portugal Netherlands Spain Italy 139

Start Up Blog

JULY 18, 2019

150 million downloads later, security experts have sounded the alarm about the consequences of uploading your data to an app based in Russia. This week I did media interviews from Sydney to New York to Washington to San Diego about the sudden popularity of FaceApp. I’m guessing you’ve already tried it. If not – you upload your photo to the app and choose a filter to either make you younger, older, a different gender or sprout some facial hair.

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San Diego Russia Washington Database 48