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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 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. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints. Don’t let leading edge become bleeding edge.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

And the best startups spun out of Stanford were building components for weapon systems. As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. There was a time when much of U.S. America’s adversaries understand this.

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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. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints. Don’t let leading edge become bleeding edge.

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[Review] Startup Asia

YoungUpstarts

Asia – especially in countries such as India, China, Vietnam – is fast becoming the place where many entrepreneurs, whether locally born or lured back from Silicon Valley, are setting up shop.

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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. If you are a typical startup operation, consisting of an unpaid founder and co-founder, both working part-time, outsourcing is not likely the solution to your resource constraints. Marty Zwilling.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

With countless roadblocks along the way, it’s not uncommon for a startup to falter to the point of folding before it has ever reached even the simplest of business goals. The rub is that a startup likely has the ideas to take it straight to the top, but it’s also likely that the company lacks the business skills to make it truly successful.