TY - JOUR T1 - Is There a Lean Future for Global Startups? JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2017 A1 - Stoyan Tanev KW - born global KW - global startup KW - international entrepreneurship KW - international new venture KW - lean global startup KW - lean startup KW - technology startup AB - This article integrates insights from the latest research on the lean startup entrepreneurial method, born-global firms, and global startups. It contributes to the clarification of terminology referring to the global aspects of startups, summarizes insights from previous literature focusing on global startups, and further substantiates the articulation of the need for considering the lean global startup as a new type of firm. The main message is that the lessons learned from the emergence of lean startup entrepreneurship offer a basis for promoting a similar lean phase in technology-based global startup research and practice. The analysis should benefit both researchers and practitioners in technology entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, and global innovation management. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 7 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1072 IS - 5 U1 - Southern Denmark University Stoyan Tanev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, Southern Denmark University (SDU) in Odense. Dr. Tanev is leading the Technology Entrepreneurship stream of the Master Program of Product Development and Innovation at SDU. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he is associated with the Technology Innovation Management Program. He has a MSc and a PhD in Physics jointly from the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, a PhD in Theology from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, an MEng in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University, Canada, and an MA from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. He has multidisciplinary research interests with a focus on the fields of global technology entrepreneurship, technology innovation management, business model design, and value co-creation. Dr. Tanev is Senior IEEE member, as well as member of the editorial boards of the Technology Innovation Management Review, the International Journal of Actor-Network Theory, and Technological Innovation. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using Social Media to Accelerate the Internationalization of Startups from Inception JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Tony Maltby KW - born global KW - entrepreneurship KW - globalization KW - internationalization KW - rapid internationalization KW - social media KW - startups KW - tacit knowledge KW - technology startup AB - A set of principles, processes, and tools that entrepreneurs can use to rapidly internationalize their technology startups from inception does not exist. This article discusses entrepreneurs’ use of online social media networks to rapidly internationalize their startups from inception. The article was inspired by how the founders of Dewak S.A. rapidly internationalized their technology startup. Dewak was founded by five unemployed Colombians in June 2008. Two years later, foreign sales comprised 95% of the firm’s revenue and provided the founders with full-time employment. Dewak’s only channel to market was via online social media networks. Recognizing that entrepreneurs can use social media to amplify their tacit knowledge and convert it into sellable products and services contributes to the development of a learning-based view of rapid internationalization from inception. The article provides entrepreneurs seeking to launch and grow global businesses with four recommendations that may save them time and money and increase the size of their addressable markets. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/616 IS - 10 U1 - Carleton University Tony Maltby is a Master's student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he is developing his latest entrepreneurial venture. His research interests relate to the application of gamified platforms, social media, and open source concepts to support the global business ecosystem. He is an experienced communicator with a multi-disciplinary perspective. He received his BA in Anthropology from Carleton University in 2002 where he studied the formation and interaction of online communities. From 2006 to 2011, Tony lived in China studying the certification process of the Chinese university education system. Having been the founder of several technology companies and an entrepreneur since very early in his career, Tony now has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial experience. ER -