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[Review] Twitter Is Not A Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Should brand marketers “bow to algorithmic salvation”, allowing data and process to ride roughshod over inspiration and creativity? Rather, effective marketing begins with deep customer insights that translate into a great brand idea that is media-agnostic. How do we build strong brands in the digital age? Strong Brands Still Matter.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Investing in China Today.

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How has the price of currency fluctuated as a result of COVID-19?

The Startup Magazine

Interestingly, this impact has been more pronounced in the emerging markets, which is something of an unusual development during a global pandemic and the beginnings of an international recession. The Impact of Coronavirus on Developed and Emerging Currencies. before the end of 2020, down from its initial forecast of +4.8.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Investing in China Today.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

… Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft, capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K.,

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8 Things Steve Jobs Learned After Getting Fired By Apple

YoungUpstarts

Getting fired from the very company he founded in 1985 before returning to it in 1997 to save it from financial ruin. But the now ubiquitous Apple products came out of that period of technological and marketing missteps. Perhaps this attitude could be expanded to include the factory workers in China who make Apple products?

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Why You Should Use Localisation in a Globalised World

The Startup Magazine

In fact, Sushi is so international, that its adapted American version is now re-entering the Japanese market as a new, exotic food trend. Localisation, or l10n, is the process of adapting a global product or content to a specific local market. Penetrating a new market is costly and a company usually only has one chance to get it right.