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Think you’ve got a strategy to enter the Chinese market? Think twice

The Next Web

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. But outside of these cities, China’s mobile market is made up of millions of less affluent consumers who use low-cost Android phones and often don’t have access to high-bandwidth mobile connectivity. Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital.

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Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Tips For Managing Remote Workers | Business Insider - crowdspring.co/19fk1pf. Fewer US startups now than in 1999. For Busy People, Managing Time and Bandwidth - crowdspring.co/15SrwFM. How To Uncover Your Company’s True Culture | by Dharmesh Shah - crowdspring.co/16aTeO7. LinkedIn - crowdspring.co/H47RXx.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. Managers can defy old mind-sets and creatively search for superior solutions. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances. Why brand matters more than ever.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. Universities are also creating more interdisciplinary programs in order to encourage this collaboration. In the West, we have been living in relative prosperity for decades.

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Bitcoin Emerges as New Standard in Post-COVID Economy?

ReadWriteStart

Even if the blockchain that powers Bitcoin lacks the bandwidth to handle the required transaction volume, and even if the world wasn’t ready 11 years ago for non-governmental e-money to go mainstream, the potential was always there. What the visionary, Milton Friedman, predicted about Bitcoin in 1999.

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Web 2.0 Bubble

BeyondVC

But the bad news, of course, is that it costs more effort and attention to manage many more smaller investments and it’s hard to act quickly at scale. I have written about it before as well in an earlier post comparing and contrasting 1999 vs today. The good news is that the investments are smaller and the risk is thus less.

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Is Emotion Necessary To Make More Sales?

ConversionXL

They’ll likely need to a dose of anxiety to remind them the problem they’re trying to solve is very real, but also need signs of relief and reassurance that the problem is manageable and worth fixing. 1999) – 300,000+ customers. 1998) – 120,000+ customers. GetResponse (est. Constant Contact (est. Think about it.

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