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Making Social Media Work For SMEs

YoungUpstarts

Our Instagram account attracts aspiring photographers; our Pinterest following caters more towards females; Twitter attracts those interested in our product releases and news stories. It can trawl the internet for mentions of your business or products. 6] The Guardian, How SMEs can make the best use of social media, 13 December 2013.

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Nicolas Brusson discusses BlaBlaCar’s journey from French success story to global winner

Cracking the Code

How did you end up heading to Silicon Valley from France to join a startup? BlaBlaCar started in France and became a local phenomenon. Very few startups say they’re building products for California or the US. It’s important to be clear on your own brand, product, and tech platform, too. It becomes too complicated.

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Vision and Grit: How Peopledoc defined a multi-billion HR Software category

Cracking the Code

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. As we discussed the potential of the market, I suggested him to expand the product platform to address markets beyond France.

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The Great Cross-Border Opportunity

YoungUpstarts

Consumers across APAC are concerned about high shipping costs (52%) and fake or inferior products (46%) when making an online purchase from another country*. Source: “Forrester Research Online Retail Forecast, 2013 To 2018 (US),” Forrester Research, Inc., December 12, 2013. annually compared to US$300.10 trillion by 2018.

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SMEs Are Riding Global Wave of eCommerce – But Logistics Concerns See Many Swimming Against Tide

YoungUpstarts

What can they do about returns if they have a problem with the product? A 2013 European University Institute working paper concluded “that the gains from trade facilitation accrue to large and small firms alike: all size classes of firms export more in response to improved trade facilitation.”. 1] [link]. [2] November, 2014. [4]

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Why This New York Venture Capital Firm is Investing in Canada

David Teten

In 2013, Startup Genome, a platform for analyzing startup communities, listed Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo, Ont., According to Startup Genome’s 2013 report , Waterloo has the highest percentage of ex-Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in the world, with 35 per cent of its chief executive officers having lived in Northern California.

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Why Smart Employers Care About Work/Life Balance — And How To Help Your People Find It

YoungUpstarts

You might assume most employers would love this scenario — don’t bosses want their employees to be “on” 24/7? Counterintuitive as it may seem, smart leaders know that when people have a healthy work/life balance they are better employees, period. Encourage employees to take those unused vacation days. Not at all.

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