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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Usually, these offshore suppliers are in Asia, (India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines), Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia), or Africa (Morocco, Kenya and South Africa).

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[Singapore] Cybercrime Incidents Down In 2013, But Losses Up: Norton

YoungUpstarts

According to the latest 2013 Norton Report by Symantec, the number of online adults who have experienced cybercrime has decreased from 48 percent in 2012 to 37 percent this year, but the average loss per victim has skyrocketed by 75% at S$1,448 from S$826 in 2012.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

One of the company’s smartest moves was introducing “Netflix Original” movies and TV shows, first launching House of Cards in 2013 to much success. The Fat Sheep project in South Africa's barren Karoo landscape is my favorite turnaround story. Thanks to Jen Wan, Soteri Skin ! #5- Photo Credit: Raven Cobb.

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Most Overused Buzzword On LinkedIn Profiles? Creative.

YoungUpstarts

South Africa: Motivated. ” If the buzzword bug bit your LinkedIn profile or resume, here are a few ways LinkedIn suggests you can do to make your profile sparkle in 2013: Check out the competition. India: Effective. Indonesia: Multinational. Italy: Responsible. Malaysia: Motivated. Netherlands: Creative. Sweden: Creative.

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Creative Vision and the Guts to Make it Happen – Seymour Segnit and MAGFAST are Going Big

The Startup Magazine

Segnit and his wife Amy launched the MAGFAST Family brand and line of products in 2017 after designing and road-testing a charger that Segnit invented to rein in the mess of tangled charging cables in 2013.

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Coach Helping People Deal With Traumatic Situations

Hearpreneur

She relocated our family to Cape Town South Africa to support the healing of the country after the end of the apartheid system. We’ve also inspired many people to go after dream jobs or new businesses with over 1,500 businesses started by people participating in our curriculum since 2013.

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Do entrepreneurs really have common character traits?

NZ Entrepreneur

Personality styles – these include models such as DiSC , (Wiley, 2007) Myers and Briggs and our own Circles of Empowerment Interaction Styles at EnQPractice (Geyer, 2013), designed to understand what drives the behavior of individuals. (Kolb & Wagner, 2015).The The understanding is that we are born with our personality traits.