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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.

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Carousell gets cozy with Rakuten to bring its mobile marketplace to Southeast Asia

The Next Web

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. Moving into Southeast Asia, however, isn’t an easy task — as it is a hugely fragmented market.

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Monetizing Social Networks: The Four Dominant Business Models and How You Should Implement Them in 2010

venturedig.com

In Southeast Asia, specifically countries like Indonesia, Facebook is in hyper-growth mode… right now. Additionally, Southeast Asia is in hyper-growth mode. Allocate about 10% of your ad space to product/widget based ad networks (Amazon Affiliates, Widgetbucks). users in 2009. That’s right, $1 billion.

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CEO Inspires Employees One Email at a Time

Hearpreneur

For Robert Glazer, CEO of Acceleration Partners has been inspiring his employees by delivering e-mails each Friday morning with a leadership theme, quote and related tip/article around personal growth. Last year, our clients’ affiliate program generated $1.5B We are also expanding globally to Asia and Europe. .

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

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Is Outsourcing Exploitation?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I was comfortable with my stance on outsourcing, comfortable enough to recommend it and promote products, and profit from the affiliate commissions, from people who use the catch-call of $2-per-hour labor and the phrase – “ they do the work, you get the money “ I’ve begun the process of outsourcing to the Philippines.

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Disrupting VC

thebarefootvc

It was important for me to affiliate with a fund with enough capital to bridge this gap and provide support to local NYC startups as they grow. I agree that you want to be close geographically to your investments but it is possible to invest across borders with the right partners.