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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: What Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has learned in his business career

The Next Web

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. You’ve IPOed two companies. Doing an IPO can be a great thing, but there are always consequences. How can we optimize for global distribution. How will mobile change.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Payments / marketplaces / etc). And that sales cycle can be long.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Payments / marketplaces / etc). And that sales cycle can be long.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Did the Facebook IPO undermine your confidence in the markets?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… Asia. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Asia/Pacific. WSJ Classroom.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Startup Resources

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free, distributed source code control management system. TIE UK : TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, TiE is an organization of industry professionals who share the common interests of promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts. Benhamou Global Ventures. Global Catalyst Partners.