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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. Let’s see what she shared with us about her inspiring journey… TSM: Hello Claudia. By focusing on our mission and purpose, we have overcome challenges that plague businesses at each phase of their life cycle.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%. The Perfect Storm.

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London and Tel Aviv unicorn alumni produce most startups

VC Cafe

On a high level, the report found that “ of the more than 300 VC-backed unicorns in the region, 203 have fuelled more than 1,000 (1,018) new tech-enabled startups, with former employees becoming founders “ In terms of hubs, UK and Israel have produced the highest numbers of unicorns outside of US and China.

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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., For example, the Boston Consulting Group 2 x 2 growth-share matrix was an easy to understand strategy tool – a market selection matrix for companies looking for growth opportunities. Strategy Maps.

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Entrepreneurship and Youth Go Hand-in-Hand

Growthink Blog

This is a great and good thing, and is at the heart of why we live in a golden, global age as young people the world over are being raised with the right kind of high self-esteems to dream and act BIG. For it is the right culture – that gets the best out of people of all ages - that both endures and provides for success for the long term.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year. 10:44) The moment the company went below 1x growth for the first time since it was founded as the pandemic hit China and then Europe. (11:50) What if you get product market fit beyond your wildest dreams? You become a global company.

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Wealth and Ownership Amid A Shifting Global Financial Order

Duct Tape Marketing

Wealth and Ownership Amid A Shifting Global Financial Order written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Carol Roth In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Carol Roth. 00:55): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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