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Doing Business in China: Lessons from an Expat Entrepreneur

Up and Running

Today, China is without a doubt one of the most exciting places in the world to do business. Despite the recent economic downturn, the market potential is enormous, the entrepreneurial spirit in China is high, and the country is inevitably going to increase its global influence thanks to its economic vitality. and the E.U.—and

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Think you’ve got a strategy to enter the Chinese market? Think twice

The Next Web

Yu Yongfu is the chairman and CEO of UCWeb , whose mission is to provide a better mobile Internet experience to billions of users around the world. Whenever I visit the US, one question mobile entrepreneurs always ask me is ‘How can my startup break into China?’. In fact, in the mobile market, China is made up of two distinct markets.

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. New products emerge, as diverse as networked-art installations, Internet-of-Things innovations, and many other hybrid software-hardware solutions. With the new rapid prototyping tools, products can be physically built for analysis, rather than just conceptualized.

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The Firewall Is Dead – What Can Businesses Do To Protect And Secure Their Brands?

YoungUpstarts

As APIs tend to be the most exposed part of a system because of their accessibility from the open Internet, it is recommended that threat modelling applications and systems, including data flow and architecture/design, become important parts of the development lifecycle. Think again.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. Consumer trends 2021 prediction bingo by Visual Capitalist. Covid-19 was a huge boost for gaming and usage has grown to new records. In Newzoo’s l atest report , analysts predicted that in 2021, 2.8

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. Influenced by the rapid growth of the bike-sharing craze in China, a savvy Uber employee spun out to create Bird. And, this goes well beyond the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Frankly, the scale of it has snuck up on the U.S.