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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)

Both Sides of the Table

And I believe the torso is much more valuable than people perceive because it is growing rapidly with globalization and with the breakdown of physical distribution barriers. The company started out in South Korea by making South Korean drama available on the Internet. South Korean Drama. That was impressive.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway.

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How To Reach Millennial Clients With Digital Currency

YoungUpstarts

And while this does happen (namely with cryptocurrency), it’s an exception and not the rule. Millennials should understand the difference between centralization and decentralization, as well as how the user key community plays a key role. Part of leading education involves stripping away common assumptions, too.

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Growing Smaller: How Smaller Retailers Are Thinking Beyond Fashion Weeks For #fashion To Compete

YoungUpstarts

by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. Amid all the dazzle, glitz and glamor, one can be forgiven for thinking that high fashion continues to be the realm of global retailers and big-name luxury brands. They look for ways to cultivate and engage a community.

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The Business Climate in China

Venture Chronicles

The electronics industry, automobiles, consumer packaged goods, and textiles are all based here (to name just a few) and their attendant supply chains have developed here as a result. has lost influence in global matters over the last year and the Obama administration is weak relative to Beijing. companies evolve.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

My name is Eric Ries. Sal Khan : My name is Sal Khan. Sal Khan : If you go back to mid-February, it sounds like the world was very different then, but it was in mid-February that we started seeing traffic pickup in China and South Korea. Sal Khan : first cases of community spread. I'm the Founder of Khan Academy.