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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

In 1294 Gaykhatu (literally, “Awesome” in Mongolian) was the leader of one Hoard of Mongols ruling over what is now Iran, Iraq and Southwest Asia. When he heard that Kublai was just printing his own money, he saw his path to riches and summoned the Ambassador from Kublai’s court, demanding to see the new paper currency.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

But as we now know 33% of the world’s population is now connected to the Internet, the majority of traffic to the major Internet properties is now global and at Benedict Evans pointed out in his recent report, more than 70% of the world’s literate population will have a smartphone within 4 years. Prices down. Network Up.

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How To Profit From Day Trading Gas-Related Stocks

YoungUpstarts

Iran, Qatar, Canada, China, Norway, and Saudi Arabia come next. When it comes to proven reserves, Russia and Iran have by far the largest resources of natural gas, so they will continue to be the main players in the industry for the coming decades. How to Analyze the Gas Market.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

So the alternative of a global currency will emerge. Probably as a function of the gold standard (global price of gold as the trading valuation mechanism) with some form of digital instant and unseen conversion from our home currency into some quantum derived from gold. They thought we should be able to demand payment.

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Foursquare? A Bakery?

Growthink Blog

Growing Globally Has Never Been Easier. The teapot dictators in Iran and North Korea may get all the ink, but it is the Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian technocrats with their quiet defense of free markets and trade that make hay. For this is the age of the global entrepreneur. Luckily for all of us, their time has past.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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Obama Engages Muslim World With Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurship and Development

Campus Entrepreneurship

Many in the article claim that this is a nice thought, but that other issues – Iran nuclear policy, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Israel – matter far more. Obama Hosts Global Summit on Entrepreneurship – FoxSmallBusinessCenter.com. Here is the official summit page and here is the official White House Press Briefing.