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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

Traditional brands, namely eCommerce/luxury fashion and CPG brands are trying to figure out how to get in the action. The leaders here are mainly gaming-related companies such as Epic, Roblox, MantiCore Games, Unity, Animal Crossing or even newer entrants such as the earn-to-play phenomenon, Axie Infinity. Toya – more than a studio.

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Korea – Asia’s Startup Powerhouse

YoungUpstarts

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea has been lauded in the speed and clarity of their response. We will take a look at what those steps have done for South Korea and the possible projections.

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

If you’re a CEO who can’t quickly bias yourself for action and if you wait around for someone to tell you what to do, then your investors, or more likely the market, will make those decisions for you. Health of Your Current Target Market(s). Emergence of New Market(s). Marketing programs spending. External Assessment.

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SMEs Are Riding Global Wave of eCommerce – But Logistics Concerns See Many Swimming Against Tide

YoungUpstarts

Online shopping is booming and will continue to grow exponentially – the global online retail market now tops $1 trillion a year and is set to double within four years. China alone is tipped to exceed $1 trillion in retail ecommerce sales in the next three years, making up more than 40 percent of the global eCommerce market. [1].

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Asia Pacific SMEs Must Look To Cross-Border Trade

YoungUpstarts

E-commerce is growing faster in Asia Pacific than any other region [1] – in fact, Asia Pacific is already the world’s largest regional e-commerce market [2] – which creates amazing opportunities for so many SMEs. In ASEAN markets, SMEs account for just 21 per cent of direct exports [5]. 2] Ecommerce Europe, With a turnover of $567.3

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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. According to a recent FedEx study, about 70 percent of consumers surveyed listed shipping-related factors as the most influential in their decision to buy from online retailers in other markets. [7]

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Taking Your Startup Global

ReadWriteStart

Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Recognizing that self-study language learning was a huge and underserved global market, Gollash saw local branding as the key for his business. “We Diverting attention to the overseas market at the detriment of domestic business.

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