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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

It took more than a year to make this happen (I’ll cover how I did this in a different post) but January 2nd, 1995 I flew to France for 2 years and didn’t move back to the US for 11 years. During this period of time I found ways to get my firm to staff me in Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the UK.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

You know, there were a number of small businesses in San Diego that were producing hard drives and computer assemblies and, you know, a lot of stuff in the IT sector, and I had gone off to meet a bunch of them because I didn’t know if I could get a job. It was the closest I could get to Spain. It’s actually true.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

It can, however, be easy to overlook the importance of small businesses like the Chatuchak stallholders, not just to their surrounding communities but also to the wider national economy. Today, the flea market features prominently in tourist guidebooks and makes a respectable contribution to the local economy.

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How Multilingual SEO Can Help Build Your Global Brand

Up and Running

For example, if you want to market your product or services in France, it would be a great idea to translate your content to French. Although English is a widely-used language in the world, you don’t want to miss out on the chance to market your business to non-English speakers.

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How to Create Work From Home and Part-time Jobs Amid Coronavirus Outbreak?

Transformify

In Italy and France, people are not allowed to leave their homes unless they have a valid reason like buying food, medicines or visiting a doctor. Coronavirus outbreak has an extremely negative effect on the global economy and especially in those countries and cities where all businesses have been asked to close.

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Measuring Market Penetration with Brand Tracking (+ Metrics & Examples)

ConversionXL

This is just how Holvi , a digital banking service for freelancers and small business owners, approached brand building. By analyzing trends in brand awareness and comparing these to brand marketing efforts across regions, they found their efforts in Germany we’re proving more fruitful than those in France and Spain: Image Source.

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The Science of Storytelling & Memory and The Impact on CRO

ConversionXL

The author added a (quite amusing) story about her father—the dopey drunk, hazing of exchange students in France during the 70’s and his disturbing experience with a horse. In the case of the horse bust, the item was purchased for.99 The horse bust resold for $62.95—A A 6258.58% increase!

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