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Bringing Lean Startup to Life at GE

Startup Lessons Learned

I think he expected me to describe a medium-sized startup or maybe some small, old-school media organization. In Saudi Arabia, for example, where screening rates are low due to both cultural stigma around the female body and women’s fear of diagnosis, healthymagination has looked to solutions going far beyond just new equipment.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

There is no social media or marketing content that you have to create. The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Perhaps this is why the Kuwait Investment Authority put $165 million into Jawbone and Saudi’s PIF put $3.5 Ok, Suster. So WTF happened? Why no winter?

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International Business Do’s And Don’ts

YoungUpstarts

While many international professionals understand that not everyone comes from the same place, in today’s global marketplace, there’s a certain expectation that new players who have joined the game have done some homework. However, in Japan, Saudi Arabia, and even France, it means something different. Never thought about it?

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The Artificial Intelligence Opportunity: A Camel to Cars Moment

Occam's Razor

You’ll learn all about the Global Maxima, definitions of AI/ML/DL, and the implications related to the work we do day to day. Mitch Joel is the Rock Star of Digital Marketing, brilliant on the topic of media, and a very sweet human being. I lived in Saudi Arabia for almost three years. Our 13th podcast together was on AI.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

Think about gaining access to global markets, and how to build bridges internationally. Hoping to “democratize entrepreneurship globally,” Whitehill plans to take Entrepreneur Week to countries where there’s the “opportunity to make the most impact.” Currently he’s thinking Chile, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Portugal and Brazil.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

Think about gaining access to global markets, and how to build bridges internationally. The Democratization of Entrepreneurship Hoping to “democratize entrepreneurship globally,” Whitehill plans to take Entrepreneur Week to countries where there’s the “opportunity to make the most impact.” Partnerships. Proficiency. Possibilities.