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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., Canada, England, South Korea, Japan, and Uruguay. Korea, Iran, et al.), So from 95%+ U.S. And growing. That stuff? Ideas and Innovations.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. It was especially influential in my mind in thinking about media. This was how companies who produced media became big before the Internet. Why is that?

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International Business Do’s And Don’ts

YoungUpstarts

When you know you’re going to be doing business in another country, you should spend some time on the Internet learning the basic do’s and don’ts for the specific country to which you’ll be travelling. This doesn’t have to be complicated or time consuming. Beyond that, what is your left hand doing while your right is shaking? It matters.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 times more likely to achieve rapid growth. A shared imperative.

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Are Facebook Investors Playing Russian Roulette?

crowdSPRING Blog

It’s already coming close to saturating the limits of world Internet usage. For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Twitter Link Roundup #104 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users.

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How To Take Back Control Of Technology

Duct Tape Marketing

These companies, the, this business model has been in effect for, since the beginning of the internet. And I think this overuse of spending so much time on screen when your whole social life is on screen for the games, is very similar to what's happening with social media. With social media. And we get Gmail for free.