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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.

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USA Now an Innovation Also-Ran — 11th in World

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Germany and South Korea, still kicking ass. But it’s a hell of an indicator. The USA still has significant strengths, but anybody who thinks the USA isn’t slipping isn’t paying attention. China, of course, is moving up. Switzerland holding steady in a top slot. Singapore is now a top player on the world stage.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

So you're starting to see that, and you realize one healthcare system or two healthcare systems may be able to respond to a crisis successfully, meaning maybe South Korea and China, but once you have 60 countries that have cases, the odds that at least one of them fails in the containment is huge. What did South Korea do?

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Rethinking The Words You Should Lose For Those to Use

Duct Tape Marketing

And from a leadership standpoint, you know, the should thing just makes people not want to try. I mean, and that, I think trust, extending trust like that is probably one of the greatest leadership skills. We're shaping behavior instead of shaming it, they're learning from the mistake instead of losing face. John Jantsch (10:26): Yeah.

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Twitter Link Roundup #93 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! South Korea continues to impress with their innovative use of technology – grocery shopping on subway – [link]. Has Dropbox set the stage for a privacy revolution?

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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Kevin not only built relationships with many of the younger, more emerging professionals in all of the US funds but he has also developed a very active investor relationships with Asian funds in particular in Japan, South Korea and China and in Northern Europe. And of course it doesn’t hurt that Kevin is fluent in Mandarin.

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[Asia] Asian Attitudes Towards Creativity And Education Differ: Adobe Study

YoungUpstarts

The recently concluded Adobe Education Leadership Forum held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia saw the software company unveil the results of an Asia Pacific-wide study entitled ‘ Education, Creativity and Employability ’ that looked at the intersection of creativity and creativity tools in the classroom and its relevance to the modern workforce.

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