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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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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

Taking his name a little too literally, Awesome decided that he needed fiat currency like that introduced by his distant cousin Kublai in China. In the end, he was pelted with all manner of foul, medieval produce without refrigeration, and openly mocked over the irony of his increasingly worthless name. Yeah, that ended badly.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Here is what some CEOs said about how they came up with a business name. #1- Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet.

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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

His name is Tomas Pueyo. 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.

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Rethinking The Words You Should Lose For Those to Use

Duct Tape Marketing

Stand up, use their name, say Bob, say Sarah, you know, you are welcome to come back when you are ready to treat me with respect or enough or, you know, this is, this conversation is over. We have people, you know, in fact Tung Fu was the number three ranked book in South Korea, you know, almost 20 years after it was published.

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What Do Increased Mobile Speeds Mean for Your Business?

Up and Running

The networks in Hong Kong, Denmark, Canada, Australia, South Korea and Germany all performed better. However, there are some big names betting that the concept of cross-platform HTML5 web-based applications will take off. In any case, LTE is the new 3G, and that means many things for the consumer.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The company started out in South Korea by making South Korean drama available on the Internet. I have to admit I couldn’t have named a single SK drama so the team pointed me at the popularity of the show “ Boys Over Flowers ” in the US. I became more aware of it by my friends at Viki. Who knew?

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