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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: What Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has learned in his business career

The Next Web

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. Streaming obviously has the future and will be relevant as long as the Internet stays relevant. So Asia is going to be a challenge, because it is such a different market.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. CRMs / marketing tech generally work. I haven’t seen this movie yet, but it’s not (entirely) quite like this. Messaging / email generally works.

Asia 48
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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. CRMs / marketing tech generally work. I haven’t seen this movie yet, but it’s not (entirely) quite like this. Messaging / email generally works.

Asia 48
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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. That was fine with me – the market is the market. That was the market. In today’s market you can prove your worth, in 1991 that was a bit harder. This was pre Internet. He took me.

Marketing 385
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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. If there is no talent to be found in the valley, why not hire in Europe, Asia or India? Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices. Rockstars should be made, not found.

Europe 139
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Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

Up and Running

In a global market where the buyers and sellers of coffee are often half a world away from those who grow and maintain the plants themselves, do you know what those worker’s lives are like? USD per pound), despite changes in the market. Are the working conditions safe, are they getting a wage that reflects their contribution?

Green 115
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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India

ReadWriteStart

My 1997 recruitment visit met with tepid response, with the student body largely interested in multinational placements at the time. Clearly, the solution offers some concrete value, and conceivably, OMS can look at the global market later on in their evolution. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here.

India 117