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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” These companies get the prevention-promotion balance right by evaluating every aspect of their business model—making near-term changes that reduce costs now and after demand returns (unlike layoffs). Tim Stewart, trsdigital.

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What if it’s 1996, not 1999?

Seeing Both Sides

Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble , there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999. Let’s not forget that Time Magazine featured Alan Greenspan, Rob Rubin and Larry Summers on the cover in February 1999 with the headline: “The Committee to Save the World.” The point here isn’t to be Pollyannaish.

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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. With the tools now freely available online, you don’t necessarily need to hire a team of advertising professionals to reach audiences overseas. 2 PwC, 19th Annual Global CEO Survey, January, 2016. Diversifying.

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28 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

For creatives, it is a global stage for creativity where title and experience don’t matter. In January of 1999, I co-founded a marketing agency with a former boss. Firstly I had been traveling the world and running blogs online, earning money by selling advertising. Thanks to Mike Samson, crowdSPRING. #3

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Changes in creative & tech industries

Start Up Blog

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? The market now demands it. We need to see evidence in market of governments and global representative bodies taking punitive measures against security breaches and hacking. Probably the later.

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Creative & Media agency landscape

Start Up Blog

Who would have thought that Apple would be the world biggest music retailer today back in 1999? The market now demands it. We need to see evidence in market of governments and global representative bodies taking punitive measures against security breaches and hacking. Probably the later.

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