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

YoungUpstarts

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. To tackle this, B-Free researched and patented another product based on market demand. A typical symptom is thinking and acting local.

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Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. However, global businesses evaluate a variety of considerations before expanding their operations into a new market. Emerging Markets As The Pocket Full Of Potential.

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5 Ways to Keep Your Small Business Growing

Up and Running

Statistically, less than 50 percent of small businesses are still operational after five years. Globalization has increased the level of competition and introduced more turmoil to the business environment. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Here are five ways to keep your small business growing.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. Prestigious London-based Monocle magazine, a global briefing journal covering international affairs, business, culture and design, has chosen Haifa as the city with the most promising business potential for 2011.

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Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive (Part 1)

Agile VC

In the 90 days since this deal was announced, car OEMs like GM, Ford, VW, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler as well as tech giants like Google and Apple and on-demand transportation companies like Uber, Lyft, Didi Chuxing, and Gett all scrambled to form strategic/investment partnerships with each other.

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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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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.