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Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs - from Guy Kawasaki

Startup Lessons Learned

That is, "If just one percent of the people in China drink our soda, we will be more successful than any com­pany in the history of mankind." There are problems with this line of reasoning: First, it''s not that easy to get even 1 percent of the people in China to drink your soda. Copyright © Guy Kawasaki, 2004, 2015.'

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[Infographic] The State Of IT Security

YoungUpstarts

According to Verizon, who has been tracking how many data breaches occur in the United States since 2004, in 2011 there were a total of 855 incidents resulting in the second highest number of compromised records lost since they started tracking. You’d be surprised how bad IT security can get.

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[Singapore] Shopify Partners SingTel To Grow Presence In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

Online commerce has seen explosive growth in the region – data from PayPal, from example, revealed that merchants based in Singapore saw an increase of online export sales on average by 68% to China, 55% to Hong Kong, 22% to Japan and 20% to Australia in 2012 alone. “So, in 2005, we launched our very own platform.

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What Factors Helped VistaJet Succeed?

YoungUpstarts

This already sets them apart from competition and will help them further build on the current 70,000 plus flights made transporting over 165,000 passengers since 2004. Apex Air have their headquarters in China so rather than uproot or spend masses setting up a base there themselves, joining forces with them made much more business sense.

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The Start-up Scene In India

YoungUpstarts

I came back to India , in 2004. It’s a dramatic shift from how things were in 2004. Much of that has changed – like the way it has changed in China. We communicated with Anand who kindly shared with us his thoughts on the start-up scene in India. Catch what he has to say below. How are entrepreneurs in India like?

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So you’ve got a great domain name: Here’s how to protect it from scammers

The Next Web

ICANN introduced the safety measure of domain locking, also known as registrar-lock, in 2004. Another common scam in world of domains is coming out of Asia, mainly from China. When you set the lock it prevents accidental modifications, such as transfers, from happening. Some domains run on “EPP” code. Protect thy name.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. The big gaping whole is of course China where Facebook has “near 0% penetration” Note: None of this should be construed as investment advice to buy or sell any stock. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA. Author howerl.

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