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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. De Beers made such an investment, even though a brand campaign could only soften the decline in sales during the 2007–08 crisis: Ally faced a different challenge. What does a thoughtful campaign look like? Learn from forced efficiency.

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

Six months before starting our business, my wife and I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina with no solid plans, no place to live, and no jobs. But when I was working as a reporter in 2007, I covered the purchase of a local ski resort in Montana by business mogul Bill Foley. See Also: How Traveling Helped Me Prepare for Startup Life.

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Isidoro Quiroga: “South America’s Warren Buffet” Mogul Makes Next Move

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He currently owns businesses in Chile , Argentina, and Australia. He soon expanded to Argentina and Australia where he invested in wine, olive oil, and grape producers. By 2007, Quiroga had acquired 100% of the company and completely changed its business model. He began his success in the agricultural industry.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

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Snaptu, which was founded in 2007, is Facebook’s first ever Israeli acquisition and its second international purchase. Israel signed a co-production agreement with Brazil last year and is in talks for the same with Argentina and Spain, which, when signed will greatly facilitate cooperation with the Israeli film industry.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8 billion in 2009, compared with $10.8 billion in 2008 and $8.8 billion, 7 percent below 2008 levels ($2.74

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Albaugh, which was founded in 1979, has six plants in the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, and a joint venture in China, and its South American sales in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile complement Makhteshim’s business in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. billion in 2007 and de-listed from Nasdaq. billion), or 2.5