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Globalization

YoungUpstarts

Our traditional view of globalization, common for decades, was massive container ships conveying goods from distant manufacturing locations; and watching services, capital, and expertise flow from one from major established commercial and financial city or region to another. Global trade dipped in 2008.

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How One Woman’s Flat Tire Inspired A Global Trucking Movement

YoungUpstarts

In 2008, Ellen founded Women in Trucking: an association designed to be a resource and encouragement to transportation leaders. She continues to attract fellow visionaries from global corporations to guide and fuel her vehicle for helping women. That was the moment that I decided to take my first mechanics course.” Virginia smiled.

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Is Your Website “Soooooo 2008?”

Up and Running

2008 may not even seem that long ago to some of you. According to Pew Internet & American Life Project back around 2008, only about ½ the North American population even used online devices and a mere 8% were deep users of the web. Is your site mobile and tablet friendly? .

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Business Travel Decline Due To COVID And Environmental Concerns

YoungUpstarts

The measures to prevent the spreading of the virus induced a global reduction of the travel demand. The number of flights in the United States was reduced by over 70% in April, seven times more than the impact of the financial crisis of 2008. trillion and it accounts for 21% of the global travel and hospitality industry.

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4 startups facilitating a borderless world

The Startup Magazine

You just have to look at things like how many international businesses there are, the rise of global media, and the increase in freedom of movement across nations to see that the world is becoming increasingly borderless. This growing globalization is massively driven by enterprise. Global Advantages of Outsourcing.

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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

First, the Bitcoin global popularity increased after the financial crisis of 2008 which led many to question the stability of national currencies and fiat money. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer decentralised form of digital currency that uses cryptography to maintain security and anonymity (Nakamoto 2008).