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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic resurgence of Asia and the Middle East are changing global markets.

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Exploring The Everyday: Better Meat For a Better Future

View from Seed

What I experienced in Afghanistan really stayed with me, and one of the things that I noted was that meat prices have been steadily climbing since about 2000. J: One that sticks out for me was from my time in Afghanistan. J: Fish is the largest animal protein market globally. Afghans, like us, really enjoy meat?—?chicken

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 14 – Planning– Major General Mike Fenzel

Steve Blank

Global Integration of Operational Plans. In the past, when we talked about Operational Plans for combatant commands like Central Command , or INDOPACOM , or a European Command , we didn’t think about global integration. But cyber and space alone demand global integration. There’s cyber, there’s space.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

Buy these sandals and we'll contribute money to building schools in Afghanistan for girls who otherwise couldn't go to school. There's a product manager at 3M that knows the N95 mask business inside and out, domestically and globally. We are seeing more and more companies over the last three years that have a social component to them.

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Obama Engages Muslim World With Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurship and Development

Campus Entrepreneurship

Many in the article claim that this is a nice thought, but that other issues – Iran nuclear policy, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Israel – matter far more. Obama Hosts Global Summit on Entrepreneurship – FoxSmallBusinessCenter.com. Here is the official summit page and here is the official White House Press Briefing.

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The Disease President

Reid Hoffman

battle deaths from World War I, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Disease President even threatened to withhold funding from any K-12 school that did not comply with his demands to re-open. Many experts believe it is likely to remain a significant global health threat for years to come.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The goal is to reduce China’s dependence on foreign technology and promote Chinese high-tech companies globally. The goal is to meet its local chip demand by 2030. From the perspective of some China policymakers, America is exhausted from endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and will not fight again.

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