Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Pursue Global Markets 2. Pursue Global Markets. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. In the U.S.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35. Enter Modi.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This offline stage, responding to Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act, is a massive barrier to global trade and the market demands its elimination.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources. I wrote my applications to college, or rather typed them on a typewriter with a bottle of WhiteOut close by.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2019

While that figure tops most other industries in the nation, it is only a fraction of the entire global shipping chain. Since shipping facilitates global importing and exporting, any potential changes or trends could affect multiple countries, including startup companies around the world. Recent Events. percent as well.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2019

What they created transcended our concept of hospitality into a global culture that blends the digital and the physical, forges a vibrant sense of community between millions of husts and guests, and — as a business — inspires unprecedented loyalty. This summer, for example, I spoke in Singapore, Australia and South Africa.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One area experiencing significant growth in the number of operating oil wells is in Africa, whose oil wells are projected to increase by up to 9 percent over the next year. The advance of certain technologies related to the drilling of oil and gas has put forth a future where oil and gas production continue well into the 2050s and beyond.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Due to its one child policy, China has an aging population whereas India, along with SE Asia and Africa, have significant populations below the age of 35. Enter Modi.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 25, 2014

In the real world however, prices are determined by supply and demand. And a lot more of it comes from massive commodities-driven wealth in places like Russia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. This, however, represents a theoretical view of pricing, one driven by the relationship between current and future cash flows.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Well, for starters they a) pursue global Markets b) place company culture above all else and c) They embrace the Black Swan within and without. They Pursue Global Markets. In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. Your India strategy? •

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. So here is what we learned about the blockchain and DLT technology, brace yourself for the following disruptive talking points.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

A fashion executive wife and technology entrepreneur husband we were moving house and faced a vexing problem: how to sell their fabulous, nearly new furnishings that couldn’t fit into their new digs? I love helping people reach their swimming goals! Thanks to Carolanne Caron, Winning Swimming LLC ! #13 13 – A Vexing Problem.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

One dimension is a pretty firm belief that starting financial services companies should not be as hard as it is, and that there is demand in the market for yet another venture fund focused on functionally day-zero companies in financial services. He expressed to me the idea that investing in Africa was—he used the word “risky.”

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If one looks around in the world, you see these huge problems, massive inequality, hunger, poverty, climate change, issues of how to set up a global trading system. There were some great examples of enabling students in Africa to participate in programs from Australia, which had never happened before. You have national problems.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2017

Today’s always-on, e-commerce-driven global economy is creating a brave new world known as the fourth industrial revolution, or ‘Industry 4.0’ – and businesses need to rapidly adapt to avoid being left behind. Thanks to big data analytics and changing customer expectations, demand forecasting is more sophisticated. Industry 4.0

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

That one small tweak, I mean they used all of the technology, all the same resources that they had already invested a million dollars into building, and instead of being a million dollars in the hole, they pointed it, they made a pivot in one direction, at one smaller different direction, and that was a $13 billion decision.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

A few hours before he had told them, during a talk at Harvard Computer Society, not to come to him for funding, but to seek it elsewhere from individual rich people who had been involved in technology startups themselves. He is, indeed, demanding progress. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. However, the vast majority of bankless adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and India. Mobile payment technology removes the need for direct access to a bank or credit union. In India, at least 50% of the 1.3

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2010

GLOBAL HEALTHCARE GIANT BAXTER SIGNS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT FOR KAMADA’S GLASSIA. In June of this year, Quark entered into a collaboration agreement with Japanese diversified materials manufacturer Nitto Denko Corp to develop a treatment for fibrotic diseases using Quark’s technology. ISRAELI ECONOMY GROWS 4.7%

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2020

And I and my vice chair of this group at the time, Constance Benson, who became Chair of the group after me, worked with the NIH to develop the first therapeutic research centers in Africa and Latin America and Asia. That's the most important long term lesson I think that we as a global society should take home.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. – Starship Technologies sells an autonomous robot-powered local delivery service. . And of that 1%, less than 0.1%

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