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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Technology has proved to have a great driver of the rise of ‘future industries’ and those that were previously seen to be tech-proof. Digital transactions are now moving beyond B2C transactions & venturing into B2B, P2P, cross-border remittances, & more. 1- Network marketing is one such industry.

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The Courage to Monetize

Austin Startup

A good example is the marketing technology sector. If you bill for your technology services on a percentage of ad spend, you are guaranteed to look like an agency that deserves a revenue multiple of 1–2X. Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government.

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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

He is focused on delivering real business value by educating clients about the latest proven technologies, strategies that deliver improved profits and operational efficiencies, and using technology to improve life. Andy Meadows is the founder and CEO of Bearhug , an Austin-based customer engagement platform launching today.

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Startup Shootaround: Inside a VC Team Meeting on the Drones Hype

View from Seed

You can find another shootaround on voice tech here. I think where we are looking as a firm is more in a technology-enabled marketplace like that or a company that builds a product, rather than one that primarily operates with a services model. TIM: I would say in between 4 and 5, but specifically in a B2B software.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I’m a wild-eyed, competitive founder with totally unique-to-tech expertise in this area. So, we worked to raise capital.

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Cookies To Humans: Implications Of Identity Systems On Incentives!

Occam's Razor

Most employees work diligently to deliver against set expectations. In this case this was technically a micro-outcome in this case (conversion is offline). That is for governments, companies and you to decide. You’ll be surprised how small that number is. Good tactical wholesomeness. Cost Per Lead. An outcome! Still, very nice.

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