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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

Businesses all over the world – including startups – have sourced their product manufacturing in China for over a decade now. A few prominent companies have indeed made the decision to move production out of China in the past few months. First, labour costs comprise only one part of the cost of the product.

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Why And How Your B2B eCommerce Start-up Should Work On Having A Strong Sales Team

YoungUpstarts

Gogoprint , a leading Southeast Asian online printing company founded in late 2015, has been working hard to do just that in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. We spoke to Gogoprint about customer acquisition processes, and in particular the importance of sales teams for B2B-oriented e-commerce.

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4 Ways Sales Can Help Your Company Offset Losses From Trump’s Trade Wars

YoungUpstarts

Companies buying or selling products or parts across international boundaries are likely to see higher costs which, without effort, must be passed onto the customer. If sales are going to drop as a result of rising costs, it is in the supplier’s best interest to entertain pricing that supports movement of the product.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After living and traveling around Thailand in 2014 and with other travelers I was desperate to learn Thai. Having worked in B2B sales for years, I had experienced first-hand the need for our solution and was extremely motivated to make it happen. 17- For better product performance. Thanks to Laura Spawn, Virtual Vocations ! #2-

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? They should also consider launching online B2C or B2B platforms incorporating mobile and social-commerce. A key point to note here is that developing halal products doesn’t limit a company from cross-selling to non-Muslims.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

B2B, for example, hasn’t even even really started as a category yet. But for B2B, for example, decision makers for older businesses can’t be found easily online. 3) B2B requires selling to other startups This brings me to my next point. more on this below). These fast sales cycles tend to come from selling to other startups.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

B2B, for example, hasn’t even even really started as a category yet. But for B2B, for example, decision makers for older businesses can’t be found easily online. 3) B2B requires selling to other startups This brings me to my next point. more on this below). These fast sales cycles tend to come from selling to other startups.

Asia 48