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Nitex Takes Fashion Forward

Austin Startup

Whenever you hear about Bangladesh you only see the bad news. With Hasan’s background in fashion, an industry worth $22 billion dollars a year in their own backyard (making Bangladesh the second largest worldwide supplier), they found a market worth exploring. They just needed a pain point to solve. Number two was transparency.

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Work Is Love Made Visible

YoungUpstarts

All this progress, at an ever increasing pace, creates a wealth of new opportunities and disrupts existing markets faster and more forceful than ever before. Global Warming is already a major contributor to unpredictable and often devastating changes in weather patterns. Let me introduce you to my friend Nithya Ramanathan.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. Asian Companies Going Global. What are the promises and perils of trading in the East?

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution.

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Remote Jobs: The Fair Pay Rate Dilemma

Transformify

IT team members working on the core product, sales and customer support, marketing, etc. Speaking of non-compliance, there 2 common cases: Paying Below the Local Market Rate. Some of them invest money and effort to familiarize themselves with the median market salary and the best practices locally. Slave Labor.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.