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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. Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world?

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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.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. And they’ve absorbed and analyzed incredible amounts of information about their topic of concern.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. And they’ve absorbed and analyzed incredible amounts of information about their topic of concern.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. The ethos behind microcredit has reached a market well beyond the poor, rural woman in an emerging market.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

The CEO of Transformify, Lilia Stoyanov, said ‘’ An umbrella or contract staffing solution is perfectly addressing the needs of those businesses facing skilled labor shortages on their local markets. During the test period, the candidates work out of the coworking offices of Transformify ‘s partners. About Generate.

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). I remember when we had a candidate join the marketing team and even on the second day, it was clear the fit wasn’t right on either side.