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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Faced with the rising costs of labour, materials and land in Chinese cities, companies are increasingly sourcing from other Asian countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Rising consumer demand in China itself has also led its own manufacturers to favour selling domestically. Logistics – Challenges and Opportunities.

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

My first role was in sales and the buyers on the platform absolutely loved the access to global freelancers, the low hourly rates, and the full transparency and flexibility in the system. Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

By 2008, the organization was diving into the question of social enterprise – was VisionSpring about sales of glasses with a mission, or a mission organization that sold glasses? Originally named the Scojo Foundation in 2001 and re-named VisionSpring in 2008, Scojo Foundation was named for co-founders Jordan and Scott (ScoJo).

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

By 2008, the organization was diving into the question of social enterprise – was VisionSpring about sales of glasses with a mission, or a mission organization that sold glasses? Originally named the Scojo Foundation in 2001 and re-named VisionSpring in 2008, Scojo Foundation was named for co-founders Jordan and Scott (ScoJo).

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4 Entrepreneurs Explain What Being USA Made Means to Them [Sponsored Post]

Hearpreneur

Another related trend that I am seeing in the apparel industry is where they are taking the Apple approach and marketing their products as Designed in USA although they may be made somewhere else, say India or Bangladesh or China. Thanks to Kat Rosati, Apparel Booster ! 100% Made in America. Image Credit: Craig Wolfe.

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How a startup should leverage a personal assistant

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Customers make it necessary to put processes in place for marketing, sales, support, and back-end admin tasks. India, Bangladesh or other countries do not have quality VA's, but the Filipinos learn English in school, do not tend to be entrepreneurial (thus are less likely to steal ideas), and are culturally service-oriented.

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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. ‘’ABC, a US company, signs an agreement with Mr ‘’X’’, a citizen of Bangladesh. Having an independent business is easier to prove if the remote worker has an office, a website, and more than one customer.