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

The Startup Magazine

Their primary motivation has been the fact that manufacturing costs in Chinese factories are lower than those in the US or Europe. But in the past few years, a number of news articles and blogs have speculated whether China remains a low-cost destination for manufacturers. Source: Pixabay. A word of caution, though.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019. Fun Tidbit 1: Europe and North America are of similar importance in terms of revenue (40% EMEA / 41% N.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. I feel like I’m often looking for interesting things to read about a variety of subjects, but I manage to include your blog among my reads every day. Europe Consumer. (1). Blog Archive.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. I have been reading Fred’s blog AVC for about a decade now. I sort of feel mentored by Fred via his blog, which is pretty remarkable for just writing words on the web and sharing them.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Some countries in Europe may have lost their AAA ratings, but they have not lost their appetite to innovate and create new online services. It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., Blog Archive.

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Is Remote Work the Future of Employment?

Transformify

Allowing for access to a global talent pool. In her blog, Gilrane wrote: “Googlers or teams who work virtually find ways to prioritize a steady work-life balance.” Remote Companies Can Reach a Global Talent Pool. SideKick employes people in Europe and Asia and the team has flexibility and freedom in their schedule.

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