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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? The good news: There are good answers to these questions! Personal authority.

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The Potential for Fraud Caused by the Unnecessary Mystery of the Family Office World

This is going to be BIG.

Of course I am—Bolivia is a landlocked country.) They’re not setup to take inbound, so they don’t put up websites or participate much on social media—so it’s nearly impossible to tell who from the family office world is legitimate. Actually, I’m completely making that up. (Of But how would you know?

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8 Challenges When Scaling Your New Venture Worldwide

Startup Professionals Musings

Market opportunities for your new venture are now immediately worldwide, thanks to the pervasive access to the Internet and social media communication. Even the venerable McDonald’s failed to recognize that in Bolivia, their price per meal was off the charts compared to indigenous alternatives.

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