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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Looxid Labs

Austin Startup

Based in Seoul, South Korea, Looxid Labs aims to integrate biometrics into the VR/AR/MR platform. To integrate a biometric system into HMD platforms, they have developed the most VR compatible brain-sensing technology, Looxid Link. I would go to Mars because I’m curious to see how society develops. Why or why not?

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How to Lose Your Business Weight Through Lean Thinking

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Instead of maintaining strict, serial boundaries for business growth, like the legacy waterfall method, we perform parallel efforts to shape a flexible strategy while we take action. Strategy 2: Develop a malleable framework that accepts and appreciates the value of growth and learning amid failure.

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Our Town – A Family Legacy

YoungUpstarts

But then a family emergency struck – Michael Plummer Senior suffered a major heart attack, and Junior was called home from his station in South Korea. It was time to start giving back, so he decided to return and help drive the family business. As it was, he was being groomed to take over the business.

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

Whatever assessment you develop, you need to get feedback from your board and investors. This plan has three parts: Pivots to your new business model, changes to your operating plan, and what initiatives you save for the recovery. China and South Korea are starting their factories up again.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 times more likely to achieve rapid growth. A stint working in the L.A.

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Taking Your Startup Global

ReadWriteStart

only to discover later on that you have taken your eye off the [local] business directly in front of you. Create a history of success that proves your business model works. If you’re selling luxury items with international prestige, developing Asian countries, such as China and India, are the go-to-markets.

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Taking Your Startup Global

ReadWriteStart

only to discover later on that you have taken your eye off the [local] business directly in front of you. Create a history of success that proves your business model works. If you’re selling luxury items with international prestige, developing Asian countries, such as China and India, are the go-to-markets.

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