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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. And well they should be.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony.

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