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3 Challenges Your Business Should Consider Before Expanding International

YoungUpstarts

E-commerce continues to grow worldwide, according to the Global E-Commerce Index by A.T. The global market volume is estimated to grow 18 percent, up to €994 billion, by the end of 2015. Cyprus and Monaco, for example, have imposed duty taxes for imported goods. by Mark Fabian Henkel, co-founder and CEO of Paymill.

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Should You Consider Using Bitcoin?

Up and Running

Recent news on the Cyprus banking crisis has brought Bitcoin back into the public view. Instead of hedging one currency against another, Bitcoin attempts to hedge against the entire global currency system as a whole – a novel approach if you hold multiple currencies and aren’t interested in gold. Let’s take a closer look.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? Nicosia, Cyprus?. What other global cities are being put on the map of innovation?

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The Power Of Play In Business Culture

Duct Tape Marketing

She is the founder and CEO of JAM a multi-million dollar global business that has connected millions of people through play since its inception as one of the largest adult recreational sports leagues in the world. The JAM team has produced and delivered over 3500 playful corporate events, in over 30 countries since the summer of 2020.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China. Viber is quite global. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon. What size is your staff, where are the offices located, and has the company ever raised funding?

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Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance

Duct Tape Marketing

Compliance laws reach a global market, so let’s visit a few that affect any international email your marketing team sends. Global SPAM Laws. If you’re larger than a mom and pop shop, complying and understanding global laws is pertinent to your bottom line. With new restrictions also comes harsher penalties when laws are broken.

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Create High-Impact Data Visualizations: Nine Effective Strategies

Occam's Razor

Cyprus and Ireland. The Global Gender Gap Report is a fabulous example how to solve this problem. Lars Verspohl takes you along on a wonderful journey through cost and profit structures of movies. (This is embarrassing but I was surprised how big Italy is, and how small Sweden is.). UK, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia.

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