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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. In fact, the region has more than 325 cities of populations larger than 750,000.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree

Austin Startup

Last summer, Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, joined the many airlines and hotels that have partnered with Switzerland-based Winding Tree to bypass intermediaries using distributed ledger technology.

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Why Successful Startups Go To The UAE

YoungUpstarts

Anyone who has ever been an expatriate founder will attest to the importance of this as foreign shareholding limits often force founders into taking on the wrong local partner. During his time as the emirate’s shake, he has continued to implement pro-western policies. There is also a cost question.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

This is Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and that was a desert safari trip. The difference here is the entry-level cost to buying web property, not physical property, is much lower than what it is to buy real-world properties. The cost to run is very important too. Again pretty obvious, the Eiffel Tower in Paris.