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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. Why Eastern Europe? mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs.

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Global Multichannel Consumer Behaviour (Research/Purchase) Analysis

Occam's Razor

The part on the right gives you psychographic type segmentation of who is actually using the web, and why… Five segments: Functionals, Aspirers, Knowledge Seekers, Communicators, Influencers, Networkers. Let's compare USA and Czech Republic … 9% of the roughly 17 million cars sold in the US were purchased online.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours. I also realized that having your own business is a great way to gain new networks.