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Hiring in Non-English-Speaking Countries

The Startup Magazine

A very good example of this is Japan – and not just Japan but Japanese multinational companies’ operations in other countries. Hiring has been very challenging in Japan traditionally. For example, if you wish to hire people with Japanese language capabilities, it is important to use a Japan or Japanese-specific job board.

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How R&D Investment Grows Your Business

ReadWriteStart

These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. The niches these companies operate in are also directly connected to the R&D investment by industry: high tech, media, and telecom are the top-second industries investing most in research and development. R&D statistics. Stay trends-aware. Increase income. Decrease taxes.

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What to Expect When Developing an App in 2021

Up and Running

With the spread of the pandemic of 2020, certain apps have become extremely popular like video conferencing apps, on-demand service apps, etc. . We witness an increase in demand for IoT gadgets and systems which, naturally, will result in the increase of IoT apps. One last thing to consider is the operating system. Operations.

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Learn from People, Not Classes

Reid Hoffman

At the time, PayPal was suffering seemingly endless delays in the launch of PayPal Japan. Reid called eight friends with good connections in Japan and asked whom they knew who might be able to help. Consider how Reid solved a major business issue at PayPal by drawing on the knowledge of his network.

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Turns out, there was aboslutely no demand whatsoever for that particular product.

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Transportation, On-Demand And The Asian Economy – Asian Horizons

YoungUpstarts

When we say on-demand, the glorious image of Silicon Valley and its technological environs pops up in the layman’s mind, and even that may be too imaginative. For several different versions of the on-demand economy in other parts of the world, the term itself may be alien, its implications unknown. Grab In Focus.

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Why Every Business Needs To Become A Platform, And How To Do It

YoungUpstarts

There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. That starts with platform thinking. What is platform thinking? The underlying strategies are not new. Leveraging network effects.

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