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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

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Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. — Sajan Pillai is the CEO and Managing Partner of Season Two Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Southern California.

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Is America’s Corporate Culture In The Dark Ages?

YoungUpstarts

This divide between America’s doggedly industrious approach on the one hand, and the less-relentless global approach on the other, might make it seem that a corporate culture developed for a U.S. which he and two partners started in 1987 to design and build offshore oil platforms. company would prove a poor fit beyond our borders.

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Will NFC Technology Take Off In Singapore?

YoungUpstarts

The Finnish telecommunications giant, for example, partnered the country’s largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro to offer an NFC-enabled option to consumers to book a cab. By simply tapping their NFC-enabled phone at over 400 locations across Singapore, consumers can initiate a booking via SMS. Promoting NFC use.

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

Also, in Southeast Asia the Islam is the dominant religion in most countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia which means that a lot of your Southeast Asian team members may not consume alcohol. Especially in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines where people are a lot more responsive over the phone.

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The Seven Rules of Fearless Growth: What Fearless Companies Are Doing To Grow Faster And Smarter 

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Do we develop new capabilities internally or partner? Rule #3: Partner, borrow, and share. In the past, businesses needed to own or take responsibility for every aspect of their value chain, from research to development to operations to sales and marketing. and Malaysia. Not anymore.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. This led American entertainment giants like Disney and Viacom to partner Indian companies like UTV and TV18. In fact, the region has more than 325 cities of populations larger than 750,000.

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How To Dislodge And Move Forward When Decision Makers Are At A Stalemate 

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Develop several alternatives. These people were not only business partners, they were friends. He felt strongly that if the company was to sell direct to consumers, it must find a way to partner with these sales channels to make them successful. and Malaysia.

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