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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. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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Can You Really Overhaul A Nation’s Customer Service Culture?

YoungUpstarts

Because Singapore had blazed the trail before them. And so, starting with its Changi Airport and expanding to businesses throughout the nation, Singapore set out to become the uplifting service capital of the world. For Singapore and Mauritius, the literal survival of their citizens depended on their making a change.

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JFDI.Asia Accelerator: Bootcamp Practicalities

YoungUpstarts

“Role models” haven’t made it quite as far the heroes, but as practising entrepreneurs they are fully up-to-date with the on-the-ground realities of fundraising, hiring, and interfacing with government. It’s up to you to find housing in Singapore. 100 days is an awkward period of time to be in Singapore. Fundraising isn’t easy.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. For example, Yale could launch a center focused on applying political science thinking to the governance of major internet businesses (e.g., the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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America’s educational system is broken

David Teten

When your funders (government/employers/taxpayers) complain they’re not getting back the people they need, you have a broken system. We’re not doing workforce planning in this country, like Germany/Singapore do. When I tell government officials that employment as we know it is disappearing, I’m greeted with disbelief.

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[Review] Taking Down Goliath

YoungUpstarts

Messages must also be differentiated between Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business (B2B) customers: B2C messages are driven by offers that communicate a sense of well-being, convenience, security, productivity/increased significance, exclusivity, continuity, positive social sharing or possibility.

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Ranking — And Understanding — The World’s Top Startup Hubs [Video]

ReadWriteStart

Ecosystem Differentiation. Startup Chile is a government-sponsored effort to attract and support entrepreneurs from inside and outside Chile with cash and services. Conducted by Startup Genome and funded by Spanish group Telefonica, the report compared startup hubs in eight categories: Startup Output. Company Performance. Shutterstock.

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