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A Fish Out Of Water

YoungUpstarts

I recently had many of those “fish out of water” experiences while I was on my business trip to Ecuador. The manager with an orange baseball cap wasn’t wearing one either. What is going on in that warehouse in Ecuador??? Are workers heads seen as more valuable than supervisors or the managers?????? Everyone wears them.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

In February I found myself seeking air-conditioned sanctuary in the Dar Es Salaam offices of Kinu , a co-working space and business accelerator, talking with Co-Founder and Community Manager John Paul Barretto. In the case of Tanzania and Ecuador and many emerging economies, the order will first need to be reversed or re-phrased.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The Swiss Institute for Management Development (IMD) ranked Israel 17th out of 58 of the world’s most economically developed nations in its 2010 World Competitiveness Yearbook, raising it by seven spots from its 2009 ranking. For previous editions of the newsletter, click here. ISRAEL RANKED 17TH MOST COMPETITIVE ECONOMY BY IMD.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

When the kids got older our adventures took us to Mexico, Ecuador , India, Africa and Europe. Reply Beth , on June 23, 2009 at 10:39 am Said: I’ve not been involved in a startup, but into the first 20 years of marriage, 2 kids and full time jobs my husband and I managed to squeeze 15 years of undergrad, graduate and doctorate work.