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5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Diplomats

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With the red-hot temperature around the crisis in Syria reduced to a mere boil, and the government in North Korea backing away from the brink I gave some thought this week to what entrepreneurs could learn from global leaders and diplomats in general. Related posts: 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Academics.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that market conditions drive innovation as much as great entrepreneurs do. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. And the solutions to many of the worlds problems will come from the people as much as from governments. Student debt alone in the US is now $1 trillion, which $100 billion being added / year.

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Global Expansion: Should You Launch Your Brand in a Developing Nation?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

After all: entrepreneurs launch new businesses because they want them to grow, and they want to build their brands. One thought that often enters the minds of entrepreneurs is whether they should expand their brands overseas. Markets in developing countries are often lucrative choices for businesses. The Rules and Regulations.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

I mean you hope you don't have to deal with it, but I mean if you live in Syria. ER : A lot of folks I've been talking to about this, they're not accustomed to asking the government to help and it feels a little weird. Start-ups don't always interact with the government. It's either leave or die. There's just no normal there.

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Israel Ranked 29th in Easiness of Doing Business According to the World Bank

VC Cafe

The charge for registering a change of property ownership in Syria amounts to more than a quarter of the building’s entire value. The report didn’t take corruption and the state of the economy into account, but I can’t wait to see less red tape, more online government services and lower costs for Israeli entrepreneurs.

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What Does it Mean to be American? Why Trump is Just a Blip on the Radar

Both Sides of the Table

You may have noticed that the Trump Administration is delaying Obama approved immigration policies to allow more startup entrepreneurs born in foreign countries to work legally in the US that was due to be enacted starting today. Our most famous current rocket entrepreneur — Elon Musk — was from South Africa.