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Our Interview With Richard Burry, International E-Commerce Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Global e-commerce entrepreneur and investor Richard Burry followed a unique path to the pinnacle of Internet success. By the time businesses began to take notice of the unfolding promise of Internet technologies, he was perfectly positioned to take the leap into this exciting new industry. As the founder of Smartvu Ltd.,

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

Today is the day that eight hopeful startups got to pitch their ideas to investors at startup accelerator Springboard’s Internet of Things (IoT) demo day in Cambridge, England. The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them. Playground Energy .

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

A bank wire is not always a convenient mode of payment, especially for customers in China who do not use internet banking. On a macro level it has led some countries, like Italy, Spain and Portugal, into a vicious cycle, with billions of dollars tied up in overdue invoices. Automated reminders. Anthony Coundouris.

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Liz Elting In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liz Elting, the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. billion in revenue and offices in over 100 cities around the globe.

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! I think we are *on our way down* as an early stage startup hub unless we start to fix some of our problems around here. 2) Other startup hubs are on their way up Now, other places like Austin have always been cheaper than the SF Bay Area.

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

From that perspective, things have been mostly rosy in the Silicon Valley for startups! I think we are *on our way down* as an early stage startup hub unless we start to fix some of our problems around here. 2) Other startup hubs are on their way up Now, other places like Austin have always been cheaper than the SF Bay Area.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

A few hours before he had told them, during a talk at Harvard Computer Society, not to come to him for funding, but to seek it elsewhere from individual rich people who had been involved in technology startups themselves. But what of those eight members of the first Summer Founders Program; Y Combinator’s “First Batch”? Latin America.