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JD.com Celebrates a Decade of Non-stop Delivery Service During Spring Festival Holidays

The Startup Magazine

JD’s founder and chairman Richard Liu grew up in a rural area of China and has been transparent in his desire to develop rural revitalization programs to the benefit of the often-overlooked areas.

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How Founders Can Become Better Leaders

Up and Running

As a founder, you’ve probably been focused on writing your business plan , building out your financial forecasts to position yourself to get funding, and managing the day-to-day minutia of running a business. Founders of young organizations sometimes feel like they’re under a microscope. It’s not going to happen overnight.”

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Robot delivery firm Starship Technologies secures $90M funding

ReadWriteStart

Starship was founded by Ahti Heinla in Tallinn, Estonia, alongside Danish entrepreneur Janus Friis – the latter was the founder of Skype where the pair worked together.

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[Interview] Bo Zou, Toronto-Based Digital User Experience Specialist And Thought Leader

YoungUpstarts

The Chinese native equipped his career path with two postgraduate degrees from London universities in the United Kingdom – one focusing on human/computer interaction with ergonomics, and a second with an emphasis in visual arts and arts criticism. Bo Zou: One of the key elements within digital transformation is cultural shift.

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How Gold Investment Saved My Small Business

YoungUpstarts

by Alan Jenkins, founder and CEO of Quadrant2Design. If a business is in the fortunate position to invest, owners will often look to upgrading equipment, or invest in the property the business operates from. The reason for the rise in gold is simple.

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Remote Bob: Remote Work is About Smooth Integration and Controlled Supervision

Transformify

Our guest today is Barbara Krecak, an entrepreneur passionate about operations and business development. She is Director of Remote Bob – a company connecting busy London leaders with a high-quality, affordable remote workforce from Croatia. This is where the idea of founding Remote Bob has risen.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, describes feeling that “the underlying story of a business, the people behind it, and its values, these all matter more now than they used to.” Written by the founder of social enterprise Tom’s Shoes, this book is full of tips for making a difference with your business.