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Sheikh Youssef Al Shelash on the Benefits of 3D Construction 

The Startup Magazine

As the chairman of Dar Al Arkan , Sheikh Yousef Al Shelash is leading the Saudi Arabia-based property development company into the future by embracing cutting-edge technology. The developer partnered with the Construction of Buildings on Demand (COBOD) enterprise to bring 3D printed homes to its Shams Ar Riyadh project.

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Is America’s Corporate Culture In The Dark Ages?

YoungUpstarts

This divide between America’s doggedly industrious approach on the one hand, and the less-relentless global approach on the other, might make it seem that a corporate culture developed for a U.S. which he and two partners started in 1987 to design and build offshore oil platforms. company would prove a poor fit beyond our borders.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic resurgence of Asia and the Middle East are changing global markets.

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Bringing Lean Startup to Life at GE

Startup Lessons Learned

To compete in the global marketplace, companies like GE need an approach to innovation that supports open collaboration and partnership, especially when dealing with big issues like the environment or healthcare that are too complicated for any one entity to solve alone.”

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

In economics we call these “exogenous events&# and if they happen (Greek debt crisis, problems raising the US debt ceiling, trouble in Saudi Arabia) – you will not be shielded. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. You will not find a massive volume of users, but maybe you will find better partners.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. Perhaps this is why the Kuwait Investment Authority put $165 million into Jawbone and Saudi’s PIF put $3.5 Ok, Suster. So WTF happened? Why no winter?