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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

Businesses all over the world – including startups – have sourced their product manufacturing in China for over a decade now. A few prominent companies have indeed made the decision to move production out of China in the past few months. First, labour costs comprise only one part of the cost of the product.

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4 Ways Sales Can Help Your Company Offset Losses From Trump’s Trade Wars

YoungUpstarts

Companies buying or selling products or parts across international boundaries are likely to see higher costs which, without effort, must be passed onto the customer. If sales are going to drop as a result of rising costs, it is in the supplier’s best interest to entertain pricing that supports movement of the product.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? Asian Companies Going Global. To market to Muslims, companies could take note of the holy month of the Ramadan, offer halal products, develop shariah-compliant Islamic financial services, or create mobile apps. Logistics – Challenges and Opportunities.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After living and traveling around Thailand in 2014 and with other travelers I was desperate to learn Thai. The opportunity allowed me to fulfill the needs of the same organization and live out the mission to build a global company with a genuinely nurturing culture. 17- For better product performance.

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Announcing our investment in Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform

Version One Ventures

seed round , alongside Third Kind Venture Capital, SPEILLLP , Sancus Ventures, 500 Global, and Balaji Srinivasan. The platform provides transparent blockchain transactions, immutable proof of ownership, the ability to transact with your crypto wallet, composability with other blockchain products, and instant settlement.

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These Are The Most Exciting FinTechs To Emerge In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The countries are Singapore (490 FinTechs), Indonesia (262 FinTechs), Malaysia (196 FinTechs), Thailand (128 FinTechs), Philippines (115 FinTechs), and Vietnam (77 FinTechs). Since it was founded in 2014, it has launched 4 innovative and competitive products, with its flagship product being Liquid, a web application.

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Ecosystem for success: the key ingredients to attract an early-stage investor

The Startup Magazine

Even if failure can be educational and productive it is not an exercise to be repeated. What problem does my product/idea solve? Who are my key competitors, what is their market share and how does my product distinguish itself? It is recognized as the global heart of innovation. I hate to fail.