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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.

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Korea – Asia’s Startup Powerhouse

YoungUpstarts

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea has been lauded in the speed and clarity of their response. We will take a look at what those steps have done for South Korea and the possible projections.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 times more likely to achieve rapid growth. A shared imperative.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

There is no social media or marketing content that you have to create. Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. This makes it completely free, but it works with partners, i.e. government agencies that somehow act as middlemen.

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. Several discussions on social media have founders asking if they should hedge their FOREX risk. The trend is expected to continue and is supported by government grants, the Israel innovation authority etc.

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How To Take Back Control Of Technology

Duct Tape Marketing

And I think this overuse of spending so much time on screen when your whole social life is on screen for the games, is very similar to what's happening with social media. With social media. And other countries like Thailand, South Korea have experimented with different methods. We just see more girls doing it with games.

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3 Reasons to Benefit from the Coming Wave of 5G

The Startup Magazine

mHealth (healthcare) will be transformed, giving opportunities for telemedicine, wearable device manufacturers, app developers , government health organizations, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, etc. Media and entertainment will change a lot as well. Manufacturing will become faster and cheaper, products – more complex.