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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part II)

YoungUpstarts

Let’s talk about globalization – recently in Singapore there were some push-back against globalization with recent reports on big companies here hiring top talent from overseas instead of using and local talent. The cheapest way to get that knowledge is to hire those people into your company.

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The impact of Covid-19 on Livestreaming adoption

VC Cafe

Social – when Epic Games acquired HouseParty, the ‘face to face’ social network, it had yet to find its moment. Eating – when I was in Taiwan and Vietnam over the summer, I noticed several people livestreaming their meals (especially hot pot!). Patreon has seen a surge in registrations.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

There simply won’t be soft-landings and acqui-hires for all of them. Others have blamed the brutal hiring environment on everyone being able to start a company — whether they should or not — and argued that concentrating resources on fewer ideas would make the Valley a lot stronger.

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Twitter Link Roundup #262 – MegaResources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

Habits of Incredible Networkers That Can Make You Awesome, Too crowdspring.co/1BboYzS. How to Hire the A-team crowdspring.co/1EI6Kst. Colorful Taiwan mural inspires town-wide art transformation | DesignFaves crowdspring.co/1CdTZUF. How to Ask for a Raise crowdspring.co/1A4oQOP. GigaOm is Shutting Down crowdspring.co/1Ec7mRS.