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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

I just returned from a weeklong trip to India, having spent a few days each in Delhi and Bangalore to meet with local entrepreneurs and investors. Noah Smith recently wrote about why everyone should get excited about India’s prospects. I had only a few connections in India before this trip.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world? How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? The key here is to transfer foreign management expertise and technologies to China while tapping on its huge domestic entertainment market.

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My expertise in product development and project management came after working as a consultant in many industries. India has been known for 1000’s of years for health and beauty routines /ideas like Ayurveda/Yoga, which have derived inspiration from Nature. Photo credit: Ashwin Sokke.

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What Do Diversity Hiring and Work From Home Jobs Have in Common?

Transformify

At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world. Their condition is often stigmatized, and they are afraid of being neglected if the hiring managers find out about it.

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Does Your Culture Reward The Lazy Brain? Five Ways to Override This Natural Human Tendency.

YoungUpstarts

One of its primary goals was to galvanize product development by discovering often-unstated customer needs and creating solutions for them. In India, young Intuit innovators conducted an experiment on helping farmers get the best price for their products — even though management initially wasn’t interested in the idea.

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TIME.com Redesign: a Responsive Global News Site | TIME.com

techland.time.com

Catherine Sharick is the managing editor of TIME.com. Over the past decade, she has played a vital role in strategizing the revival of the web site including being directly involved in edit, design, multimedia, product development, business development, strategy, personnel, budgeting, technology and infrastructure.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

YoungUpstarts

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). 1990s to 2000: Infrastructure, Security, Management, etc. Macro Trend 2: Urbanization. billion) in 2005. Key Takeaways.