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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Almost 30 years ago, my father decided to uproot the entire family from Taiwan to the United States so that his academically “inconsistent” son could have an education tolerant and perhaps even encouraging of his idiosyncrasies. Oftentimes they see a market need and simply want to serve those customers.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Amanda Foley is a writer and marketing associate at audience.io , a New York and London based audience development company. io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. We’ve managed to turn this little island in the Indian Ocean into a brand for the people who are making the Internet.”.

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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

Up and Running

An entrepreneur who starts his own business can break free from this actuarial perspective and redefine the value he brings to the market,” he says. Starting a business means you get to select the people you work with, which Jeremy Durant, co-founder of Bop Design, a marketing agency, says is one of the biggest reasons to start a business.

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Carousell gets cozy with Rakuten to bring its mobile marketplace to Southeast Asia

The Next Web

Carousell is now setting its sights on capturing the audience in Southeast Asia, especially for those who are increasingly accessing the Internet via their mobiles. According to an Accenture report from last year, there will be 194 million new Internet users between 2010 and 2020 in the region.

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IT Expansion in China

Venture Chronicles

That last point was the key takeaway I learned in my site visits, the enterprise application market in China for everything but the very large and multinational businesses does not exist. based secondary markets rather than purchased new in China.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. For many visitors to Thailand, a trip to Bangkok’s famed Chatuchak Weekend Market is one of the highlights of their holiday. Globally, only 38% of SMEs currently export overseas, even to markets right next door.

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London Calling

Startup Lessons Learned

His method advocates the creation of rapid prototypes designed to test market assumptions, and uses customer feedback to evolve them much faster than via more traditional product development practices. Wednesday, January 11- Dublin, Ireland I’ll be facilitating in the Internet Growth Acceleration Programme (iGAP) program.

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