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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

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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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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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By the way, this was still pre-Netscape, pre-Internet. There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. ” No, no.

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Growing Smaller: How Smaller Retailers Are Thinking Beyond Fashion Weeks For #fashion To Compete

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Technological advancements and the democratizing power of the Internet have allowed retailers to scale up without sacrificing intimacy and personal service. That means engaging and delighting shoppers on mobiles, social media and online channels. . They’re highly personal.