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[ADV] 4 Products Businesses Can Import From Qatar

YoungUpstarts

Bordering Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf, UAE and Iran, Qatar is one of the most important Middle Eastern countries despite its small size. The market for used cars is huge and Qatar is one of the biggest exporters of such cars. Qatar is known for producing some of the greatest quality steel among all the steel making countries.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

In 1294 Gaykhatu (literally, “Awesome” in Mongolian) was the leader of one Hoard of Mongols ruling over what is now Iran, Iraq and Southwest Asia. Awesome was bankrupt, his markets frozen from the lack of a credible medium of exchange. Yeah, that ended badly. So, what does this have to do with Bitcoin? Goodbye limited supply!

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. I believe that market conditions drive innovation as much as great entrepreneurs do. Market meet reality. They are also driving down the margins they make and are offering products that are initially lower functionality than their competitors.

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5 Startup Tips From Successful Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Up and coming entrepreneurs would be wise to listen to his advice, which is: “Often new entrepreneurs wait too long to put their product out in the market. She helms Eventbox, an online platform for events based in Iran. The venture now hosts regular TEDx events in Iran.

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Making the Internet Smarter at Helping Us

Both Sides of the Table

And I don’t want you all who are different from me to be bothered with my eclectic taste in films (I hate Hollywood blockbusters and I drag my wife to foreign films of shepherd herders in Iran or EVERY Mike Leigh film) or my poor taste in music.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

stock market performance and the drumbeat of negativity that passes as business reporting these days has been the massive growth in U.S. markets, but for the most part our “entrepreneurial services” were consumed by U.S. Korea, Iran, et al.), the modern world has become a perfectly competitive market in all of the best senses.

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Twitter Link Roundup #331 – Terrific Reads for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design , web design , startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! How Illustrations Can Boost Your Small Business Marketing – crowdspring Blog [link] pic.twitter.com/FgmWTxcxDe.