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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

” I want to do the best deals wherever they are, but I thought, most VCs I met didn’t have very good operational experience, so I thought, “Well, what if I created a blog called Both Sides of the Table and could emphasize the fact that I used to sit on your side of the table? Not in Europe or South Korea.

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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder

nikcub.appspot.com

instead of doing a GroupOn clone in South Korea, how about contacting GroupOn and asking if you can franchise? See my recent post here about naming a product or company. What do they do that sucks so much that you can do better? Is there a similar product that already exists that perhaps you can partner with? (ie.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Here is what some CEOs said about how they came up with a business name. #1- Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

A year later the Korean War turned the cold war hot, as communist North Koreans attacked and overran most of South Korea (except for a small defensive perimeter in the south.) Have they moved to their forward operating bases in the Artic?) 34,000 U.S. soldiers died in battle. How many did they have? Reply Nelson A.

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How To Reach Millennial Clients With Digital Currency

YoungUpstarts

And while this does happen (namely with cryptocurrency), it’s an exception and not the rule. Over in South Korea, 100 million credit cards and 20 million bank accounts were comprised — all thanks to a single employee at the Korea Credit Bureau. Part of leading education involves stripping away common assumptions, too.

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Out of the Crisis #18: Sal Khan on institution building, solving the digital divide, and education as the lever for all decisions

Startup Lessons Learned

"It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, 'You live once, you might as well swing for the fences.'" My name is Eric Ries. Sal Khan : My name is Sal Khan. It was delusional for a guy operating in a walk-in closet, but I was like, "You live once, you might as well swing for the fences."

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAELI CROP PROTECTION GIANT MAKHTESHIM AGAN EXPANDS TO MEXICO AND KOREA. Makhteshim Agan, the world’s seventh largest agrochemicals maker, recently bought a 51% stake in South Korea’s JK Inc., MONOCLE MAGAZINE NAMES HAIFA INVESTMENT HOTSPOT. Israeli Researchers pursue brain-operated computing.