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At a party in NYC recently, I was challenged by a VC to name the biggest company currently using Lean Startup practices. In Saudi Arabia, for example, where screening rates are low due to both cultural stigma around the female body and women’s fear of diagnosis, healthymagination has looked to solutions going far beyond just new equipment.

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Many Startups Stumble on International Cultures

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I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter. Watch your product naming.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

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I definitely suggest reading it if you and your spouse or partner aren’t open with each other about finances. Women can now be attorneys in Saudi Arabia. Al-Zahran is going to focus on labor and women’s rights cases, and was recently named one of the world’s most powerful Arab women. You go girl!

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

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