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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.

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Rethinking The Words You Should Lose For Those to Use

Duct Tape Marketing

So I'm visiting my son Andrew in New York, and his one-year-old son hero is crawling across the floor, hauls himself up on the guitar stand, starts banging on the strings. We have people, you know, in fact Tung Fu was the number three ranked book in South Korea, you know, almost 20 years after it was published.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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Entrepreneurial Journey Takes Melvin Brewing To Denver’s Heights and Beyond

The Startup Magazine

Product is shipped to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and San Diego on occasion. During the festival, beers are shipped overseas to South Korea, Japan, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Their beer is currently shipped to Portland, Oregon, Denver, Boise, and Seattle. Standard Setting Product.

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The 50 Top Startups at SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Read interview Obsess , New York, NY Tunnelware , Cologne, Germany?—? Read interview LinkVR Robot , Austin, TX?—? Read interview Alternates: myHouseby , Austin, TX Screen Door , Los Angeles, CA Verapy , Tampa, FL Blockchain 9:30 am Sunday, March 10 Finalists: Bext360 , Golden, CO Eggschain , Austin, TX? Read interview here MIRO?—?Human

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. Founded in New York City in 2012, Kinnek bases its business model on quality over quantity. While similar from a process perspective, Asian marketplaces differ on their geographical focus.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City. He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected.

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