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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

One of the terms we coined there was a “seagull.&# We used it to describe certain of our partners (e.g. Seagulls were the partners who didn’t spend much actual time on your project. Seagull VC’s (like some of my old Seagull Andersen Consulting Partners) are smart people, don’t get me wrong.

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[INTERVIEW] North Aware Founder And Creator Of The Smart Parka, Jamil Khan

YoungUpstarts

Khan came up with the Smart Parka concept after enjoying five Canadian winters in the years since he moved to Toronto from his native Pakistan. Things like negotiating distribution channels and partners and how to handle market expansions. million, making it one of Kickstarter’s most successful crowdfunding ever in Canada.

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Workplace Flexibility Boosts Remote Teams’ Loyalty

Transformify

We found an extreme talent in Adeel Ahmad who worked between Lahore, Pakistan and Chicago, Illinois at the time. The second opportunity that presented itself was when Bertram Lyons, now Partner and Senior Consultant at AVP, reached out because he was in the position of moving from Washington D.C.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. Faced with the rising costs of labour, materials and land in Chinese cities, companies are increasingly sourcing from other Asian countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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

Transformify

During the test period, the candidates work out of the coworking offices of Transformify ‘s partners. arrangements can be outsourced to Transformify’s partners. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution. All visa, relocation, etc. About Generate.

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5 Things To Consider Before Moving To The UAE

YoungUpstarts

You also cannot sponsor partners either, since you have to be married in order to live with a partner in the UAE. You will also be required to get all important marriage and birth documents legalised through the UK Foreign Office before you leave.

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Asif Zulfiqar

Altgate

As an HR expert and organizational transformation consultant, Asif has partnered with organizations in the telecommunication, hospitality, retail, transportation and engineering industries, operating across the globe to help meet future challenges. Led organizational transformation of one of the leading hospitality groups in Pakistan.