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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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Why we expanded our startup to South Korea

The Next Web

Regardless of where your startup resides, you should always monitor where else in the world your product is gaining traction. Additionally, if the expansion goes well, you’ll have also demonstrated the adaptability and versatility of your product on a world stage.

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Korea – Asia’s Startup Powerhouse

YoungUpstarts

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea has been lauded in the speed and clarity of their response. We will take a look at what those steps have done for South Korea and the possible projections.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Essentially, suppliers put up their profiles and products, setting prices and minimum quantities. Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. An interesting feature about European marketplaces is that they focus on deals instead of products.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

This came to mind a couple of years ago when I had the chance to sit down with the president of South Korea and she asked a small gathering of 19 tech & business leaders for opinions about how to make the Korean economy more “creative.”

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP – Israel ranks 2nd globally in this metric, following closely after South Korea. Leading countries by research and development (R&D) expenditure as share of gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide in 2021 (Source: Statista ).

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Aaron Wens on the Lifecycle of Your Ocean-Going Vessel Investments

The Startup Magazine

Production Design. The production design is the next step. The production designers are engineers who draw up the plans for the building of the ship. The production designer helps the field staff organize all of the components of the ship. Some of the best-known shipyards are in China, Japan, and South Korea.