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[ADV] 4 Products Businesses Can Import From Qatar

YoungUpstarts

Bordering Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf, UAE and Iran, Qatar is one of the most important Middle Eastern countries despite its small size. Contrary to the popular belief, Qatar does not only export oil but other products as well including software, machineries, vehicles etc.

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The Pharaohs of IBM

deal architect

One of the really nice things about an assignment in Saudi Arabia is its proximity to Egypt (or Misr in the Arabic/Semitic vernacular). It was a convenient weekend destination and I got to visit some of the pyramids. You quickly.

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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

In the past year alone, we’ve taught over 250 teams, over 1,000 entrepreneurs and their mentors in dozens of countries how to create scalable startups in domains from software and hardware to healthcare and energy. I often hear the concern that the Lean LaunchPad only works for software. We’ve gone global as well.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I remember in the late 90′s trying to charge fair prices for software when my well-financed competitors were giving things away for free. In economics we call these “exogenous events&# and if they happen (Greek debt crisis, problems raising the US debt ceiling, trouble in Saudi Arabia) – you will not be shielded.

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Many Startups Stumble on International Cultures

Startup Professionals Musings

I was once asked by a top executive of a major software company why we were not selling more products in Finland. I informed him that we needed to translate the software into Finnish at a cost of $50,000. Here are a few examples from my personal experience: You need to translate/localize your products. HR rules are local.

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1985: Oil Prices Will Go Up Forever

Feld Thoughts

I was pretty good also, but limited to BASIC and Pascal, which were the two languages I used to write the commercial software I was working on for Petcom. Petcom, the company I worked for, wrote PC-based oil and gas software. He was Course 6 and easily one of the best coders around, even though we didn’t call them coders there.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

The Atlas Group London system is a suite of unique software tools on a single platform that is without precedent in today’s healthcare sector. The digital platform ICAS®, Integrated Construction & Architecture Software, completely digitizes the design, procurement and logistics process of building healthcare facilities.