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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. What makes America great, as I told the president of South Korea, is our willingness to accept failure. Leadership over backbenchers?

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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

At Remagine Ventures we like to say that “we invest in technologies that change how people spend their time and money”. Advancements in technology and changing cultural behaviour are big drivers of this trend and Covid-19 was like pouring gasoline on fire. . *by Kevin Baxpehler. Toya – more than a studio.

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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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USA Now an Innovation Also-Ran — 11th in World

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Like last year, the continued slide (we were #1 in 2013) is due mostly to lack of investment in hard science, manufacturing, and technology education. Germany and South Korea, still kicking ass. Now, the USA has fallen to 11th in the annual ranking of innovation by country. But it’s a hell of an indicator.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

But even more important than personal lessons of failure, I believe acceptance of failure at a societal level is one of the key ingredients that allows the technology startup industry in the US to flourish. I say this as somebody who has lived in 6 countries and worked in 9 — having lived abroad for 11 years of my work life.

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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

When it came to preparation, it helped that South Korea had one hell of a practice run: the MERS outbreak in 2015 that caused 38 deaths. Culturally, businesses in countries like Japan and South Korea are centralized and location-oriented. The level of hygiene is outstanding and so is the discipline.

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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. While similar from a process perspective, Asian marketplaces differ on their geographical focus. Alibaba and DHgate are both based and focused on mainland China.

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