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Is Loneliness a Side Effect of Working Remotely?

Transformify

The team here at Resume Genius uses various web-based tools to set deadlines and track progress. Despite being based in North Carolina, Resume Genius has full-time staff working in diverse locations such as Britain, Taiwan, and Poland. Is it easier or harder to manage remote teams ?

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Suitcase Startup: One man’s journey to London to launch a startup, armed with just a suitcase and dream

The Next Web

Starting today on The Next Web, we’re running a new video series, Suitcase Startup. Chris came up with the idea for Publicate while working in the LCD manufacturing business in Amsterdam and Taiwan. Chris came up with the idea for Publicate while working in the LCD manufacturing business in Amsterdam and Taiwan.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

He woke up in the night and it just came to him… also, pistachios in Taiwan are called happy nuts, and in other cultures they’re reserved for royalty!”. “[My co-founder] Gavin thought of it, but really knew we wanted a.io domain name with a [play on words]” says Postachio co-founder Shawn Adrian. “He A good luck charm, perhaps? Believe.in.

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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

Up and Running

The business, which introduces cultures to kids through books and other products, is run from Tainan, Taiwan. “If Kyle Ems, founder of SeniorCareBox, a web-based company that helps customers send care packages to seniors, says there is no shortage of help available to new entrepreneurs. Connect on Twitter: @KarenRKoenig.

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Carousell gets cozy with Rakuten to bring its mobile marketplace to Southeast Asia

The Next Web

We felt existing marketplaces like forums and desktop-web classifieds are stuck in the 90s — uninspiring and tedious to buy and sell on. In July, Rakuten tested a new e-commerce service that lets users in Taiwan search for clothes using photos — reminiscent of what Carousell is doing right now. Headline image via Shutterstock.

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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Repairy: web-based customer relationship and resource management system for car repair shops and dealerships.

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Why Meeting Face-to-face Will Never Go out of Style

Up and Running

When MeCam set up manufacturing operations in Taiwan, CEO Drew Martin had never been there and had never met the people in charge of the operation face-to-face. The possibilities aren’t as numerous when you add video, but they can still surf as much of the web as they want.