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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

Here’s a look at three factors fueling investor interest in Colombia’s technology startups. Colombia is an attractive market for technology companies. The eCommerce industry is growing steadily, with a 24% increase in the number of digital transactions from 2016 to 2017. A solid foundation of government support.

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Business Immigration With CanadaCIS: How To Start A Successful Business In Canada

YoungUpstarts

Still, under this heading, Canada was also recognized by Forbes as the best country for doing business in 2012. Canada also boasts of strong industries that are globally recognized for their advanced knowledge and applications of modern technology. These are facts and figures attesting to Canada’s illustrious market and economy.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

New emerging technologies have been the key catalyst for in-demand jobs. Information and communications technology include 4,600 companies and 45,000 employees. tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. of Canada’s economic output. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector. Technology is changing how Nigerians live and do business, quite often in a remarkable way.

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5 Ways Venture Capital Is Shaking Up The Tech Startup Landscape In Asia

YoungUpstarts

In turn, this leads to the development of a thriving startup ecosystem which paves the way for technology and innovation. Drives development in technology. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 billion across 283 deals in the first three quarters of 2017, nearly three times that of in 2012.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

In 2012, Facebook experimented on 700,000 users without their consent when analyzing mood states. In Mexico’s 2015 elections , citizens’ responses to the governing party ads were often recorded without their knowledge. Neuromarketing isn’t the only way to gain tacit influence over consumer behavior (or government policy).