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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

Want to spend a year or more in Argentina? Obviously if you’re in a customer support role, a sales role or a customer service industry this can be impossible. Tim Ferriss’ assertion is that you should try to pursue an entrepreneurial job where you can take control of your life and your hours.

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How To Create A Winning Sales Strategy That Will Boost Your Business Growth

YoungUpstarts

Having a carefully-developed sales strategy is crucial if you want to grow your business. Whether you’re setting up your sales strategy for the very first time, or updating your current document, here’s our top pointers for developing a clear and well-rounded plan that will help drive your business’ growth.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA. Argentina became the last of the South American Mercosur trade block of four to sign a free trade agreement with Israel. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there.

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

Six months before starting our business, my wife and I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina with no solid plans, no place to live, and no jobs. Part of our agreement was that if the company ever sold, he’d receive a percentage of the sale. Sales dropped dramatically in a matter of weeks, and still haven’t gone back to their 2014 high.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. But he may also be able to attract the Valley VCs, except, they would require the Biz Dev and Sales HQ for the company be moved to the Valley. Let me summarize some of the highlights of the discussion.

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One Startup’s Story: The Evolution Of An Outsourcing Strategy

ReadWriteStart

So far so good, but soon my lead technologist decided to go back to Argentina for family reasons. Front office teams (sales and marketing, for example) should be in their home market while the back office (IT and operations) can be anywhere. He had consistently delivered good work so we decided to try a long-distance relationship.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Although the company created an incentive plan to boost sales, its sales growth fell from 19% before the recession to 8% after—five percentage points below Staples’ postrecession sales growth rate. Bain offers a rubric based on your current market position and financial strength: ( Image source ). Learn from forced efficiency.

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