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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Faced with the rising costs of labour, materials and land in Chinese cities, companies are increasingly sourcing from other Asian countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The key here is to transfer foreign management expertise and technologies to China while tapping on its huge domestic entertainment market.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them. Lending: In 1983, Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on the notion that the poor were credit-worthy and that a model of positive “peer pressure” would lead to repayment of loans.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them. Lending: In 1983, Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on the notion that the poor were credit-worthy and that a model of positive “peer pressure” would lead to repayment of loans.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. I had no idea what people did whether tech, entertainment, or design. President of The Tech Museum. For those of who you do not know what TED events are about. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. I had no idea what people did whether tech, entertainment, or design. President of The Tech Museum. For those of who you do not know what TED events are about. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. So you learn to really look at the data and also in tech, you also know this, it's very, very hard to figure out the truth from the information you get, the signal from the noise.