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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

Google has been investing in a broad healthcare portfolio, Amazon has been investing in pharmacy distribution and Apple…? It’s how China approaches approvals and will allow U.S. companies to remain competitive in an area (medical devices) where China has declared the intent to dominate. Did Apple Cut in Front of the Line?

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

The Sleeping Dragon Awakes in China. During the opening address, it was noted that China and the rest of Asia was poised to leapfrog their Western counterparts’ several generations of IT hardware and software, and moving more directly to mobile and service-based models.

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Victor Restis – How COVID-19 Has Affected the Global Shipping Industry

The Startup Magazine

First, our dependence on one single nation (China in this instance) for essential products must change. I think it is safe to say that most people didn’t think about global supply chains , manufacturing, and distribution before COVID-19.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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How Blockchain Tech is Changing the Definition of Money

The Startup Magazine

It’s fair to say that all the current forms of virtual monetary value on the blockchain have forced national governments to go digital, even if those nations don’t use the chain itself. Perhaps the most powerful impact of the chain is in the area of anonymized blockchain technology transactions. Securities. Clearance Systems.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. Alibaba and DHgate are both based and focused on mainland China. B2B Marketplaces in Asia. Opportunity Network is a marketplace backed by banks.

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