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Stop Thinking And Acting Local: Small Businesses Seeking Growth Should See Themselves As Global Enterprises

YoungUpstarts

Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now.

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How To Lead During A Time Of Crisis

YoungUpstarts

by Monica Eaton-Cardone, Co-Founder and COO of Chargebacks911. For example, you can’t influence the global spread of the virus, how long your team will need to operate remotely, or when you will be able to return to the office. Chargebacks911 has more than 350 employees globally, with offices in North America and Europe.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

View from Seed

Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton).

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Find out who the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Award winners are

Board Effect

Martin Schneider , Chief Audit Executive, META Matt Mabel , Vice President – Internal Audit, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc Naohiro Mouri , Executive Vice President and Chief Auditor, AIG Global Operations Paul Lee , Sr Manager Internal Audit, Medline Industries, LP Rian Boncay , Program Project Manager, Dell Inc.

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Impact of MBA Education on Global Business Practices

The Startup Magazine

The global business landscape can be dauntingly complex, which is why MBA education serves as such an indispensable guide. In this article, we’ll chart its influence over time on global business practices while keeping its relevance current. Often, they’re planted in MBA programs.

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