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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

I was watching my favorite show on TV this morning – GPS (Global Public Square) with Fareed Zakaria. The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Managing an online distributed global team takes different set of skills, a different set of tools, it takes a different level of discipline. million jobs.

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Exploring The Everyday: Better Meat For a Better Future

View from Seed

I served in Pakistan and Australia. The challenge is very similar to conventional animal agriculture, where farmers often think about how much their feed costs and the conversion rate of that feed to meat. J: Fish is the largest animal protein market globally. The third challenge is a two-part problem regarding scaling.

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12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12

Austin Startup

The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene 11:00 am at Capital Factory Yes, the start up scene is sizzling in Pakistan too! Austin has been host to 4 brilliant groups of entrepreneurs from all over Pakistan over the past two years under a grant from the U.S. Come learn their stories.

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October 9–13: Austin Startup Week!

Austin Startup

(October 11), The Role of Transit in an Autonomous World (October 11), Fireside Chat with Bob Metcalfe (October 11), How to Pitch a VC (October 12), The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene (October 12), Promoting Austin as Part of a Global Tech Ecosystem (October 12), and the ATX Startup Crawl (October 12). October 9–13: Austin Startup Week!

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says. Asghar says: Military action in Abbottabad (Pakistan) was nothing but a drama entailing conspiracy just like the conspiracy of 9/11 to wage a crusade war against the Muslim world in the guise of self-designed War on Terror. Each referral moves you further up in line. The most remarkable part?

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

Viber is quite global. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon. We recently announced partnerships with Axis in Indonesia and Mobilink in Pakistan. At the current growth rate, Windows Phone will become #3 at some point.

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