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The 5 Hottest International Money Transfer Startups

The Startup Magazine

The company was established when its founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann kept losing a lot of money with the conversion of Euros to Pounds. This process eliminates additional fees caused by currency conversion and cross-border transfers. In an interesting note, WorldRemit is one of the pioneers of mobile-to-mobile payments.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) For the Navy, a Horizon 3 conversation would not be about better carriers and aircraft. that’s pretty easy. And it’s why, in most organizations, innovation dies.

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Why It’s Time for Les Moonves to Go — You Can’t Charm Your Way out of Sexual Misconduct

Both Sides of the Table

The insider nature and reflective views on how empowering Warlords and turning away negotiations with enemies, for example, had worse ultimate consequences changed my perceptions on world events from Afghanistan to Pakistan to Somalia.

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