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Beware of Ballers on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

Cost focused. I have written about this before in my post on Conference Hos. These are people at every conference. Always on stage. Back stage. At the parties. Instagramming their pictures from London. Talking about changing the world. But they haven’t actually done it. Trevor for those who know his is an intense and focused dude.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. Examples of this for businesses in the United States would be countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, or Jamaica.

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Six Big Problems You’ll Solve When You Apply Design Thinking To Your Learning And Development 

YoungUpstarts

Learning was once considered a cost of doing business. When you’re seen as a cost, you’re seen as part of the problem, not part of the solution. When you can’t prove your value, you’re perceived as a cost. What happens to costs during times of economic anxiety? They get slashed, of course.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). 15mm in Series A.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars; today you can pick one up for $64 on Amazon. He led the company’s global business operations through its centers in the US, the UK, Spain, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, Poland, and Israel.

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How Cities Can Conserve Water With Pipeline Leak Detection Technology

YoungUpstarts

London, for example, loses approximately 26% of its daily supply to leakage while Mexico City loses approximately 35%. Modern leak detection requires a significant investment in leak detection technology and services on behalf of cities but fortunately this cost can turn into a windfall of saved expenditures down the road.

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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

According to a variety of studies, the cost of firing senior- or middle-management personnel can be as high as 300 percent of that person’s annual salary, and in some cases even higher. This includes the cost of finding a replacement, training, and the ancillary emotional and unsettling peripheral and disruptive effects.

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