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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose with Liz Elting

Duct Tape Marketing

12:50): How have you adapted TransPerfect to meet changing global trends? John (07:00): Well, and you were kind of pre-internet, a pre global economy mean, so you needed people all over the world, and they were not as easy to find as they are today. I mean huge global companies, but they needed other things. That is the hardest.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. We’re 2.5 years in and still down 5% from the peak. What gives?

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[Portugal][Event] Explorers Festival 2013

YoungUpstarts

The Explorers Festival is an upcoming event in Lisbon, Portugal focused around the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Organized by Portuguese startup accelerator beta-i - the same people behind TEDxEdges and Sandbox Global Summit - it promises to be the largest entrepreneurship event in Portugal this year.

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Our Interview With Richard Burry, International E-Commerce Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Global e-commerce entrepreneur and investor Richard Burry followed a unique path to the pinnacle of Internet success. Recently we visited Richard Burry in his seaside base of operations in Cascais, Portugal for an intriguing conversation about the keys to online success. As the founder of Smartvu Ltd.,

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

On a macro level it has led some countries, like Italy, Spain and Portugal, into a vicious cycle, with billions of dollars tied up in overdue invoices. Singapore Business Federation, Singapore: Your global Asia Hub. net, Asia’s banks face $1 trillion Basel III capital shortfall, says DBS chief. Anthony Coundouris.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. However, there is actually much more to Gust than is apparent on the surface, or even from the viewpoint of a current user (either entrepreneur or investor).

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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

Lisbon, Portugal. Affiliate Summit is another conference that’s global in scope, with outposts in Singapore and Las Vegas. Attendees include bloggers, online publishers, e-commerce retailers, global brands, agencies and solution providers in the affiliate marketing space. SaaSMonster. Nov 5th – 8th, 2018.

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