The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. Asia Entrepreneur News Roundups South Korea startups' Headline image via Thinkstock , screenshot via MangoPlate.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 6, 2018

As the United States celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th, several jurisdictions around the world, including South Korea, Bermuda and Malta, passed legislation to support crypto assets and virtual currencies. Of these, South Korea’s appears the most detailed by providing a classification scheme as a framework for regulation.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Every online startup has a global presence, whether that’s its goal or not. With headquarters in both San Francisco and Bangalore, India, Sheth says the decision to go global was a no-brainer: “Since there is no physical product shipping, we decided to be open to the world.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In the second half of the 20th century, the United States was the global leader in education, supplying the largest number highly qualified people in its adult labor force of any country in the world. By 2020, the U.S. In fact, if the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2011

eBay is leveraging its export-trade platform to provide global opportunities for merchants in Singapore and increase selection for consumers worldwide,” says Jason Lee, Head of eBay Southeast Asia and Middle East. Singapore primarily sell on eBay ’s US, UK, Australia and Germany websites, with purchases from Brazil among the fastest growing.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2018

Because Iran, North Korea, drug cartels, tax evaders, and money launderers are using Bitcoin to evade sanctions, bank laws, taxes, and pretty much violate every lawful economic law on the books. They are already starting to do so, in China and South Korea, and the impact of this on Bitcoin value is just beginning.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Every online startup has a global presence, whether that’s its goal or not. With headquarters in both San Francisco and Bangalore, India, Sheth says the decision to go global was a no-brainer: “Since there is no physical product shipping, we decided to be open to the world.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

Online shopping is booming and will continue to grow exponentially – the global online retail market now tops $1 trillion a year and is set to double within four years. China alone is tipped to exceed $1 trillion in retail ecommerce sales in the next three years, making up more than 40 percent of the global eCommerce market. [1].

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The Next Web

JULY 19, 2015

Many global companies choose The United States first, but it’s also important to look outside of Silicon Valley. Additionally, if the expansion goes well, you’ll have also demonstrated the adaptability and versatility of your product on a world stage. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 12, 2011

Intellectually, most people “get&# that the market for mobile technology and apps is a global one. Today, the appconomy is a more global phenomenon than ever, where time zones and national boundaries still exist in fact, but in practice mean less and less to our work and leisure time. Examples that Anonen cites?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

In Asia Pacific, the volumes in alternative finance have come from South Korea and China. The biggest player in South Korea is Money Auction, and the largest P2P lender in Japan is maneo Inc. Combined, these two nations contributed about 95 per cent of deal flow in the region during 2010.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2016

For example, New Zealand and South Korea have 94 and 92 percent Internet penetration respectively, but Thailand is struggling to get to 30 percent [3]. In key Asia Pacific markets, only 36% of SMEs currently export goods beyond their own borders – lower even than the global average (38%) [4]. 1] eMarketer [link]. [2]

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Every online startup has a global presence, whether that’s its goal or not. With headquarters in both San Francisco and Bangalore, India, Sheth says the decision to go global was a no-brainer: “Since there is no physical product shipping, we decided to be open to the world. Lead image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2019

Over in South Korea, 100 million credit cards and 20 million bank accounts were comprised — all thanks to a single employee at the Korea Credit Bureau. A leader in the market, Ven is a stable digital currency that is recognized by global financial markets and indexed by Thomson Reuters.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2017

crores in number from more than 400 global manufacturers and suppliers. They import auto-related items from Japan, Europe, UAE, USA, South Korea, and China. Their list of components amounts to 4.8 They have a stock consisting of 2.7 crores spare parts that are available for their customers.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. Globally, only 38% of SMEs currently export overseas, even to markets right next door. Globally, SMEs that sell overseas generate average revenues of US$1.5 Could it be that exporting overseas is simply not worthwhile?

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Here are actions that smart entrepreneurs and investors can take today to “break out” and attain well above average results and returns: Think and Act Globally. Well how about Mexico, Brazil and South Korea all growing faster than 4%? How about China, even with its recent slow-down, still averaging well over 8% growth?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

of disposable household income, a stark contrast to other countries such as Australia (9.3%) and South Korea (5.3%). Seshadri, Group Executive, Global Products and Solutions, MasterCard Asia Pacific. OECD figures show that compared to its G7 peers, Japan’s household savings rate is 0.6%

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2019

Scott Young: This actually resulted in several years after that experience of trying to learn French actually went with a friend to do our own version of that project, which we called The Year Without English, where we went to four different countries, Spain, Brazil, China, and South Korea to learn Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Chinese, and Korean.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2012

Though a global innovator, Apple in 2010 only invested 2% of its revenue in R&D, much lower than other high-tech companies. Anobit previously supplied its technology to South Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor Inc., has decided to open its first ever development center outside of its California headquarters in Israel.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2015

While many international professionals understand that not everyone comes from the same place, in today’s global marketplace, there’s a certain expectation that new players who have joined the game have done some homework. This doesn’t have to be complicated or time consuming. Never thought about it? It matters.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Spacetime Studios, a Texas-based indie studio, is expanding operations following a recent round of funding from Insight Venture Partners, a leading global technology and internet investment firm. The Spacetime Engine offers seamless global multiplayer gameplay to anyone with an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch over 3G, Edge, and wireless networks.

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Transformify

AUGUST 15, 2018

SEOUL, South Korea , July 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lilia Stoyanov , Chief Executive Officer at Transformify, has joined Foresting HQ as an advisor. Transformify Recruitment CRM helps companies hire the best talents and make sustainable growth in the global marketplace. via Business Insider. Blockchain Meets Social Media.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 21, 2011

A recent study from the World Bank, “ The Road to Academic Excellence: the Making of World Class Universities ” has garnered much attention as most policy leaders globally believe research universities are the key to growth in today and tomorrow’s economies. But this decision cannot be simply tactical.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

While many international professionals understand that not everyone comes from the same place, in today’s global marketplace, there’s a certain expectation that new players who have joined the game have done some homework. This doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. Never thought about it? It matters.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 30, 2023

4- Made it distinctive Photo Credit: Henrik Muller-Hansen From day one, Henrik Muller-Hansen, CEO and Founder, had a global vision and wanted to choose a name that would excite and be easily understood around the world. We have been in business for 23 years! Thanks to Aimee Clark, Dotted Line Communications ! #4-

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 12, 2010

Copper is a great example, doubling in price over the last year in spite of the ongoing global economic slowdown in construction industries (which is a primary consumer of copper). has lost influence in global matters over the last year and the Obama administration is weak relative to Beijing. companies evolve.

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Transformify

JULY 17, 2019

Our guest today is Valerie Lopez, Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Cision , leading global provider of earned media software and services. In her role, Lopez is responsible for providing vision and leadership to the diversity, inclusion, and equity program across Cision’s global organization.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

9- Desire to go global. I wanted to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. I graduated college during the 2008 financial crisis and took a career ‘gap year’ to head to South Korea and teach English. 20- Add value to the global human community. Best of all, I don’t have any regrets!

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Global airline revenues are expected to fall by $4-5 billion in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of flight cancellations, according to a report from the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Culturally, businesses in countries like Japan and South Korea are centralized and location-oriented.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

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Transformify

MARCH 20, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak has an extremely negative effect on the global economy and especially in those countries and cities where all businesses have been asked to close. In Italy and France, people are not allowed to leave their homes unless they have a valid reason like buying food, medicines or visiting a doctor.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Since the great “financial crisis” of 2008-2009, the firm’s clientele – really without us even trying – has becoming increasingly global. In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., So from 95%+ U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

Sal Khan : If you go back to mid-February, it sounds like the world was very different then, but it was in mid-February that we started seeing traffic pickup in China and South Korea. The team's been energized and excited to have a role to play in this global pandemic. We pushed it forward and there's cost.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2015

author of “ Access to Asia: Your Multicultural Guide to Building Trust, Inspiring Respect, and Creating Long-Lasting Business Relationships “ To succeed in the global economy, business leaders have to be culturally in tune with their Asian counterparts. As a global leader, make every effort to be culturally aware.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

And it’s growing rapidly too – global internet use is increasing, which also leads to increased GDP and thus creating jobs and wealth. But India, China and South Korea are poised to take larger slices of the Internet pie with the largest growth in the global web ecosystem.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 11, 2018

currently trails China and South Korea in 5G development, a situation which puts America at a disadvantage if it is not addressed. By 2035, 5G applications will add $12 trillion annually to the global economy , 5G technology development partner Qualcomm predicts. As a tariff war between the U.S.

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