article thumbnail

[ADV] Young Entrepreneurs Emerge From ideas.inc Business Challenge 2011

YoungUpstarts

As you are reading this article, there is a team of cyclists on their bamboo bicycle travelling from Kazakhstan to China. Innovative and revolutionary, Bamboobee created an organic bicycle out of bamboo. For the unitiated, that happens to be the old Silk Route. Every step counts!

article thumbnail

More Global Innovation

deal architect

Bumper crop of innovations from various parts of the world we don’t always expect innovation from Near Cashless Society – Sweden A decade of LeWeb – France Faber-Castell – Germany Wine “Rover” – German wine country Rail Power – Kazakhstan. Innovative Business Uses of Technology'

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why savvy investors should focus on Kazakhstan (and other frontier markets)

The Next Web

If I told you that you could travel back in time, to the end of the nineteenth century, and invest in a country that was recently war-torn, and in great transition, would you do it?

article thumbnail

Israel Ranked 29th in Easiness of Doing Business According to the World Bank

VC Cafe

Kazakhstan became the top reformer in 2010, leaping 15 places to 59th after making it quicker and cheaper to start a firm, and simplifying construction permits. However, it still takes 81 days to export from Kazakhstan compared to 5 in Estonia.

Israel 102
article thumbnail

Big Sky Capital: Investing in the Future of SaaS Startups

ReadWriteStart

Additionally, they prioritized investing in immigrant founders, drawing from their own experience as immigrants from Kazakhstan. Karsybaev and Nurgozhin have established a presence not only in the United States but also in Kazakhstan and Singapore. They wrote small checks, mainly for enterprise SaaS companies, to build their portfolio.

article thumbnail

5,500 miles for #BookingHacks All Women Edition

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Portugal, Germany, Australia, Kazakhstan, and USA were represented on the team. I’ve come to know that Amsterdam has some really good women in tech support groups. The video below was shown by Janneke. Now to our hack. Our team name was “The Nomads” to reflect our independent female traveler style.

article thumbnail

All You Need To Know About Manufacturing, Sourcing, And Importing Products From China, With Craig Ford

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

So, our market is all over the world everywhere from Kazakhstan, over the US and everything in between and all kinds of products from e-learning software to clothing and fashion. YARO: It''s both sides of the fence, isn''t it? You help with importing and exporting.

China 95