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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.

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Twitter Link Roundup #93 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! South Korea continues to impress with their innovative use of technology – grocery shopping on subway – [link]. Has Dropbox set the stage for a privacy revolution?

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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

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Kevin not only built relationships with many of the younger, more emerging professionals in all of the US funds but he has also developed a very active investor relationships with Asian funds in particular in Japan, South Korea and China and in Northern Europe. And of course it doesn’t hurt that Kevin is fluent in Mandarin.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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And when I look at these skillsets of leadership – being self-confident, being able to persuade other people against all other rational reason to join your company and your cause and take a lower salary than they could get elsewhere, and to get press, and get people to give you money, and biz dev partners, whatever you have to do.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

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ISRAELI CROP PROTECTION GIANT MAKHTESHIM AGAN EXPANDS TO MEXICO AND KOREA. Makhteshim Agan, the world’s seventh largest agrochemicals maker, recently bought a 51% stake in South Korea’s JK Inc., and is also buying 100% of Mexico’s Ingeniera Industrial S.A. TEVA CEO RANKED 20TH ON FORTUNE LIST. million.

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[Asia] Asian Attitudes Towards Creativity And Education Differ: Adobe Study

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The recently concluded Adobe Education Leadership Forum held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia saw the software company unveil the results of an Asia Pacific-wide study entitled ‘ Education, Creativity and Employability ’ that looked at the intersection of creativity and creativity tools in the classroom and its relevance to the modern workforce.

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Rethinking The Words You Should Lose For Those to Use

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And from a leadership standpoint, you know, the should thing just makes people not want to try. I mean, and that, I think trust, extending trust like that is probably one of the greatest leadership skills. We're shaping behavior instead of shaming it, they're learning from the mistake instead of losing face. John Jantsch (10:26): Yeah.