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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

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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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

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

YoungUpstarts

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

Duct Tape Marketing

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.

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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many

Steve Blank

The sum of these Chinese offset strategies means that in the South China Sea the U.S. This does not bode well for our treaty allies, Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea. can no longer deter a war because we can longer guarantee we can win one. And the odds are getting longer each year.

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Our Town – A Family Legacy

YoungUpstarts

But then a family emergency struck – Michael Plummer Senior suffered a major heart attack, and Junior was called home from his station in South Korea. Michael Plummer Senior was a nonchalant, smooth-talking, old-school, “gut business” guy who created a business model that was inoperable without his leadership.

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8 Tips On Intercultural Communication And International Etiquette To Create Successful Business Relationships In Asia

YoungUpstarts

For years I’ve studied the cultures in 10 Asian countries: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar (formerly Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. On the Global Gender Gap Index, for instance, the Philippines ranks second only to Norway in women’s ability to rise to leadership positions in enterprise.

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