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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

Traditional brands, namely eCommerce/luxury fashion and CPG brands are trying to figure out how to get in the action. The leaders here are mainly gaming-related companies such as Epic, Roblox, MantiCore Games, Unity, Animal Crossing or even newer entrants such as the earn-to-play phenomenon, Axie Infinity. Toya – more than a studio.

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What Every Bitcoin Investor Should Learn From a Dictator Named “Awesome”

Austin Startup

Taking his name a little too literally, Awesome decided that he needed fiat currency like that introduced by his distant cousin Kublai in China. In the end, he was pelted with all manner of foul, medieval produce without refrigeration, and openly mocked over the irony of his increasingly worthless name. Yeah, that ended badly.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Here is what some CEOs said about how they came up with a business name. #1- Some people turn to their childhood for inspiration or a beloved family pet.

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Rethinking The Words You Should Lose For Those to Use

Duct Tape Marketing

Stand up, use their name, say Bob, say Sarah, you know, you are welcome to come back when you are ready to treat me with respect or enough or, you know, this is, this conversation is over. We have people, you know, in fact Tung Fu was the number three ranked book in South Korea, you know, almost 20 years after it was published.

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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)

Both Sides of the Table

The company started out in South Korea by making South Korean drama available on the Internet. I have to admit I couldn’t have named a single SK drama so the team pointed me at the popularity of the show “ Boys Over Flowers ” in the US. I became more aware of it by my friends at Viki. Who knew?

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Wilkins Finance Cryptocurrency Predictions For Summer 2018

YoungUpstarts

For example, regulators in countries such as China and South Korea started to toughen up on cryptocurrencies while in the US, there was a move by the SEC to try and gain control over the cryptocurrency market. In fact, around the world there seemed to be a new passion for regulation.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway.