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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. What makes America great, as I told the president of South Korea, is our willingness to accept failure. Leadership over backbenchers?

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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

At Remagine Ventures we like to say that “we invest in technologies that change how people spend their time and money”. Advancements in technology and changing cultural behaviour are big drivers of this trend and Covid-19 was like pouring gasoline on fire. . *by Kevin Baxpehler. Toya – more than a studio.

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Korea – Asia’s Startup Powerhouse

YoungUpstarts

by Jun Byongnam, Regional Director of the Korea IT Cooperation Center in Singapore. In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea has been lauded in the speed and clarity of their response. We will take a look at what those steps have done for South Korea and the possible projections.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

But even more important than personal lessons of failure, I believe acceptance of failure at a societal level is one of the key ingredients that allows the technology startup industry in the US to flourish. I say this as somebody who has lived in 6 countries and worked in 9 — having lived abroad for 11 years of my work life.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. While similar from a process perspective, Asian marketplaces differ on their geographical focus. Alibaba and DHgate are both based and focused on mainland China.

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3 Reasons to Benefit from the Coming Wave of 5G

The Startup Magazine

We aim to give prominence to lots of the next-generation technology features as well as the 5G smartphone prototype has been already presented there. Also, it can supercharge other mobile technologies like VR, AR, XR, AI and it’ll impact on other inventions as self-driving cars or remote surgery, for instance. trillion (£9.3