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What Market-Entry Experts Recommend for Expanding Business to Asia

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Tomas is a business speaker and the founder of InCorp Vietnam (formerly Cekindo) , a market entry consulting firm that also provides business process outsourcing. I’ve spent the last four years starting a market entry business consulting company from scratch in the young and developing Southeast Asian market of Vietnam.

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How to Raise First Dollars in a Difficult Market: The Venture Perspective

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Annie Case, a partner at Kleiner Perkins, focuses on investments in consumer, healthcare and marketplaces. As a consultant at Bain and Company, Case worked with clients in technology, private equity and education. She helped lead investments in companies like Contra and Landing. . He is also the GP of the 500 Fintech fund.

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Kenya-based fintech 4G Capital to scale lending after raising $18.5M from Lightrock

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The products are currently under development, however, the plan is to also lend to bigger businesses in the agri-value chain, as the company expands its reach from micro-sellers, who have been their target market since launch in 2013. Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

TechCrunch

The startup’s Mutti pharmacies are essentially mini-hospitals offering a wide-range of services including medical consultation, diagnostic and telehealth services. We are also investing in other skilled talent like doctors and nurses, professionals that are critical in the work we do,” Rockson told TechCrunch. “??Bloom

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Sketchy wants to replace boring textbooks with ‘Pixar-like’ videos

TechCrunch

Today, some of those shares were sold in a secondary transaction Reach Capital, which now accounts for $3 million of the financing. It’s a big combined investment for a company that has been bootstrapping since birth — and the deal could help us see where online education is heading. Edtech investors are panning for gold.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

Surely not I, when my family moved here in 2013. He did not provide further details, saying only the company would provide the affected “with generous packages, engage in consultation where required, and support them with their transitions.” billion to $3 billion investment in Stripe , at a $55 billion to $60 billion valuation.

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Transform your Business from Failure to Success. Be The Rugged Entrepreneur.

Smart Hustle Magazine

Ruggeds make the leap toward success in a way that separates them from the millions who fall short because they have invested the time and effort to develop and hone a specific set of powerful skills. They will take more accounting, marketing, or finance courses or read up on industry specifics. 1 A Fervent Work Ethic.