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Startups Lose Innovative Edge After Corporate Funding?

When a large corporation puts money into a small startup, huge innovations can result — like the rapid-fire development of a COVID-19 vaccine. The first two vaccines to win U.S. regulatory approval both came from biotech startups that had received equity investments from pharmaceutical giants: · In January 2015, Merck took a $50 million stake in […]

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Vivian Er – Marketing/Sales Director of Er Interior Private Limited

This article was originally published here: Vivian Er – Marketing/Sales Director of Er Interior Private Limited Joining the family business was a long step from running a cafe, but it is one that has given Vivian Er a great deal of satisfaction. What’s your story? My name is Vivian and I represent my family business […]
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What We To Stand Gain From GameStop

If you would have told me that the financial future of the US markets and economy could hinge on a legacy video game retailer that has been in decline for years, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are… GameStop and the collective power of coordinated retail investors have brought about an erosion of […]
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The Secret Of Clubhouse’s Growth Model

Clubhouse’s rapid growth has taken it to more that six million registered users (active users or those who have downloaded the app to reserve their name) as of February 1, putting it at the center of cultural phenomenon that takes social audio to heights of popularity that many years of podcasting apps and platforms have never […]
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How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning

I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […]
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Startups Lose Innovative Edge After Corporate Funding?

When a large corporation puts money into a small startup, huge innovations can result — like the rapid-fire development of a COVID-19 vaccine. The first two vaccines to win U.S. regulatory approval both came from biotech startups that had received equity investments from pharmaceutical giants: · In January 2015, Merck took a $50 million stake in […]
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It’s Time To Redefine The Workplace

A post on Salesforce’s website heralds the end of the nine-to-five era, explaining that it makes no sense to expect people to continue working in this archaic way, and proposes three new approaches: flex, fully remote and office-based, which will define how the company works when things normalize after the pandemic. The company says it expects the flex format to be adopted by the […]
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The Secret Of Clubhouse’s Growth Model

Clubhouse’s rapid growth has taken it to more that six million registered users (active users or those who have downloaded the app to reserve their name) as of February 1, putting it at the center of cultural phenomenon that takes social audio to heights of popularity that many years of podcasting apps and platforms have never […]
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The Economics Of Airbnb

Airbnb just went public in a debut that’s been widely celebrated. We dug into the company’s prospectus and learned some interesting facts about their business and travel trends. Cash flow is highly seasonal. ABNB makes all it’s money in Q3. As you can see, that’s pretty much the only quarter in which the company is comfortably […]

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Lessons of the Coronavirus

The continuing global expansion of the coronavirus, now classified by the World Health Organization as an international health emergency not only means growing numbers of infected people, restrictions on mobility, cancellations of events and a downturn in the global economy: it is also making it clear that research, when it is intended to be quick and efficient, is best carried out transparently rather […]

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Vivian Er – Marketing/Sales Director of Er Interior Private Limited

This article was originally published here: Vivian Er – Marketing/Sales Director of Er Interior Private Limited Joining the family business was a long step from running a cafe, but it is one that has given Vivian Er a great deal of satisfaction. What’s your story? My name is Vivian and I represent my family business […]

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Raymond Chu, Assistant Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Raymund Chu loves helping young startups get a start in life. He works with Hong Kong Polytechnic University at the Institute for Entrepreneurship offering education and seed funding to young people. What’s your story? After spending almost 20 years in various different industries including banking and finance, healthcare and Chinese medicine, I ended up joining […]
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