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Adapting To Your Local Market
Max Azarov, President at Cloudike, contributed to this article. In 2015, the World Bank ranked Russia 51st among the best countries to do business. That’s behind countries like Kazakhstan (41), UAE (31), and Macedonia (12). Yet, in 2013, our first customer, mobile service provider (MSP), MegaFon, was based in Russia. And I can honestly say, […]
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Crowdfunding Fueling Innovation in Korea
For an odd reason or two, crowdfunding was illegal in Korea until mid-2015. While this meant that many startups were forced to go abroad with their crowdfunding needs, it also meant that domestic startups without English capability were stranded between success and startup limbo. That all changed in July 2015 when the Korean government passed […]
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How Korean Startups Tapped Into A Billion Dollar Government Effort
Many decades ago in a high school in the US, a fresh sophomore by the name of Michael Jordan had just been turned down from his high school basketball team. He was deemed too short to play for his varsity basketball team and by all accounts, devastated. Then he spent the next summer honing his […]
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Asian Startups Are Invisible To Everyone Who Matters
Pop quiz: Tell me three traits about the Asian startup ecosystem? Unless you’re surfing Asia-specific startup sites, chances are you weren’t able to answer that question in much detail. We don’t blame you, the lack of exposure stems from a lack of global internet presence. Naver, Weibo, Yahoo JP, rack of hundreds of hits for […]