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Stealing Secrets with Quantum Physics
Posted On March 19, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

Whether it’s breaking Enigma or factoring large primes to attack Soviet naval codes, cryptography has historically dragged computing kicking and screaming into major advances in algorithms and the hardware necessary to run them. Quantum computing is no exception. Computing math using qubits, spinning sub-atomic particles that can theoretically hold infinitely more …

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Looking East: Lessons from Chinese Tech
Posted On March 12, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

Recently, Silicon Valley has been abuzz with an article penned by legendary Sequoia Capital VC Mike Moritz. Titled “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s Lead,” Moritz details how a recent trip to China highlighted the differences between Mainland Chinese tech culture and Silicon Valley — and ultimately why the former …

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Localising a Global Campaign in Japan: Divestment
Posted On February 18, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

On the surface, Japan seems to have all the ingredients for successful organising and digital campaigning. It is a longtime democracy with high levels of broadband penetration and newspaper readership. Japan also retains global economic influence. It is the world’s third largest economy and companies like Toyota, Uniglo, Sony and Panasonic are visible …

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What VCs Look for in Early-Stage Startups
Posted On February 11, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

Pitching. It is not as simple as getting on stage and sell your company. A lot is done preparing behind the scenes. Numbers, statistics, that ubiquitous powerpoint deck. SaaS companies have it the worst. They need to have the typical MRR and burn as well as LTV, CAC and churn. “So …

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Paranoia As An Important Business Strategy
Posted On January 28, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

Facebook is the perfect example of a strategy based on paranoia, with its obsessive attention to what is going on in the environment around it. For any company, developing its activity within the highly competitive social networks is extremely complex: changes in trends are constant, as are changes in tastes …

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The Growth of Co-Working in India
Posted On January 25, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

Co-Working spaces are fast outpacing monolithic workspaces in terms of commercial real estate absorption in India. While the share of IT/ITeS in the share of transacted space is following a declining trend, co-working spaces are proliferating in the country. Real estate services company, JLL estimates a 40–50% growth in flexible office …

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Entrepreneurship and Startup Culture
Posted On January 23, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

A fairly common characteristic of successful start-ups is charismatic, driven founders with take-no-prisoner competitive mentalities, as was illustrated earlier in this chapter in the example of Kalanick and the leadership values at Uber. After all, it takes a thick skin and powerful ego to get through the inevitable disappointments that …

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Understanding Kazakhstan: The Oily Valley of Opportunities
Posted On January 18, 2019 Numi MusalievaNumi Musalieva 0

Kazakhstan, one of the largest countries in the world blessed with natural resources and now tech innovative investments. Kazakhstan has enormous national wealth, about 85% of which falls on the natural resource potential. This country with oddly beautiful people is among the top 15 countries in the world when it …

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The Cost of Commodifying Failure
Posted On January 13, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

With start-up culture’s rise in popularity, insight and transparency around the conditions that produce successful innovations are talked about more than ever. One of the more popular trends we have adopted from the startup world is the notion of ‘embracing failure.’ Fail fast. Fail often. Failure is not only an …

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The Business Model for Content Startups
Posted On January 10, 2019 The Asian Entrepreneur Authors & Contributors 0

A business model helps to clarify a company’s main purpose, such as who they’re serving, how they help, and how the company can sustain its operations. A business model is distinctly different from an organization’s strategy, which typically addresses product, pricing, and marketing decisions. A formal business plan, however, may …

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