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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

I started at Yale in 2008. Altman Vilandrie is a boutique management consulting firm that focuses pretty exclusively on telecom, media and tech (TMT), so it does a lot of work with internet service providers, wireless providers, mobile manufacturers, and also a lot of work in the online advertising and media side of things as well.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business

Tobacco production, the country’s main foreign exchange earner, slumped dramatically between 2000 and 2008.) Consumer-facing businesses : Any company that enters the market offering lifestyle and consumer goods products could benefit from demand that has been unmet for years.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

Airbnb Since its launch in San Francisco in 2008 between two friends renting their home out during a conference in the city, this online bed booking service offers over 250,000 rooms provided by private individuals in in over 30,000 cities in 192 countries. billion since its launch.

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