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Blockchain Startup 101: A blue print for launching a successful blockchain-based startup

Tom Spencer

Initial coin offerings (ICOs), the blockchain-based fundraising model involving the sale of cryptocurrency tokens in a new venture, have also grown exponentially with more than $5 billion raised through ICOs in 2017. The upright scooter was supposed to revolutionize transportation but all it did was make riders looks silly and self-satisfied.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) Transportation. However, US-based clients still account for the vast majority (around 75%) of sales. These include: Disputes Advisory Services. Litigation technology. Litigation discovery.

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How to Create Breakthrough Success without Burnout: Interview with Rachelle Stone

Consulting Matters

I had no sales funnel. And I had put together a website because I felt like I had to have one, but I considered it an online calling card. And I knew it wasn’t formatted correctly. It was – and anybody working within that industry I knew them like that. And it just flowed out of me.

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Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market

Harvard Business

However, recent developments have opened new doors for consumer product companies to expand their presence and sales in India, at much lower risks. New entrants tend to start by exporting finished goods from the nearest Asian factory with a desire to protect brand quality and/or intellectual property and/or to minimize capital investments.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. The software, called Personal Book , allows Nordstrom to promote sales, special appearances, and store events in a more targeted manner.

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Why the WTO Should Constrain the Power of China’s State-Owned Enterprises

Harvard Business

The WTO’s vitally important rules on services trade and on respect for intellectual property received an essential push from their inclusion in NAFTA. This means government contracts go to the lowest bidder without discrimination in favor of domestic companies.

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Tariffs Are the Wrong Way to Fight Unfair Trade Practices

Harvard Business

retaliation against China — for its theft of intellectual property and forced technology transfers, frequently by SOEs — underscores the need to restrict those enterprises. Given that only 2% of U.S. steel imports come from China and U.S. aluminum imports account for only 1.4% The object of the next likely round of U.S.