Archive for the ‘Strategy’ Category

Report: SecondMarket’s 10 Most-Watched Private Companies in Q1 2012

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SecondMarket is an SEC-registered alternative trading system for private company stock. SecondMarket just released its Q1 2012 report about the most popular privately-held or venture-backed companies on SecondMarket.

SecondMarket’s most popular stock is FaceBook’s.  After its long-waited IPO FaceBook will leave …

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Video: A 12 Year-old App Developer – Thomas Suarez


Thomas Suarez has two published apps, a startup company and a compelling TED talk under his belt; all at the tender age of 12.

Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames — Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After …

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Infographic: The Most Innovative Countries and Industries

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Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society. Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a new idea or …

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12 Crucial Global Consumer Trends of 2012


It was December 2008, when I first wrote about trendwatching.com’s Global Consumer Trends of the next year report. trendwatching.com is an independent and opinionated trend firm located in Amsterdam, scanning the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related …

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Small Victories

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In just its second year, the Small Business Saturday initiative managed to pull 103 million customers through the doors of small business establishments. This Thanksgiving weekend frenzy surpassed the projected number of 89 million and showed that the bourgeoning …

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