In May, Miami hosted a startup conference that featured the Miami-born superstar Pitbull, venture investor Steve Case, former AOL CEO, and Imogen Heap, a classically trained English singer-songwriter with a blockchain venture. More than 16,000 people from 40 countries came, business executives, investors and entrepreneurs. It was the latest attempt — and a successful one, […]
Innovation
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Dubai Could Be The Quintessential Entrepreneurial City Of The 21st Century
Some cities seem to encapsulate a particular moment in time. Dubai, right now, seems to represent three moments, one more important than the other two. First, one of the last gasps of the oil culture; second, the rise of business as a way to govern society. And third, and most significantly, the shift in the world’s […]
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The Toyota Camry Of Cybersecurity: Israeli Soldier Built A Hot-Shot Startup On A Foundational Idea
When ambition knocks on the door, an entrepreneur has to answer it. In the case of Dean Sysman, a young Israeli who is CEO of a hot-shot firm called Axonius, the door-knock came on a client visit. He was CTO of an already successful cybersecurity startup, Cymmetria. But as he was installing Cymmetria’s sophisticated security solution at a […]
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Laundry Startup Takes Dubai For Whirl: Why Washmen Might Win Where Others Folded
One of the hottest spaces worldwide in the past three years has been the laundry service: The app that allows you to order laundry pickup and delivers the clothes back to you. New York and Washington, D.C. have Cleanly; Singapore has My Laundry Box. But there have been high-profile failures in the space, too. Washio, for […]
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How The MIT Of Iran Helps Create Silicon Valley Startups
If Iran abides by the terms of the nuclear deal that call for inspections and a reduction in its nuclear infrastructure, economic sanctions in place since the Revolution in 1979 could begin to lift early next year. What many people don’t realize, though, is the extent to which Iranian immigrants have long been a force in […]
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A Pakistani Entrepreneur’s Insight Led To An Untapped Market Of 780 Million
Up against some tough circumstances, Tawakkal, a young entrepreneur in Islamabad, Pakistan, runs a thriving carpentry business. He employs three full-time people, he says, and makes between $200 and $1,000 a month. In a country where the annual income per capita is $1,500, that’s great. His accomplishment is even more remarkable because he can’t read […]
