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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment

TechCrunch

On Friday, Tiger Global said it is backing their startup, CreditBook , to help address those challenges. This is the New York-headquartered firm’s first investment in Pakistan. The investment is a testament to the incredible traction and vision demonstrated by the team.”.

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How Ambitious Managers Make The Jump To Leadership

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As the creator of the iconic “Corner Office” column in the New York Times , Bryant has spoken with more than a thousand leaders over the years about the challenges and nuances of leadership. How to perfect the do-to-say ratio. Here’s another must-read book to add to your list as you transition from manager to leader.

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China’s work automation startup Laiye raises $160M, acquires France’s Mindsay

TechCrunch

An ambitious Chinese startup wants a slice of the flourishing global work automation market. Laiye, a Beijing-based company that provides a one-stop platform for automating office tasks of varying degrees of complexity, just picked up $160 million from a Series C funding round to expand globally. Laiye CEO Guanchun Wang.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

TechCrunch

doctors for every 10,000 people against the best ratio of 84.2 Besides a low doctor to patient ratio, healthcare infrastructure also remains critically underdeveloped. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures.

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The need for true equity in equity compensation

TechCrunch

I began my career at Oracle in the mid-1980s and have since been around the proverbial block, particularly in Silicon Valley working for and with companies ranging from the Fortune 50 to global consulting companies to leading a number of startups, including the SaaS company I presently lead. compared to men of their same race.

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How publishing brands can grow internationally in 2014

The Next Web

It’s also widely reported that from back in Q1 2013, tablet shipments passed the half a million per day mark (the global birth rate is only 370,000 per day). The New York Times also set up its online pay-wall in 2010 (allowing access to 10 free articles per month) and by 2012 there were 640,000 subscribers. There are 1.8m