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"Today, there's much stronger appetite for India and Southeast Asia," Joel Thickins, co-managing partner at TPG Capital Asia, told Reuters. The enthusiasm persists despite due diligence for startups that requires many months while valuations are under pressure, investors said. But although funds were diversifying, investors said the region's vastly different markets meant a uniform investing strategy was not ideal. One area that I constantly notice that everybody is very interested in is Southeast Asia. "There are still individual U.S. cities where startups are raising more money than all of the startups in Southeast Asia," said Julie Ruvolo, managing director of venture capital at Global Private Capital Association, which says its 300 members manage assets of more than $2 trillion.

☆ Tech firms laying off hordes of staff right now will regret it, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-24 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Major tech firms including Alphabet, Meta, Snap, and Twitter have laid off staff or frozen hires. But layoffs take the sheen off big tech firms' brand image, two tech execs told Insider. Tech firms that are slashing jobs and laying off staff are making a "major mistake" because future candidates will remember how those organizations acted during the downturn, a technologist said. "You're cutting your investment in future technology, that's number one. Instead of taking a hardline cutting and savings approach, tech firms should refocus on retaining loyal employees and cultivating talent.

☆ 'If it blows up, it's cool': The far-out philosophy that explains why Elon Musk won't let a few baby sea turtles stop SpaceX's quest to get to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

In the case of Elon Musk v. Charismatic Megafauna, the agency intends to publish its final report in late April. Musk went on: "Either explicitly or implicitly some people seem to think that humans are a blight on the Earth's surface. Musk is talking about existential risk, the idea that something — an asteroid, a rogue artificial intelligence — might kill every human on Earth. And if you assume that future human minds will "mainly be implemented in computational hardware instead of biological neuronal wetware," as Bostrom does, you end up with a mind-boggling 1054 human lives. Musk has made the defense of "future life" his mission.

☆ At 30, he quit Wall Street and founded one of Australia's leading fast food chains
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-05 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Guzman Y Gomez's co-founder and CEO Steven Marks. Guzman Y GomezSYDNEY — When Steven Marks landed a job at a top Wall Street hedge fund, he thought he had it made. Guzman Y Gomez's signature burrito bowl. Guzman Y Gomez"I had these plans to build a hotel by the beach," recalled Marks. Steven Marks Co-founder and CEO, Guzman y Gomez"I poached the best staff from Latin American restaurants and brought in chefs from Mexico," he said.

☆ (video) Zece filme biografice cu note mari pe IMDB, pe care nu trebuie să le ratezi
▼ + stars: | 2018-10-01 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(video) Zece filme biografice cu note mari pe IMDB, pe care nu trebuie să le rateziÎn acest octombrie fă-ți timp și privește câteva filme bune. De această dată am ales 10 pelicule biografice, cu actori talentați și scenarii captivante. Toate au câteva premii în palmares și note mari pe IMDB, ceea ce înseamnă că nu trebuie să le ratezi. Vedeți mai jos lista filmelor care au fost inspirate de istorii reale. # La môme (2007)Regia: Olivier DahanCu: Marion Cotillard, Gérard DepardieuIMDB: 7.6#The Elephant Man (1980)Regia: David LynchCu: John Hurt, Anthony HopkinsIMDB: 8.2#Legend (2015)Regia: Brian HelgelandCu: Tom Hardy, Emily BrowningIMDB: 7.0#Julie & Julia (2009)Regia: Nora EphronCu: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Chris MessinaIMDB: 7.0#Kill the Messenger (2014)Regia: Michael CuestaCu: Jeremy Renner, Michael Sheen, Mary Elizabeth WinsteadIMDB: 7.0#Darkest Hour (2017)Regia: Joe WrightCu: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott ThomasIMDB: 7.4#Loving Vincent (2017)Regia: Hugh Welchman, Dorota KobielaCu: Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Helen McCrory, Robert GulaczykIMDB: 7.9#The Post (2017)Regia: Steven SpielbergCu: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob OdenkirkIMDB: 7.1#Gandhi (1982)Regia: Richard AttenboroughCu: Ben Kingsley, Daniel Day-LewisIMDB: 8.1#Spotlight (2015)Regia: Tom McCarthyCu: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, Christopher GallagherIMDB: 8.1

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