By Frederik Van Lierde
When you are looking for the insights on non-conventional questions, related to the world of entrepreneurship, startups & business
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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos isn't the richest person in the world anymore, beaten by a French citizen Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH.
Who are the other billionaires in Europe, the old continent and are there any women?
I can say that that the European Billionaires thrived during the pandemic year 2020
Follow me with a quick top 10 of the wealthiest people in Europe, who they are, where they live, and what they do.
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https://frederik.today/blog/top-10-richest-people-in-europe-2021
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When we talk about this subject, most of the articles explain how giant Amazon is, the pro and cons of working with Amazon as a local shop.
Today I want to bring you another point of view, the one where local businesses are doing wrong and why they should change their mindset.
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https://frederik.today/blog/local-business-errors-vs-amazon
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Some people are convinced they can't sell a new product. Then the next day, another person does just that
The thought f having thousands, even millions of people viewing your products or services is fantastic, it can bring your brand t new heights.
Let's discuss the 5 reasons why Storytelling in sales is important and I will explain how you can use Storytelling online.
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https://masha.ai/story/the-importance-of-story-telling-in-sales
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Scams are everywhere, and today I have a juicy story to tell from the world of VC's and startup funding. Yes, you hear me well, VC's scamming startups. Usually, it is the other way around?
On June 18 2021, we got a missed call on or Business WhatsApp from a UK Number; we use that number only for customer service.
We texted back and asked how we can help.
Very fast, the person introduced himself as Mr H. He asked if we could get on a phone call to discuss potential investments in my company.
Listen to hear how it went, what they proposed and how I played with them...
Article + Video
Coming soon
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New research by iPaper and Epinion, interviewing 6.000 shoppers, showed that 67% of Europeans want to get inspired while shopping online.
However, those shoppers also say that many online shops aren't inspirational.
When shoppers are not inspired, they get blocked using the online shop and fall back on the market leader, Amazon.
Part of the eCommerce series
Full Article + Video
https://frederik.today/blog/inspire-your-online-shoppers-to-compete-with-amazon
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Ecommerce fraud takes many forms, every eCommerce business should protect themselves & their customers
Today I will explain 6 eCommerce frauds and how to prevent them
Full Article
https://frederik.today/blog/6-types-of-ecommerce-fraud-and-how-to-fight
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Last weekend, the finance ministers of the G7, the major industrialized countries, reached a "historic agreement" on a minimum tax rate for multinationals.
G7 finance ministers gathered in Cornwall to discuss a new global tax system to ensure that the world's largest multinational companies can no longer use loopholes to evade taxes.
They agreed on a minimum tax of 15%
But, what is written in the little lines of the G7 tax deal?
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https://frederik.today/blog/loophole-g7-tax-deal
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The hype around Crypto is not slowing down. Elon Musk, who announced first a considerable stake in buying Bitcoin, then announced Tesla would accept Bitcoin as payment and a few weeks after that, he announced they stop accepting Bitcoin as payment due to environmental concerns.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin grew up to 60.000 dollars, to fall back under 37.000 dollars.
The questions came up, should other businesses accept Bitcoin or other "to the moon" coins? Let's debunk 6 myths
Sources and full article
https://frederik.today/blog/should-businesses-accept-bitcoin
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Local shops and brands don't often have the right resources to follow up on all the latest technologies available. Not all technologies will work for their business, and what works for one brand, not automatically work for your brand.
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Jack Dorsey was born on November 19, 1976, and raised in St-Louis, Missouri.
By Age 14, Jack Dorsey became interested in dispatching routing. Some parts of the open-source software he created are still used by taxicab.
1995, Jack Dorsey enrolled at the University of Missouri-Rola.
1997 Jack Dorsey transferred to New York University, to drop out two years later, one semester short of graduating
2000, Jack Dorsey moved to Oakland, California, starting his first company, continue building on dispatching couriers, taxis and emergency services from the web.
July 2000, inspired in part by Live Journal and AOL Instant Messenger, he got the idea for a Web-based real-time status/short message communication service. What we now know as Twitter
Twitter officially launched on Mars 21, 2006
2010, Jack Dorsey launched along with co-founder Jim McKelvey, launched Square, a small business platform to accept debit and credit card payments on a mobile device
Jack Dorsey aspire the become the mayor of New York City and advises a chapter of Tim Ferriss's book Tools of Titans.
FULL ARTICLE
https://frederik.today/blog/beginnings-jack-dorsey
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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.