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How to build & sell an Internet startup to Japan's biggest web merchant, Rakuten

How to build & sell an Internet startup to Japan's biggest web merchant, Rakuten

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Jan 07, 2013
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James Chen

James Chen is a serial entrepreneur who built and sold two Internet start-ups by age 32. The first venture he started and sold while attending MIT. As for the second venture, James joined an early stage start-up. Within one year he had developed a unique and valuable software platform. With his nose for profit, Rakuten’s Mikitani soon spotted …

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