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Shared Lease: How Startups Economize More and more businesses are sharing space. There is a shop-in-shop where three stores - a coffee shop, a florist′s shop, and a bookstore - co-exist under one roof, and a two-shift store which serves lunch for office workers during the day and operates as a bar at night. Lease sharing is an increasingly popular way to lessen the burden of lease expenses, while maximizing the use of store space. Instead of competing against one another, businesses located in a slow commercial district find ways to share eve customers by issuing coupons redeemable at each other′s stores. 4Angles introduce a new way for startups to economize and succeed. Fashion Designer Protection Act: Protecting Fashion Designers′ Creations Recently a controversy erupted after a Korean actress was accused of copying a Korean fashion designer′s outfit in a fashion reality show on Chinese TV. Copying fashion designs has been a chronic ill even in Europe and countries with thriving fashion industries. Given that designs are quickly consumed, imposing legal restrictions on copied designs to thwart copycats has been quite difficult. However, designs are fashion designers′ creations and intellectual properties. The U.S. has already passed an act protecting fashion designers′ creative works, and Korea is also seeking to provide legal protection to fashion designers. 4Angles looks at the problem of knock-off designs and its solutions. My Body as a Key: Biometrics We use our physical features to withdraw money and obtain certificates of authentication. It won′t be long before our bodies are used as keys. Korea′s biometric authentication technology is nearing commercialization. Seven parts of the body can be used for biometric authentication. Among them facial and fingerprint recognition is already being used in areas demanding high security measures. Iris identification is almost ready for on-site use as well. In combination with fin-tech, these biometric authentication technologies are likely to flourish in the smartphone market. Smart Farm: Opening the Future of High-tech Farming Smartphones have become indispensable to today′s farmers, as agriculture and IT technology have merged to make farming smarter, easier, and more efficient. Smart farm involves cutting-edge technologies that allow farmers to remotely control the temperatures and humidities in greenhouses, irrigation and sewage, surveillance cameras, and other functions around the clock. In fact, the Korean government is currently operating a test smart farm in Yeondong-myeon, Sejong City and conducting a study of Smart Farm 2.0 to write up a set of facility automation guidelines and a cultivation manual for various plants. 4Angles examines the present and future of Korea′s fast-evolving smart farming practices. 창업의 새바람 공유임대! 최근 하나의 매장을 두고 매장 내부는 나누고 손님들은 합치는 공유임대 매장이 늘고 있다.하나의 매장에 커피숍, 꽃집, 서점 세 개의 업종이 함께 공존하는 숍인숍 매장은 물론 저녁에는 술집 이었다가 낮에는 직장인들을 대상으로 점심 영업을 하는 2부제점포까지! 임대료 부담은 줄이고 매장 활