- 123RF is a stock media company founded in 2005 that has expanded globally, with 389 employees located across 40 locations worldwide. - The company sells photos, illustrations, footage, audio, and fonts, and also invests in design-related software and platform businesses. It serves 12 million monthly active users and processes 480,000 transactions per year in 20 currencies. - The document discusses lessons learned from 123RF's global expansion, including solving meaningful problems, developing strategies and business plans, hiring local talent, embracing cultural differences, partnering with other companies, generating publicity, adapting products for new markets, and acquiring versus building new operations.