Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. Russia's GDP grew exponentially between 1999 and 2008, driven mostly by oil exports as well as a surge in oil prices. The Bottom Line.

Global 95

Global Brazil Russia Singapore 95

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Singles Day has just started in China. It’s also the largest online shopping day in China and the news this morning is that Alibaba racked up $1bn of sales in the first 17mins 58s, and $2bn in the first hour. The business was founded in 1999. Ecommerce'

Sales 149

Sales China eCommerce IPO 149

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

When I left my job at MovieFone in 1999, there were approximately eight administrative assistants in a company of 200 people – one for each senior person. There’s been much talk lately about whether and how much China is manipulating its currency and holding it down, and if so, what impact that has on the global economy.

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Consider this: 5 years ago VCs were debating whether US consumers would ever adopt “virtual goods” in the way that Asian consumers did and thus saw the popular rise of QQ (TenCent) in China (which did $5 billion in revenue in the past 12 months).

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. In the U.S. In the U.S.

Africa 104

Africa Brazil China India 104

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. Among Microsoft’s 20 worldwide R&D centers, there are only three “strategic centers”: in India, China, and Israel.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

Alibaba’s Genesis Alibaba was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and 17 other colleagues, and like most startups they began as a small group working out of Ma’s apartment in Hangzhou. For perspective, China’s entire economy has grown more than 600% since Alibaba was founded. Just How Big Is Alibaba?

China 187

China B2B Flash IPO 187

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I never expected to have my first book published in China, much less in Mandarin, but that goes to show how much the world continues to change. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. In 2006, China’s total venture capital investment reached $1.78

Venture Capital 44

Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. Remember, from August 1982 to September 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went from 777 to 11,028, and the NASDAQ from 159 to 2,887. For the U.S.

Brazil 69

Brazil Government Angel Investor India 69

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

By way of anecdote, from the time Dave Lavinsky and I founded Growthink in 1999 through 2008, more than 95% of our firm’s clients and investors were U.S. In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E.,

Small Business 81

Small Business South Korea South Africa Uruguay 81

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#. I know not everybody agrees. Let’s talk again in a year or two.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. Remember, from August 1982 to September 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went from 777 to 11,028, and the NASDAQ from 159 to 2,887. For the U.S.

Brazil 54

Brazil Angel Investor India China 54

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble , there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999. Let’s not forget that Time Magazine featured Alan Greenspan, Rob Rubin and Larry Summers on the cover in February 1999 with the headline: “The Committee to Save the World.”

IPO 48

IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2011

Wong, a serial entrepreneur, also founded Linknet Solutions in 1999 and was responsible for developing Brunei’s first and largest online shopping website, www.qqestore.com. Bloapp is the brainchild of Nicky Wong, the founder and director of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based Infindo Technology ( www.infindo.com ).

Brunei 250

Brunei Malaysia Silicon Valley Singapore 250

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. By aggressively launching a free to use service, Alibaba’s Taobao quickly became the leading person-to-person trading site in China. As you can see, that can be a big mistake.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The moderator asked each of us panelists the asinine question, “tell us what you’re doing about WAP!&# (you know, as in “tell us what you’re doing about China?&# or “tell us what you’re doing about location-based services?&# ). It came to me. But I’m with Jason Calacanis.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., .” (iii) “Roughly 600,000 new businesses (that employ others) are started each year in the U.S.” . (iv) … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S. Share and Enjoy:

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

My first company was a SaaS software company started in 1999. That world is called China. Even in China. Many of us argued at the time that the browsers would get more powerful and we bet our companies on that by not developing client applications. And I believe that people over time and given a choice rally around openness.

Web 300

Web HTML AJAX China 300

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

He careens off the walls of life like a drunken bull in your mother’s precious china cabinet. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. I painfully learned over the next few years that Dan was and is semi-oblivious to the world in which he lives.

Leadership 113

Leadership New York China Global 113

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2014

The founder of Joyo.com (which eventually became Amazon China ), now CEO of China e-commerce site DHGate , says she’s flooded with correspondence from people telling her how her business helped them break barriers and realize their dreams. Wang founded DHGate when no one in China understood the value of e-commerce.

China 60

China North America Entrepreneur Asia 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

iridium-9500 satellite phone ~1999. And Iridium would do this without building a single cell tower. With an out-of-this-world business plan. First, the company bought a fleet of 15 rockets from Russia, the U.S. Next, it built 72 satellites on an assembly line and used the rockets to launch them into orbit 500 miles above the earth.

Business Plan 335

Business Plan Customer Business Model Customer Development 335

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

ISRAEL AND CHINA COMMIT TO EXPANDING ECONOMIC COOPERATION. Chen, who headed a trade delegation of 35 Chinese entrepreneurs from 12 of China’s largest companies to Israel, said Chinese enterprises and financial institutions are excited to collaborate with their Israeli counterparts. Israeli exports to China rose 97% to $2.05

Private Equity 90

Private Equity China North America 90

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

annually for the period 1982-1999, has since 2000 slowed to a mere 1.8%. How about China, even with its recent slow-down, still averaging well over 8% growth? So much of the challenge that both entrepreneurs and investors face in earning return on time and capital is driven by the low growth rate of the economy as a whole.

South Korea 87

South Korea Brazil Mexico India 87

VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

Founded in 1999, AeroScout’s products are used in hospitals to track patients and blood products, such as organs; to manage and monitor equipment in universities; and to keep tabs on products throughout the manufacturing process. CHINESE BANK OFFERS TO FUND ISRAELI SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS.

San Francisco 90

San Francisco New Jersey Private Equity 90

Growthink Blog

JULY 30, 2012

We are now well-beyond 13 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading, on an inflation adjusted basis, much lower than they were in July 1999. Remember, from August 1982 to July 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went from 777 to 11,031, and the NASDAQ from 159 to 2,685.

Brazil 74

Brazil Angel Investor India China 74

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I met a wealthy investor from China. It seemed like a message in a bottle opened from a shipwreck in 1999. Unicorn has become part of our lexicon in a sickening way and will no doubt become part of the history we tell about how things got so out of control again. 10 years from now people will be embarrassed to say unicorn.

Detroit 150

Detroit Government Syndicate Syndication 150

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. China Lifts Spending as Growth Ebbs. China Lifts Spending as Growth Ebbs China is ramping up state spending to counter its sharpest drop in growth since the financial crisis, further entrenching state-owned firms. Welcome, Logout.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Well, McKinsey estimates that consumer spending in Africa will double, to $1.8 These are fantastic new markets for U.S.

Africa 76

Africa Brazil India China 76

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Admit you have biases, like we all do, then recognize you need to put steps in place to overcome that – like start an NBA development league in China.” . When I was running an Israel-based company in 1999-2001, my location was a significant barrier. Your bias is a fog over opportunity.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Philips has expanded its Israeli presence and acquisitions since 1999, when it acquired part of Israel’s Elscint, and is set to further expand its current 600- employee Israeli R&D center. Philips owes part of its enhanced performance to Israel’s excellent engineers in the imaging, data processing and data storage areas.”

El Salvador 97

El Salvador San Diego Silicon Valley 97

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Because, regardless of whether you never met Dewey Winburne before he died in 1999 or have never even heard the name before, Dewey is a symbol for Austin and its tumultuous, joyous, [.]. I’ve been meaning to write this post for a long time to help change that possibility, in a small way.

Austin 86

Austin Naming China Texas 86

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. There are also American executives who have experience working with startups with R&D in India, China, and Israel. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1%

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

China has already made moves to massively curtain Bitcoin activities so that should be a clue of what is to come. Ask yourself this — how did it go when a bunch of Internet companies when public in 1998–1999 with limited revenues or oversight? You think Turkey is going to be eager to allow the movement of capital it can’t track?

Government 280

Government Distribution Stock United States 280

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The difference between many of these companies and what we saw back in 1999 is that there are real revenues and revenue growth at many of these companies--and their costs are largely in people, which can always be trimmed down. Facebook is doing billions in revenues.

Angel Investor 104

Angel Investor Valuation Startup Revenue 104