Remove 1999 Remove China Remove Demand Remove Government
article thumbnail

Think you’ve got a strategy to enter the Chinese market? Think twice

The Next Web

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Whenever I visit the US, one question mobile entrepreneurs always ask me is ‘How can my startup break into China?’. The biggest mistake most US entrepreneurs make right off the bat is in thinking of China as one market. Seeing double.

China 128
article thumbnail

The Decade in Tech

Start Up Blog

What happened: Google leaves China + Uber launches in App Store. Why it mattered: Google leaving China was the start of a New Cold War. China pushed hard to create clones of Western online services and even made better ones – see WeChat. power than elected governments. I liken it to the dot-com bubble of 1999.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Macroeconomics for Startups

OnlyOnce

But still, the subject doesn’t always translate as well to the average entrepreneur as microeconomics does – most business people have good intuitive understandings of supply, demand, and pricing. Fiscal Policy vs. Monetary Policy – Fiscal Policy is manipulating the economy through government taxing and spending. people that is China.

China 74
article thumbnail

Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. Emerging market governments often implement measures that support industrialization and prompt economic expansion. The Bottom Line.

Global 95
article thumbnail

Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

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. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. In the U.S. In the U.S. domestic GNP growth couldn’t touch.

Africa 104
article thumbnail

What if it’s 1996, not 1999?

Seeing Both Sides

Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble , there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999. Tsunamis, Middle East crises, government shutdown threats and a looming budget deficit are all dampers on the market. Demand from these, now larger, economies are having a very positive effect on the US tech market.

IPO 48
article thumbnail

In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Founders cant demand such concessions unless their companies are doing well.