thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. This is my recap of what stood out to me this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2012 — we are only in the beginning of many revolutions.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

As consumers increasingly turn to their mobile devices for a wide array of information and entertainment, advertising agencies and brands across the nation are beginning to focus more intently on the integration of mobile advertising strategies. Mobile advertising allows brands to reach consumers wherever they are, at any given time.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. The global macro conditions could weigh heavily on the IPO market for awhile. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? Bankers licked their chops. VCs dreamt of liquidty. Life was good.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you loved the emerging startup vibes of the DEMO conference, Asia will be getting its very own version with DEMO Asia 2012 slated for February 29 to March 2 in Singapore next year. DEMO Asia would like to invite all startups to participate in the first audition for DEMO Asia 2012. An Asian Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). business models. Unlike U.S.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

They also signed Global eTelecom as a customer, one of U.S.' Anthony Favazza, CEO of DiningCircle has hired a CTO that will be overseeing a rebuild of our product in early 2012. "We One of them is serving a critical role in a new Norse service offering in Web security." largest check processors at the end of December.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

According to CB Insights, since the start of 2012, the most active corporate VCs are: Dell Innovators Credit Fund (not listed) is an unusual take on this model. For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. 2) Contests.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2013

But while most of the news revolve around the larger global industry games development, publishing and services-related companies such as Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Tecmo Koei, and Ubisoft, it’s the local homegrown talent that’s been quietly driving the scene. The Mobile Game Revolution. billion to US$22 billion. .

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2013

What started as an experiment that connected academic and government computer systems has today become an entire globe-spanning network of interconnected machines and devices that not only include huge enterprise servers but also that mobile device in your hand. Others infographic Internet mobile applications social media technology'

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Web Social Media Mobile Internet 209

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). business models. Unlike U.S.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today. European cities like Berlin, Stockholm, or Amsterdam were on the list of the top locations for tech startups in the global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017. Check out your competitors to see how they engage their target.

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Startup Estonia Poland Silicon Valley 115

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 27, 2014

. When this 10s decade is over, we will look back and be amazed that a mere ten years prior, a few, absolutely massive financial institutions controlled the global banking industry. billion in credit last year, a 3x increase over 2012. Lending Club and Prosper are showing the promise of peer-to-peer lending, issuing $2.4

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Software Review Software China Technical Review 55

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Social food journal Burpple officially launched earlier this week: the iOS application – currently available on the App Store for free – is positioned as a way to remember, organize and explore your food moments with friends on the mobile phone. But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The 1st round of five projects – MyUSA (formerly known as MyGov), RFP-EZ, Blue Button, Better Than Cash, and Open Data Initiatives – launched in August 2012 with 18 inaugural Fellows. Entrepreneurs used these data to create weather newscasts, websites, mobile applications, insurance, and much more. ProjectOpenData on Twitter.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

2011 was the year where global economy shaped the life for companies everywhere. The global recession has also had a massive effect on technology and start-ups, but just as often as new opportunities rather than challenges. Global finance is being remade. Local will be the new global. Unemployment is the new normal.

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Spain Global Software Social Network 193

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. There are many ad networks that offer very low monetization rates and take a large sales commission. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Social food journal Burpple officially launched earlier this week: the iOS application – currently available on the App Store for free – is positioned as a way to remember, organize and explore your food moments with friends on the mobile phone. But if Singapore-based Burpple sounds similar to Foodspotting , it does.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. And Why 20%?

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gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

9, 2012, 3:50pm PT. AT&T promised in April to open Watson up to general development, but on Monday AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the launch official in a blog post , revealing seven different “contexts,” or language libraries, that app builders can access to speechify their products.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

The program, which began in January this year, provided them with seed funding, intensive mentorship from international industry experts and the potential to access mobile markets across Asia. Think of ShopSpot as a mobile version of eBay – a phone app that allows consumers to easily buy and sell items. Kark Mobile Education.

Singapore 145

Singapore Asia Startup B2C 145

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Take the gift card market, for example, is $110 billion alone for 2012 in the United States, with more than 276 million people exchanging these stored value cards. It’s the reason why in recent years a number of startups, such as the mobile apps Key Ring and Card Star - have risen to tackle the problem.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. I meet people all the time who have no technical background whatsoever, and they want to start an online business, perhaps build a mobile app, or launch a SaaS product. Disrupt NY 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

But the numbers from the 2012 is already an improvement, with a drop of 8-percent compared to 2011. In the past 12 months, 48-percent of online adults experienced cybercrime – including crime on mobile devices as well as on social networks.

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Singapore Social Network Global Mobile 159

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. He began a venture fund in 2012, VTF Capital , which invests in other businesses interested in joining the Nevada scene.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

billion across 283 deals in the first three quarters of 2017, nearly three times that of in 2012. In China, tech giants like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent Holdings, are going global to build their in-house capabilities. Drives development in technology. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This innovative team are working on a low-cost subscription model for e-bike ownership, which would see members able to access a bike through plans similar to mobile phone plans. Big Street Bikers are rolling out an electric mobility network to create a happier, healthier Aotearoa.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2013

Pay particular attention to the passwords for your email, social networking and online banking accounts, making them as complex and unique as you can by including a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Be cautious on public Wi-Fi networks. Don’t let your mobile device be the next target for cybercriminals.

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Singapore Security Reputation Green 145

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

For the market size, he states, “For my base case valuation, I’m going to assume that the primary market Uber is targeting is the global taxi and car-service market.” He then goes on to calculate a global estimate for the historical taxi and limousine market. The global market would obviously be much larger.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. As vibrant as the China venture business has been, 2012 was a different story. Closed for You, Open For Us.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Build your networking skills, not in a swarmy way, but in a geniune way. Farmville & neighbors #distribution # 19 hours ago Copywrite © 2012 MikeLee.org. If you’re not an extrovert, you may find this option somewhat of a struggle. Building your reputation online might be easier in that case. startupcto

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