YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

The startup will then look outwards in the region to expand into, either organically or via a partnership, joint venture or acquisition. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. Singapore ) where if you become No.1 Regional from day one (RD1). Consumer Facing B2C.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. All the usual caveats apply. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. He built & IPOd Demand Media. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0

Los Angeles 376

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

Disruptive innovations are coming from startups – Telsa for automobiles, Uber for taxis, Airbnb for hotel rentals, Netflix for video rentals and Facebook for media. Capital is returned to these investors through liquidity events (originally public offerings, but today mostly acquisitions). What’s holding large companies back?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2017

While Amazon recently attracted much media attention with their $13.7 billion acquisition of high-end food retailer Whole Foods, the retailing behemoth has also been quietly setting itself apart by finding a way to include low-income shoppers too. Amazon and other like-minded brands clearly care about the needs of low-income consumers.

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Marketing LLC Government China 113

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Unfortunately the class operates much like the military acquisition system: the project specification has minimal input from real world users, the product gets built with a waterfall engineering process, and there’s no input on whether the product actually meets real world needs until the product is delivered. While the U.S.

Silicon Valley 255

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. But never take your eye off today’s customer.

Startup 361

Startup Social Media Acquisition India 361

VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

Now bigger than social media, messaging apps are on practically every phone, and only growing in engagement. While Social Networks also enable you to share text, media and documents with your friend, there’s always a question for the user of who has access to that data. This is day two. Messaging is “mostly” private.

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Social Network Russia Mobile Japan 74

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

The use case will start as basic: they will power shopping for the home, digital media plays (images, videos, music, podcasts) and perhaps be the hub for managing all other connected appliances. It will be partly contributed by rapid decline in prices and bundles with mobile operators, cable /ISP providers etc. More on Techcrunch.

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China Forecast Differentiation Acquisition 97

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Unfortunately the class operates much like the military acquisition system: the project specification has minimal input from real world users, the product gets built with a waterfall engineering process, and there’s no input on whether the product actually meets real world needs until the product is delivered. While the U.S.

Silicon Valley 151

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 151

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

These companies report gross ad revenue but then subtract out “TAC” (Traffic Acquisition Costs) which is basically accounting-speak for the revenue share they pay to the partner sites where the ads actually appear. This is different from companies like Google and Yahoo! Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. link] leehower.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Any big changes in your marketing/customer acquisition strategy over the last time period (more money doing Search, less money in Email, elimination Facebook as it does not work, etc., Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). or Weightwatchers.co.uk

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. We’re online all the time and at high speed.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

Singapore, China, India, and some other Asian countries have become economic production areas. Cutting talent acquisition costs, the time to fill a role and increasing the retention rate have a positive effect on both the quality of products or services and profit margins. Take a unique opportunity.

Global 52

Global Merger Technical Review Demand 52

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

He currently leads the implementation of innovative pedagogies, such as multidisciplinary project-based learning, digital literacy, educational technologies, and global citizenship education at the Aidi School Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Center in Beijing, China.

China 104

China Global Framework Singapore 104

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. Ralph Waldo Emerson. But I don’t think so.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. But never take your eye off today’s customer.

Social Media 218

Social Media India Acquisition China 218

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Here's a graph that shows how US adults consume media, it shows time in hours. Media-Mix Modeling/Experimentation. According to Pew, while cell phones are nearly ubiquitous around the world (95% China, 91% Chile, 82% Kenya), penetration of smartphones are still getting there (37% China, 39% Chile, 19% Kenya).

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 15, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Read about that interesting advertising experiment in the Social Media & Marketing section below. Acquisitions fail 70 to 90% of the time – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

For example, Uber took existing technology (smartphone app, drivers) but built a unique business model ( gig economy disrupting taxis) and the Russians used existing social media tools to wage political warfare. These rapid Horizon 3 deliverables emphasize disruption, asymmetry and most importantly speed , over any other characteristic.

China 295

China Government Russia Artificial Inteligence 295

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

The next obvious transition was the rise of the browser in 1996, which transformed not only the software application market but also the print and media world. Of course, the absence of SEO may be positive for design, but it removes a key customer acquisition strategy for many startups. Customer acquisition techniques are shifting.

Mobile 96

Mobile SEM SEO Technical Review 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. But never take your eye off today’s customer.

Social Media 163

Social Media India Acquisition China 163

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Chronicling the undoing of traditional media. To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. In the case of social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr, the root activity on the site is the sharing of content.

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Aggregator 47

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how deeply fond I am of the Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes framework. Now it's time for acquisition. I want to know if they have even a simplistic understanding of how to rock social media. Now, I better understand visitor acquisition. Good context. Through data.

Web 138

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 138

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Occipital — makers of the Structure Sensor for 3-D data acquisition. Sourcing may also involve several trips to China, India, Thailand, or other countries and cities that you may not otherwise consider traveling to for vacation. Nimble VR — a 3-D sensor for tracking hand gestures in VR (acquired by Facebook/Oculus).

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Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

中文-简体 (China). Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Defending Japanese Waters From Chinas Navy. Defending Japanese Waters From Chinas Navy. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » Subscribe.

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Venture Capital Software Review North Dakota Rhode Island 107

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

So, we chose a business concept, established the pain point, discussed the solution, identified monetization and customer acquisition strategies, and assessed market opportunity. Acquisition. Media Training. Then, FounderDating had us split our group up into two and have the teams come up with a quick pitch to the other team.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Use your customers and competitors to help you move the ball forward (buy a new tool, hire another analyst, kill hideous home pages, spend right amounts on SEM and SEO, publish rich media on your site, implement feedburner , or whatever else you want). You may be considered tall in China but not in the Holland. Here is another example.

Management 68

Management Analytics San Diego Web 68

ConversionXL

JANUARY 13, 2021

Kaggle has a ton ; Siege Media cataloged many sources.) The Tianjin Binhai Library in China. It generates “proprietary” results—the one extra data point you need to keep anyone else from replicating your results. Grab some quantitative stuff that’s already out there. Run a survey with an open-ended question. 3 problems I didn’t solve.

Search 127

Search Restful SEO China 127

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners. Israeli startup Acquisitions. Broadcom confirmed the acquisition, but declined to provide additional details.

Flash 94

Flash Venture Capital Acquisition 94

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Social Media. That idea became ClickFacts, a malware solutions company for buyers and sellers of online media to identify and combat “click fraud”. But even with this acquisition, Loopt remains ahead of the curve. was born and generated a lot of media interest. Previous story. Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

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Cofounder San Francisco Programming Founder 70

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Regarding the best type of products for freemium: I would’ve guessed that products like Pluggio (social media apps) would fit the bill here since most people expect them to be free. Part of any good marketing plan is customer acquisition costs and knowing when those costs are too high. 18 Rob on 08.18.10 67 ???????????

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

Albaugh, which was founded in 1979, has six plants in the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, and a joint venture in China, and its South American sales in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile complement Makhteshim’s business in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. The number of job seekers with college degrees fell 2.1% MS Tech Ltd.,

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North America Brazil Argentina 68

Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2017

I’m not… quite sure how things will shake out in the long run, and I do find myself itching to work with a team again, maybe in a non-media industry, but for now, this is where I am. HW: What’s your sense of how the large media companies (NBCUniversal, Time Warner, Viacom, etc) are thinking about podcasts? NQ: I have no idea.

Analytics 50

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Today the United States is in great power competition with China. versus China. China manages its industrial policy via top-down 5-year plans. Their overall goal is to turn China into a technologically advanced and militarily powerful state that can challenge U.S. Limits and Obstacles to China’s Dominance.

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China Venture Capital Government Artificial Inteligence 323

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Among others, I would quote the Bladelogic IPO, the acquisition of Postini by Google for $625m, the two largest SaaS deals in history signed by Cornerstone OnDemand (160k and 350k seats), Eloqua almost doubling its revenues and LinkedIn adding more than 10m users. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. buy wow gold. Software 2.0:

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Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48