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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Airbnb’s availability as a marketplace and its aggregation of substantial consumer demand has actually meant certain forms of lodging have been newly built or converted into rooms for the primary purpose of listing on Airbnb. Fun Tidbit 1: Europe and North America are of similar importance in terms of revenue (40% EMEA / 41% N.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

And for the record, that’s per month not total in aggregate! He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 I had written about Mike before but hadn’t disclosed his name. This has been a very welcome addition.

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Accel 2020 Euroscape: "Decacorn Unleashed"? - Apply Now!

Cracking the Code

Last year, we predicted it would take three years for Europe to mark its first Decacorn. With this milestone, Europe has clearly established itself as a key center for software innovation in the world. The aggregate value of the 67 public cloud companies have surpassed $1T in February 2020 to reach $1.4T

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

The name is a bit misleading - you don't actually have to be young, but your project does. Among other activities and programs, Silicon Sentier runs La Cantine , a coworking center, hip geek hangout and bustling hub for Paris tech events and activities: barcamps, workshops, competitions, launch parties, press conferences - you name it.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. STANLEY FISCHER NAMED WORLD’S TOP BANK GOVERNOR FOR 2010.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

It is always so cool to run marketing campaigns in large homogenous markets (like Europe, Asia, or large chunks of the US). Maybe some of them remember our brand name and our products (Lord knows we are pimping ourselves aggressively on those brand pages) when it is time for them to make a purchase. But not, ever, in aggregate.].

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! You named 3 in your post, but what are the 10 others? Europe Consumer. (1). Posted by Philippe Botteri.