Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

What most frustrates angel investors is the “needle in the haystack” nature of picking winners. and the “West” to the BIC – Brazil, India, and China – and their brethren. Develop action plans 4. The frustration is trebled because the “traditional” investing options these days are so deeply unattractive.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. While Beijing has VC’s and Angel investors happy to write a check there aren’t as many angels/VCs in China versus US per capita.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

What most frustrates angel investors is the “needle in the haystack” nature of picking winners. and the “West” to the BIC – Brazil, India, and China – and their brethren. Develop action plans 4. The frustration is trebled because the “traditional” investing options these days are so deeply unattractive.

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Brazil Angel Investor India China 54

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

To date, North America has dominated the home health care global marketplace due mainly to a more sophisticated health care infrastructure and more resources committed to research and development. This is based on advancements in health care infrastructure in India and China, as well as a rapidly aging Japanese population.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

First up, Sumit Jha from New Delhi, India, presented EduMark , a real estate education program for the nascent Indian market that Sumit is already selling successfully, and wondering how to take to the next level of scale. On to today's roundtable, we had five businesses, all of which, I believe, can be built to become sustainable companies.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. While Beijing has VC’s and Angel investors happy to write a check there aren’t as many angels/VCs in China versus US per capita.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This strategy needs to be developed for ISA, and they have to pick a specific market to go after, rather than going global. Math-Quest.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I'd like to hear from venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators on this topic. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. CricketWeekly.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

For example, Bluestone , an online jewelry startup from India, was trying to compete with the traditional brick and mortar jewelry business market. They sought investment to develop a state of the art manufacturing facility and supply chain so they could manufacture online orders in real-time. Angel investors.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

It's a bit all over the place, trying to cater to everybody and their mother (literally), including refugees from developing countries. The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 30, 2012

What most frustrates angel investors is the “needle in the haystack” nature of picking winners. and the “West” to the “BIC” – Brazil, India, and China and their brethren. That develop action plans. The frustration is trebled because the “traditional” investing options these days are so profoundly unattractive.

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Brazil Angel Investor India China 74

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. Photo by emsago.

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Yes I’m interested, building up a strong little team here of app developers. Trying to figure out how to schedule a trip to India with my new partner in our social enterprise. Hope we can stay in touch and please let me know when you get back this way. Best personal regards, David. yeah just say when. lunches are pretty open.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Transformify

JULY 21, 2019

Children, regardless of their abilities or medical conditions, shall be encouraged to develop their skills and excel in what they are good at. Marie, you were the last person to interview the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, in her home in Calcutta, India in 1997. About the author.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Massimo Sgrelli, Entrepreneur, angel investor, computer programmer, agrees with Eyal’s suggestion: The best way to attract Silicon Valley investors to your non-US startup is to split your operations keeping R&D in your own country, while moving business and marketing heads in the Valley (and potentially the founders too).

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Moshe Lichtman, the man once in charge of all of Microsoft’s technology development in Israel, says that the time has come to build a billion dollar Israeli company. Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. By Ben Bakhshi. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I don’t know any developers. These are the geniuses clogging up Craigslist’s “Computer Gigs&# with ads saying stuff like “Need iPhone Developer: Compensation: 30% of profits (when we get them)&# or “Ruby on Rails ROCKSTAR needed: $20/hr&# [link] Nils Noack Definitely a good read! I need money for the servers.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Check) Stage 2: Develop App. (in

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

At today's roundtable, I synthesized some posts from our blog to give entrepreneurs, incubators, investors, and economic development agencies a flavor of what we've been doing this summer to make life easier for you. There were people from Argentina, Israel, India, France, New York, Washington, Nigeria, etc. Summer is over.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

I spoke with Steve about innovation in the movie industry, and to Venk about his journey from bureaucrat in India to entrepreneur here in the U.S., Steve started his career at Naval Research Laboratory in advanced signal processing, computer language design, and real time os development. Steve has been around the block!

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And James doesn’t have any money to pay for development. You’ll probably need to contact two dozen serial entrepreneurs with a very well-developed project before you get actionable advice and referrals. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. This taught me that we needed to having benchmarking tools incorporated into the development cycle from the beginning due to the nature of our product. I realized that money was not the issue.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

Add to that the impact of their upcoming IPO - lots of angel investors and spin-off entrepreneurs are in the making. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

The Big Picture panel: social, mobile, advertising, TV, media – with Google’s Nikesh Arora, Jim Breyer (partner at Accel and board member at Facebook), Thomas Ebeling, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, angel investor and partner at Greylock), and Paul-Bernhard Kallen. Asleep or online.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. The 20-year venture capitalist is an "angel" investor in Mr. Dreymanns new start-up, Mowingo Inc., DJVentureWire : Clinical Development News, Sept. Deutschland.

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Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

Buyout companies  — In a low interest rate and the slow-growth environments of recent years, companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google focus on acquisitions instead of focusing on capital expenditures and development of internal investment projects. Sounds like Texan resilience and who in Texas doesn’t know the etymology of “bootstrapping”??

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s easier to use/develop with. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Codeacademy.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012. YY.com soars on opening.

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