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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

YoungUpstarts

However, they tend to be extremely difficult to navigate especially if you do not have a cofounder from and/or experience in that country. Brandtology, Stream Media (Movend), FlightOffice, Identifi etc. Consumer Facing B2C. Indonesia from day one. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Sagan was thus almost like a cofounder and, similarly, has been with the company for 12 years.

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Startup Tools

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Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. No-brainer for B2B companies but also for B2C companies (making special advertising deals for example) Reply steveblank , on June 8, 2011 at 9:05 am said: Martin, Any suggestions?