The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Many Asian entrepreneurs tell me that they want to raise funds from Silicon Valley firms because they perceive the valuations to be higher. However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2013

There are tax breaks for investors and they’ve also opened visas for entrepreneurs coming from overseas. Thailand is also very close to other countries with vibrant startup culture such as India and China, providing access to an unimaginable amount of resources. Do you live in another great startup city?

San Diego 237

San Diego Thailand Technical Review New York City 237

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Irony, hey?). Her response?

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

Vijay Anand is an entrepreneurially-minded professional with more than 13 years of hands-on experience as an entrepreneur , an advisor, and a columnist at Entrepreneur magazine. We communicated with Anand who kindly shared with us his thoughts on the start-up scene in India. I came back to India , in 2004.

India 208

India Silicon Valley Early Stage Asia 208

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Many investors and entrepreneurs in the US still have a US-centric view of the world. I’ve sat on boards when entrepreneurs have outlined growth in countries out of the US — and investors have balked at exploring that growth further. This gives WhatsApp – a smartphone app – even more upside.

India 107

India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2014

Akiko Ito – a Japanese social entrepreneur who left her family in Japan to travel the world, was driven to contribute to charitable causes by founding a global NGO, and who adopted a “life is a game” philosophy. The disguised identities of these female protagonists are: 1. Future Leadership Directions.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Leadership Asia Thailand 223

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Today, he gave a speech to a crowd of 20,000 at Madision Square Garden, outlining steps he is taking to cut bureaucratic red tape and encourage the Indian diaspora to invest back into India. This hustle is familiar to entrepreneurs worldwide.

India 40

India China Africa Government 40

thebarefootvc

MARCH 3, 2020

India’s Supreme Court today announced a historic ruling: they overturned The Reserve Bank of India’s 2018 circular that effectively banned cryptocurrency trading, making it illegal for crypto exchanges to link to bank accounts. The post India: A Historic Crypto Ruling appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

India 45

India China Government Mobile 45

Reid Hoffman

MAY 10, 2022

Good entrepreneurs are realists. The best entrepreneurs cultivate both being practical and idealistic. Entrepreneurs and investors are always on the lookout for industries, sectors, and product categories that seem poised for unstoppable growth. They don’t start on Day 1 with a moon shot. What are some examples of current waves?

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Marketing India China 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. For example, 90% of the software used in China and Vietnam today is pirated.

Software 129

Software Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete 129

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

During this week's roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China. First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

Asia has proven to be an instrumental market for businesses to break into, and as the CEO of a successful Singapore-based startup, I get asked a lot of questions from fellow CEOs and entrepreneurs about doing business here and how to grow their companies across Asia. Asia Entrepreneur Insider How-To''s News' Prioritize the markets.

Asia 127

Asia China Japan Startup 127

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

I previously touched upon the Passion/Product Fit of an aspiring entrepreneur. Once the answer is found, the entrepreneur needs to do serious research on the market he/she will be addressing. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. This is by no means easy. Product/Market Fit.

Singapore 178

Singapore Technical Cofounder Product Marketing 178

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

As is often said if you don’t get at least a few fellow VCs (and entrepreneurs) scratching their heads you may not be funding ideas with enough upside. He simply is inspirational as an entrepreneur, an inventor and as somebody who wants to make a difference in the world.

Technical Review 362

Technical Review America Partner United States 362

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

2011 is going to be a great year for entrepreneurs – even better than 2010. The survey indicated that the VCs surveyed felt the best prospects were for entrepreneurs in emerging markets like China, Brazil, and India. But this investment will happen globally and the US may see a decline in VC-funded startups in 2011.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

However, there is actually much more to Gust than is apparent on the surface, or even from the viewpoint of a current user (either entrepreneur or investor). This is a completely insane and complex vision (but what the heck, we’re entrepreneurs!)

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Up and Running

DECEMBER 19, 2014

From a summit on media in the Middle East to a huge new funding opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs in Nigeria, here are fascinating business news stories from the U.S. It’s always a feel-good story when a successful business person decides to reach out and invest in up-and-coming entrepreneurs in their community.

United Arab Emirates 97

United Arab Emirates Technical Review Silicon Valley Oregon 97

Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Today, Silicon Valley took the Great Equalizer and established a system of inequality where only white male faces are prominently displayed in “tech media”, VC firms exclude African-Americans and sexually harass women tech entrepreneurs and we also see Silicon Valley firms talking up some “lack of pipeline” bullcrap.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Africa 48

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. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. I’m in Australia and just spent time with some great entrepreneurs in Melbourne. while building their products in China. Trip 1 to China to understand manufacturing landscape, potential partners and rough cost of goods. Outside the U.S.

Global 335

Global Australia Silicon Valley China 335

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 10, 2013

He''s done things on the small scale, for example finding unique jewellery in India while backpacking in his twenties, which he then sold in Australia, to much larger scale projects, like supplying Australian mining technology to companies in Asia. YARO: Hello, this is Yaro Starak and welcome to an Entrepreneur''s Journey Podcast Interview.

China 95

China Kazakhstan Product Australia 95

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 19, 2019

I received fantastic input from angels, entrepreneurs, lawyers and VCs across the world, helping me pressure test and compile this list (note: Flybridge portfolio companies are in blue). This year, I added companies from India and China with the help of a number of friends from those communities?—?a

Startup 24

Startup DC India Software Review 24

YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

In the case of Indonesia, this is overwhelming – 83-percent of Indonesian Millennials say they see themselves as entrepreneurs of the future. Even more encouragingly, 8-percent of those surveyed were already entrepreneurs! Filipinos come a very close second at 79-percent, followed by Russia (60-percent).

United Arab Emirates 237

United Arab Emirates Asia South Africa Indonesia 237

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

Asia 123

Asia Silicon Valley India China 123

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

entrepreneurs targeting U.S. In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., Growthink) to help them define strategic growth opportunities in India. based opportunities. Not anymore.

Small Business 81

Small Business South Korea South Africa Uruguay 81

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

But still, the subject doesn’t always translate as well to the average entrepreneur as microeconomics does – most business people have good intuitive understandings of supply, demand, and pricing. people that is China. But who knows what monetary policy is and why they should care? Why should you care?

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

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. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Growthink Blog

JUNE 6, 2011

Ridley proves conclusively in this wonderful book, for all of this it is the entrepreneurs and the innovators that we have to thank. And thank your local, neighborhood entrepreneur. In an awe-inspiring tour de force of exposition, Mr. Ridley takes the reader all the way back through human economic history.

Global 70

Global India Aggregator China 70

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It was my first time in the city and I must say that I was immediately taken by the energy of the city and of the entrepreneurs that I met at the conference. in India and China) The region has an exceptional talent pool: Eastern Europe was the first country to send a man into space in 1961 and has a very strong network of universities.

Czech Republic 99

Czech Republic Russia San Jose Europe 99

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

At last week's roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs pitching. One recurring theme that kept coming up is that entrepreneurs are finding guerrilla p.r. First up, Raj Sheth from Bangalore, India, presented Recruiterbox , a SaaS recruitment management tool for small businesses, with co-founders Raghu Kancherla and Girish Redekar.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition SEO San Francisco India 115

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. You are also less likely to be an entrepreneur when your personal obligations, like family and mortgage pile up. After Meebo launched, his friends helped him get the word out and soon they were getting coverage as far a China and India.

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

. “Many people I talk with in the valley think Asia is just China and India but we see a huge booming market across the region. Paine agrees. “I’m meeting inspiring entrepreneurs every day,” he says. “Southeast Asia is brimming with smart, talented, and self-driven entrepreneurs.

Singapore 147

Singapore Asia China India 147

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. In developing countries, like China and India, the statistics are reversed. entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg startup investor IPO exit' Marty Zwilling.

IPO 242

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 242

The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 30, 2012

Entrepreneurs worldwide suspect the grass is greener in San Francisco. 10% goes to profitable companies ready to grow (this data is for the US & UK; the same chart for China & India is skewed way to the right). But check it. When you look at the stats, 5% of rounds happen on an idea. 25% during product development.

Silicon Valley 52

Silicon Valley San Francisco New Jersey India 52

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2015

This year the economy in India is expected to grow more than 6 percent, according to the IMF and OECD. China, now the world’s largest economy in purchasing-power-parity terms, is sitting on $15 trillion in bank deposits, growing at $2 trillion annually. But in Asian countries, including India and Malaysia, it was 50/50.

Asia 100

Asia Myanmar South Korea Burma 100

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2012

In Silicon Valley, foreign-born entrepreneurs have founded half the region’s startups in recent years - and kept the U.S. We will have thousands and thousands of entrepreneurs starting their companies in other countries when they could have been starting them here,” Wadhwa says. economy moving forward. We’re about to find out.

Silicon Valley 152

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Green India 152

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

” The options were to either go back home to New Delhi, India, or, risk getting myself into an immigration nightmare. Besides I was a young, first-time entrepreneur at the age of 23. For anyone coming from India (like me) or China, this mean a protracted waiting period. They suggested I go back to being a student.

United States 114

United States Founder India Venture Capital 114