ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

It is home to over 680 million people and over 400 million internet users- nearly 70% of the population. The report predicts that the region’s internet economy can cross $300 billion by 2025. According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Looking to another part of the world, a number of analysts are betting that China, the most populous country on the planet, will take up some demographic slack and be the growth engine of the future. Infrastructure will need to be redone and rethought, creating a lot of openings for building and technology innovators.

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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. In 2030, India is expected to surpass China in population.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Silicon Valley — another American racist/sexist shithole just like the Segregated South When the Internet first came around in the mid-1990s, it was herald as “The Great Equalizer” where anybody with a keyboard can start an e-commerce shop, publish their works and reach the world to millions who are also attached to the Internet.

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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.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Action Point: Core to every strategic session for any company of ambition should include these simple questions: • What is your China strategy? In the U.S.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Last month the National Venture Capital Association released a survey which reflected investor’s optimism on high-risk startups, and gave every indication that VCs would continue to invest, particularly in IT, mobile, and cloud-based technologies. International entrepreneurship will see strong growth while the US market may plateau.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Obviously, none of us can accurately determine what the future will hold, but thanks to globalization, rapid advances in the scientific and technological sectors, and a very connected online world ( among other things ), change is happening faster than ever before. And in the 21st century, it will take China and India just 15 years.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2012

But the three standout countries in terms of ambition are United Arab Emirates (95-percent), South Africa (85-percent) and India (81-percent). Technology rules their lives. We know that the Millennials are defined by their love for and use of technology, but how much do they really embrace the Internet and their devices?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That’s right – many young professionals and college graduates actually admit that they would sacrifice salary and attractive employment opportunities for social media and technology freedom. That’s pretty insane. But there’s more. But there’s more.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Singapore-based early-stage technology seed fund Golden Gate Ventures has announced investments into cloud-based inventory and sales management SaaS solutions provider TradeGecko , online grocer RedMart and mobile payment provider Coda Payments. ” “It reminds me of what China was in the early 2000′s,” adds Paine.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

With the extensive focus on how the internet has divided Americans over the last two years, it’s hard to keep an eye on how it’s benefited businesses worldwide. If you had a location in Turkey currently, you might find yourself in dire straits, but your location in China may more than offset the losses in Turkey’s current economic crisis.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When we say on-demand, the glorious image of Silicon Valley and its technological environs pops up in the layman’s mind, and even that may be too imaginative. The catalyst for this disruption is obvious: Technological integration. Uber lost its battle in China to Didi Chuxing, a battle that allegedly cost them over 2 billion.

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Start Up Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

This chart above is from a new World Economic Forum report, Deep Shift: Technology Tipping Points and Societal Impact , predicts 21 dates in the future when previously unimaginable innovations will enter our daily lives, transforming the way we live and the way communities and governments function. Reality: We are already wearing technology.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I overviewed the growth of the global internet and penetration, noting that the future of the Web was going to be driven by emerging countries, as mobile connectivity continues to be more ubiquitous and the West is largely penetrated. Globalization of the Internet. conference in NYC, in September 2010. We are interdependent.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

This is based on advancements in health care infrastructure in India and China, as well as a rapidly aging Japanese population. Technological upkeep and maintenance. percent from 2014 to 2020. See Also: What Small Business Opportunities Does the Future Hold? Previously, this equipment was only accessible in a hospital or clinic.

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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. There were a sum total of three or four “venture capital” funds in Pittsburgh at the time, and none of them had done much with this new fangled thing called the Internet.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2018

A finalist in the Health and Wearables Technology category, AirPop is pioneering the innovation of air wearables for personal and public health. million daily active users, expand into India as a second home market and launch the second generation of our Halo Sensor that has significantly more sophisticated sensing capabilities.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Action Point : Core to every strategic session for any company of ambition should include these simple questions: • What is your China strategy? Your India strategy? • How can they find you? How do you market to them? • This is HARD.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

While I typically write about innovation in software and the Internet (which are the two areas I invest in), it’s useful to occasionally step back and tell a story about innovation in a different area that I’ve been exposed to. Innovation happens all over the place.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

Today’s modern technology means that the growth potential of SMEs is not limited by the size of the communities around them. Left to go it alone, SMEs turn to the internet, the media and their logistics service providers for expertise on exporting. Serving the community by looking beyond it. times more likely to achieve rapid growth.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 15, 2014

Mobile represents 15% of internet traffic, growing at 150% per year but users spend 87% of their time on mobile on applications (vs. mobile internet), so this underestimates the actual penetration. India is following with companies like Flipkart which grew its revenues 5x last year.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

The advent of the Internet means that geographical and social boundaries no longer inhibit business and we are now living in an era of interconnection. In India, where eating cows is against the religion of 80% of the population, beef is not on the menu.

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Reid Hoffman

APRIL 14, 2014

billion people in China, India, and other developing countries will join the global middle class. Dealing with resource scarcity will compel companies to adopt new technologies, new manufacturing processes, and new management practices — all of which will drive innovation faster and faster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

In this age of technology, the advent of a better alternative is inevitable. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet. Disrupt your own success before someone else does.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

We live in an age where only 10% of Internet users are in the US, where China and India will soon make up over 50% of global GDP, and innovation hubs are springing up from Nairobi to Santiago to Jakarta (as well as throughout the US).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Public market holdings aren't dominated by internet companies with questionable business models the way they were in the late 90's. On March 20, 2000, Barron's wrote, "America's 371 publicly traded Internet companies have grown to the point that they are collectively valued at $1.3 trillion, which amounts to about 8% of the entire U.S.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). Look out China, we’ll advise you into submission! A conducive business environment.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. 250 million Internet users.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2015

These users, living in fast-developing countries like China, India, and Indonesia, will soon start to develop their own spending power. Smartphones are now responsible for a third of internet access , up from 23% in 2014. Targeting Global Markets. This represents a huge number of potential new customers.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

If investors observing this extraordinary phenomenon in 1996 were to have concluded that the technology market was in the midst of an unsustainable bubble, they would not have been wrong. The Internet bull market continued to run for four more years after the Open Market IPO, finally ending in the spring of 2000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

In this age of technology, the advent of a better alternative is inevitable. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet. Disrupt your own success before someone else does.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser. Internet Explorer. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 19, 2019

Businesses all over the world – including startups – have sourced their product manufacturing in China for over a decade now. But in the past few years, a number of news articles and blogs have speculated whether China remains a low-cost destination for manufacturers. Why China sourcing is still popular.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2019

Startups in developing economies, for instance, are addressing their issues through ingenious technologies and solutions. Nevertheless, the East provides countless opportunities covering a wide range of sectors, such as information and communication technology, energy, and finance. India’s economy is lucrative to say the least.

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