crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

10 Psychological Triggers To Boost Revenues – crowdspring.co/1rXsiql. Do Comments Actually Increase Your Search Traffic? Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China | Tuts+ Web Design – crowdspring.co/1yCnrPZ. Using Trello For A Job Search: Less Stress, More Process – crowdspring.co/1As3Y9b.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

9- More in search of surplus income. While America may be taking a step back in terms of entrepreneurship, countries such as India and China which have greatly improved the education and resources available to their citizens will benefit from an increase in ingenuity in the future. 16- More in search of one’s craft & purpose.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Is it a cryptocurrency exchange or a job-search website? There are three calls to action, all of them related to job searches. Seeing something irrelevant is not reassuring—especially Chinese text when you’re not in China. The second drop-down with “What is your current revenue?” The first thing you see?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

A VC: MBA Mondays: Revenue Models – Subscriptions – [link]. SEO For Facebook Graph Search? Facebook Has Some Tips | Search Engine Land - [link]. Verizon finds US developer outsourced his job to China so he could surf Reddit and watch cat videos - [link]. Why Startups Die | The Next Web - [link].

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. The question is – why? What Does this Mean?

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Eric Friedman

APRIL 21, 2008

My friend Shivan pointed out this fact today via Search Engine Land : The Chinese Internet has surpassed the US in terms of overall users. According to BDA China (reported in USAToday) there are more than 220 million Chinese Internet users (17 percent of the population) compared with 216 in the US (71 percent).

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Facebook is forecasting Q4 revenues of $3.6-3.8bn, We’ve seen the same trend play out on Google over the last few years where paid search in many categories is now too expensive for startups. A number of our companies have enjoyed great success advertising on Facebook and they’re not alone. That means higher prices.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2013

Anu Madgavkar, senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute , shared these and more interesting insights into small businesses in Asia during a sharing session organized by search giant Google. Many SMEs also reported an average of 13% improvement in productivity from using web technologies such as Google Apps.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

Intel under their last two CEOs delivered more revenue and profit than any ever before. And it also requires understanding the differences between executing the existing business model, extending the business model and searching for and disrupting the business model. They knew how to execute the current business model. Lessons Learned.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

For instance, Columbia has launched a variety of explicitly interdisciplinary centers in recent years, including the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute , Columbia Data Science Institute ; the Brown Institute for Media Innovation ; or cross-school courses such as Columbia Business and Engineering’s Research to Revenue course.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

TBR believes the Skylake-Windows 10 combination will spur purchases from users with older Windows XP or Windows 7 PCs who deferred upgrading to Windows 8, but fail to generate the momentum necessary to reverse the PC market’s streak of year-to-year revenue decline. Germany and China – to discover how they are using their devices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Now you can get a product built in China almost overnight with minimal up-front cost, with delayed payment based on first-customer order commitments.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Here’s what most of us probably do – go down to somewhere like Change Alley in the financial district, check the foreign exchange rates mounted on digital screens at each money changer, and search for the best rate. Then we queue up like every responsible Singaporean does and wait for our turn.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. Simply fill out a profile about yourself and your goals, and then search the mentor profiles that match your needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Now you can get a product built in China almost overnight with minimal up-front cost, with delayed payment based on first-customer order commitments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Don’t sign up for outside search-engine optimization, public relations or other experts until your business is generating revenue. Find do-it-yourself facilities for hardware prototypes.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2017

billion in revenue by 2019. Likewise, China search-engine giant Baidu is attempting to accelerate the consumer buy-in by investing a hefty USD 1.52 Hopeful that consumers will slowly gain confidence in this novel driving-assistance technology, these corporations expect a surge in consumers buy-in projecting SS3.22

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2013

But in conducting product searches, your potential customers must sift through a mountain of information from many companies. A mini-site is more than an online storefront or a display window,” explains Tommy Zhou, international trade manager for Guangdong Yichao Biological, a China-based maker of chewable vitamins, capsules and candies.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM), like cohort analysis , yourself. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The opportunity to transact at the point of purchase increases the sheer number of revenue opportunities.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Costolo clearly wants to position Twitter as a complementary part of the media ecosystem (which it is by and large) rather than a competitor, and there remains a chance that Twitter will have other forms of revenue besides ads. Here’s why: Virtually all of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Online startup communities, such as Go Big Network and Fundingpost , also make it possible for investors to search for new opportunities. Launching a business often involves dips in revenue, and a startup will only survive if it can manage expenses during this fragile time. Look for a Strong Team. Investors Look at Salaries.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

Groupon China happens to be a customer of Recruiterbox, and found them through organic search. Then Danny Wong from Shanghai, China, presented GemKitty , a custom jewelry design site that is having difficulty finding its core customer base. Guerrilla p.r. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Because we achieved our most aggressive revenue targets and built a strong community, we realized that we had a broader opportunity to change the world of graphic design. Size of Opportunity - market size, revenue or usage, exit outcome and their ability to get equity early are all important.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 15, 2014

In addition, consumers are spending a lot of time searching for information that they use to buy in retail stores and mobile is a very powerful tool for this use case. China represents 60% of this market with companies like JD.com (212m orders and $14B GMV in the first 9 months of 2013), Alibaba ($160B sales in 2012) and IQiyi ($2.6B

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Now you can get a product built in China almost overnight with minimal up-front cost, with delayed payment based on first-customer order commitments.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. The next chunk comes from Facebook’s platform, in essence “taxing” the revenues of app developers like Zynga, which represents 15% of revenue.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

however, public SaaS companies like Concur, Saba, Taleo, LivePerson and Ultimate are growing 50-100% per year and trading at an average 5x trailing revenue multiples (I excluded salesforce leading the pack with 9x!) whereas traditional software companies of this size have a growth rate of less than 10% and revenue multiples of 2-2.5x.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

It is generally accepted that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 , was first seen in Wuhan, China, during the last days of 2019. It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. Crisis versus opportunity: Setting the Scene. This virus is a zoonotic virus. Final thoughts.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2015

So around 800 AD some clever folks in China developed the world’s first paper currency, which served as a kind of “promise” against a future payment of something else, such as precious metals. The Mobile Phone (1973). pounds) but the functionality.

Small Business 48

Small Business Social Media China Mobile 48

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

You can search the whole world round and not find a sector that better fits this description than water. But fortunately, there are some cutting-edge entrepreneurs working wonders on solving the challenges of this one thing. What is it? All around the world water shortages long ago crossed the crisis threshold. In California. New Mexico.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 26, 2010

P.S. To survive in the new economic world order, it is imperative to focus on businesses that have strong, blended public and private sector revenue models. You can search the whole world round and not find a sector that better fits this description than water. What is it? In California. New Mexico. Georgia and Florida.

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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

That’s triggered a wave of new apps where users can shop, search, play games, or otherwise use their phones through voice alone. The app Voice Actions, made by Pannous, taps Nuance software to let users set alarms and reminders, get news, and do image searches. Jack Ma Is the Loneliest Billionaire in China. Google Plus.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As you discover new information increase your search terms. In revenue, market share and growth rate. He quickly realized that he could keep adding information to the columns in the third mapping pass as he read through the reports and web sites. Google and Google Scholar are your best friends. Detailed Industry Understanding.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

When you tag your email, paid search, display, organic and paid socially shared urls, you are going to ensure that your analytics solution will capture the source accurately (even in all those cases where there is no referrer). Transactions, Revenue and Ecommerce Conversion Rate. What do you learn from this report?

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Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. Bryce is a bit like the entrepreneurs I search for. I love that.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

billion in revenue annually. Yuan came to the United States on his eighth attempt to migrate from China. When a couple of Chicago software developers working on Apartments.com's lookup searches got tired of phoning restaurants to order takeout, it dawned on them: Why isn't there a one-stop shop for food delivery?

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