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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. at 11:03 AM.

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Signs That It’s Time to Pivot Your Business and How to Do It

Up and Running

Well, frankly, some aspects of your business may tell you — weak sales or finding that one product is consistently selling out are both common trends worth paying attention to. Break down your sales and cash flow by product. Cash flow can weaken for many reasons, including poor sales and high costs.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. It was also used as a project management tool & document storage system for the largest private bank in Europe who even stored images of their bank vaults on our servers.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

Europe is roughly the same as the US. Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. Producers can cost-effectively test formats and build fans as they go.

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There Are Only 3 Ways to Increase Online Sales (Are You Optimizing For All of Them?)

ConversionXL

There are three ways to grow sales – online and offline both. So what are these 3 ways to increase online sales? It’s the most expensive part of increasing sales. Since this is what I mostly write about on this blog , I’ll move on to the next 2 ways to increase online sales. #2: Only three.

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How To Sell To Consumers In Europe

YoungUpstarts

You cannot look at Europe as one playground. You need to do local research on competitors, pricing, service levels, potential marketplaces, operational cost, search trends, local VAT etc. By doing research you will see where you probably have the most chance of succeeding: Knowing the exact cost is crucial. Market places.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Some countries in Europe may have lost their AAA ratings, but they have not lost their appetite to innovate and create new online services. The passengers compensate the driver for the gas and toll costs, making it a fair trade. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10).