thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support. The product has won a national award from the president of India for its empowerment of people with disabilities. Interviewstreet.com. Quantum Arc. ET Interactive.

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. You can find more on the topic on my blog at Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Rajeev wants to build a BPO firm in a place called Bolpur in West Bengal, India. But when I found out that Rajeev is a computer engineer, I suggested to him to build a cost-effective SEO services firm, which would be more interesting. Rajeev came with a list of commodity services like transcription, digitization, etc.

Cloud 117

Cloud Fractional CTO Entrepreneur Bandwidth 117

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

He seems to be worried about server costs and such and is trying to do high dollar value deals without reference customers. As long as the deals cover his infrastructure costs, he should not be worried. Value Of Insight Consulting, Inc. Last up, Todd Clark with Value Of Insight Consulting, Inc. , Photo by lco.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Overall, I like this notion of social shipping, since as we become a more global world, and as e-commerce takes off in more geographies, this could be a service not only applicable to Costa Rica, but much more broadly in many nations. and each book costs $375 retail. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

5- More due to low costs. The cost of technology and the services needed to start and run a business has come down dramatically. Thanks to Bruno Pešec, Pesec Global ! #14- million workers and generate revenue of $1.9 Thanks to Matt Scott, Termite Survey ! #5- Photo Credit: Michael Zipurzky. Photo Credit: Ana Savuica.

Entrepreneur 137

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

For a small company that has revenue and accounts receivable, you probably are more inclined to Monetary Policy as it has more to do with your ability to access debt capital from banks through credit lines. Inflation may seem like a neutral thing for a business – your costs may be going up, but your revenue should be going up as well, right?

China 74

China Startup Offshore Silicon Valley 74

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In People want to be in their homes, not in a nursing home.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. mba india. Global Warning!

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Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. Globally, only 38% of SMEs currently export overseas, even to markets right next door. Globally, SMEs that sell overseas generate average revenues of US$1.5 Some worry about the costs of exporting.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

Sushi – a food that has reached its tentacles around the world and is now served in over 20,000 restaurants outside Japan, can be considered a truly successful global product. Localisation, or l10n, is the process of adapting a global product or content to a specific local market. Localisation reduces risks and costs.

New Zealand 74

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Gnosis India. Next Anuj Mishra with Gnosis India presented an idea of doing highly technical workshops (CAD, Robotics) for students all around India, including rural India. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. I asked him to abandon this idea and find a better one.

Channel 115

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 12, 2012

It costs money to attract customers and clients, and even more to serve and retain them. The fund is intended to help young businesses spend their investment capital on revenue-generating activities, not on technology purchases. Help Going Global. Hire someone? They’ll need equipment and a place to sit.

Angel Investor 133

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The country also provides DesignCrowd with its largest source of designers, and revenues there have doubled in the last six months alone. A typical logo design project costs $200 to $400 and gets over 100 different designs. Lynch explains that this stems from how people in the US have embraced crowdsourcing.

Design 118

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

OrangeScape positions itself as an Application Platform As A Service (APaaS) provider, and has some marquee customers in India including Unilever, Citibank, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sterlite. One of the primary drivers of the switch is cost. They will now be leveraging the 1M/1M-Persistent channel to go to market in the United States.

Entrepreneur 114

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

First up, Sumit Jha from New Delhi, India, presented EduMark , a real estate education program for the nascent Indian market that Sumit is already selling successfully, and wondering how to take to the next level of scale. At 1/12th the cost, 1M/1M provides far more value.". Business Intelligenze. IndiaCollegeSearch.

India 115

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

And we have decided to address the gap at $1,000 a year rather than the $85,000 a year that HBS would cost you. Next Badri Badrinarayanan V S, from Chennai, India, pitched DiaSof , a software-based solution for disease management of diabetes patients in India. Jay does not have that yet.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

It is much better to grow organically with revenue. In 1M/1M premium, we do invest in certain companies on a revenue sharing basis and create channel partnerships with one or more of our partners. I happen to be a huge critic of Groupon's 'expand geographies at all cost' strategy. Cortese Design Bags.

Business Model 122

Business Model New Hampshire Dallas Entrepreneur 122

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

First up was Robert Woltz with Application Services International , whose product EMPAS will provide an on-line low cost solution that benefits medical institutions searching for qualified, credentialed and verified candidates. Instead, let me talk about the other three businesses we discussed today: Application Services International.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

How is Aaron going to cover his substantial costs? Next Laval Bhatt with Trinity Business Solutions discussed his fledgling consulting company in India offering business requirements analysis and a set of other services to IT consulting companies and a variety of other segments. Trinity Business Solutions. Photo by wax115.

Bootstrapping 113

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Google PPC is a key channel for customer acquisition for many e-commerce and online businesses, yet keywords have become quite competitive, and the costs of campaigns for certain keywords tend to be extremely high. Also, Kimbra Orr with Kimbra Studios presented an interesting business selling photo jewelry that is already at $750k revenue.

PPC 114

PPC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Incubator 114

Transformify

AUGUST 16, 2020

Transformify , a UK-based Freelancer Management System (FMS), has partnered up with Xoxoday , an HR Software company based in India that has offices in Singapore, Australia, the US, Ireland and the Philippines, to boost its expansion across Asia. During the last few months, Transformify has seen a 500% increase in demand in India alone.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The difference between many of these companies and what we saw back in 1999 is that there are real revenues and revenue growth at many of these companies--and their costs are largely in people, which can always be trimmed down. Facebook is doing billions in revenues. LinkedIn has great revenue growth. stock market."

Angel Investor 104

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

First up today was John Bertoni with Mava Consulting , who is setting up a part-time sales force for companies to use without having to invest the fully loaded cost of a direct sales rep per geography. So, effectively, at the cost of one full-time sales rep, they can access coverage in four different regions.

Vertical 115

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2011

Kelly's business has already done about $150,000 in revenue in 2010, which tells me that she has successfully validated at least some of her assumptions. Then Kelly Fallis pitched Remote Stylist , a personalized interior decoration advice service coupled with e-commerce in the domain of furniture and furnishings.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Vertical Massachusetts 114

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Who funds the operating costs? Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Again, the issue of for-profit versus nonprofit came up.

Massachusetts 113

Massachusetts Entrepreneur Open Source Silicon Valley 113

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high.

Bootstrapping 114

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

companies pay more to intermediaries for the same service, because it will still cost them less than paying the higher tax burden imposed by the Congress. The pursuit of short-term tax revenues as the expense of sound long-term industrial planning is yet another example of tunnel vision among Washington policymakers.

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Transformify

MARCH 20, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak has an extremely negative effect on the global economy and especially in those countries and cities where all businesses have been asked to close. It is highly likely that thousands of small businesses will go bankrupt as few can afford to pay rent and salaries while generating no revenue at all.

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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Global Economics. If your app was too popular, the costs would explode,” says entrepreneur Alexander Marktl, whose startup, Sonico Mobile, makes a foreign-language translation app. “As Globally, sales of voice recognition software for wireless devices should reach $21.3 India Has Room for More Monetary Easing. Technology.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

These businesses were helping people straighten their teeth at a much lower cost and with less pain than traditional alternatives such as braces. If manufacturers can increase productivity , they can produce more without increasing costs, then they are more globally competitive. Photo Credit: Alex Dask.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 147

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

A couple weeks ago, we dug into internal site search & found that in some cases , searches performed by only 10% of the site’s total traffic made up nearly 40% of the companies overall revenue. ” As international sales for global eCommerce is projected to reach $1.5 But we’ve only just scratched the surface.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

Our server costs, we're on track to be 200%, 300%. So, in some ways, for sure our costs have gone up, and we're trying to fast forward all these programs to support people even more. Sal Khan : how do we keep up with the costs of things? Sometimes, I'm in negotiations with partners around revenue or something. That helps.

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