ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. The idea is interesting, but needs positioning and validation with the right set of target customers. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

So will failing to understand your customers. Successful founders have a laser-like focus and commitment; a keen understanding of customers’ needs; and a tenacious spirit, said the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. ” … Women (in India) were not safe.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

First up, Satya Choppadhandi from Bangalore, India, presented Evolutech Networks, a company that manufactures wireless energy monitoring devices for the smart home. The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. These resellers buy devices from the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, at the roundtable, we had a discussion around the topic, especially in the context of specific geographies that were represented at the session: Dublin, Ireland, and Kolkata, India. In India, five of the seven major metros are seeing significant improvement in entrepreneurial energy. Let's look at today's presenters. Discuss.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

The device is now used in six countries; in 3 states in India alone there are now 11,000 devices in the field, saving the lives of millions of babies each year. Even if are not a software developer, hardware hacker or bio engineer – I am confident that you know people who are. Work is love made visible.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2020

Be your own ally, and make your motivation and passion the main engine of your business. As an entrepreneur, we need to be grateful to our clients, customers, and even to the prospects. While there are many software development companies not just across India but worldwide, I have made sure I carve my niche.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. Add to this the Not-Invented-Here (NIH) syndrome that most e-commerce companies in India have - will they buy Indrajit's product?

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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.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But our goal is to make sure that these businesses are sustainable, have customers, revenues, and profits. It turns out that in my Vision India 2020 book, I have a similar project called FDBI. Her market penetration plan is to start with India, and she wanted to know what kinds of options/connections we could provide.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution. Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. SurgeForth has since graduated to paying customers, and is making good progress. Cion has 18 customers and is considering funding.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It is particularly satisfying for me to work with these entrepreneurs because I have long believed that India needs to diversify out of pure labor arbitrage. Other discussions on India's need for product companies have also been equally controversial. I like this business very much, and believe it can be a large, and important company.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

it is powered by 3D game engineering, a multibillion-pound entertainment sector that now makes more money than the film industry. Within the second quarter of 2019, we will have our first investor on board to accelerate our development process by hiring more developers and civil engineers. including those that benefit construction?—?it

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Binpress is a discovery engine, and as such, they are using PPC and SEO campaigns, promoting through other coding marketplaces, and creating partnerships in order to drive traffic to the site. I suspect that many users from India would be really happy to fulfill a component request for a $50, even if it takes them.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. I asked him about his customer acquisition strategy and heard the word "advertising" a lot: Facebook advertising. Or, bootstrap longer.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India. It would be much cheaper to acquire customers this way. Subscription Carpool Service. Discuss.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. Some founders go GD1 whilst still based in Singapore, some make their move to the US to be closer to their users/customers. If you need to partner with other businesses to reach customers/users who are consumers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Class 3: Our guest speaker for session 3 was Anja Manuel , former State Department official, founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel and author of This Brave New World : India, China and the United States. If you can’t see Anja Manuel ‘s talk click here . Lessons Learned. 20 th Century U.S.-centric

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As such, creating a functional clone of Gust (including all the features under the hood, and ones that have not yet been released), using world-class engineers and state-of-the-art, 2012 project management in Ruby on Rails, would take roughly 20 person-years from soup to nuts (figure about 1/3 of that in product/UX/UI and 2/3 in actual coding.)

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Marcial proposes to use friends living in the United States to transport products on behalf of consumers in Costa Rica who are regular customers of products from the US e-commerce vendors. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt. and each book costs $375 retail. Ten people paying $37.50 ResortHunt. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. Statisco Economic Analytics. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Another important function of the medical tourism facilitator, besides functioning as a liaison between the patient and medical personnel, is to find an affordable package for the customer that includes costs related to travel expenses, medical bills, lodging costs, and so on. Step #1: Get a Feasibility Analyst Report. Local Market.

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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. They will also focus on their “customers’ headaches”, not just their needs and wants, and work on making sure they come back.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Rangrut.com.

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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

MARCH 24, 2011

Monetization models, while not yet validated, can come from charging the customer base that is already acquainted with the service, as well as selling the white label solutions to colleges. Chris is primarily trying to assess his customer acquisition strategy, which requires that people see the game being played. Photo by nazreth.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Thanks to Justin Thomas, Journey Engine ! #3- 13- By being customer-centric Photo Credit: Shawn Plummer Whenever your motivation starts to drop, think of the customers who are relying on you to fulfill their needs. Being customer-centric means you are constantly wanting to learn about the changing needs of your customers.

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

At the same time, the stock markets collapsed, and most businesses already report skyrocketing losses, unmet revenue targets and insufficient stock due to production slow down in China, India and the rest of the world. Over the last decade, a new trend emerged as tech talent was scarce where it was needed the most.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

This company provides a crowdsourced customer service solution to enterprises. Gio pitched it to me as a crowdsourced BPO, but I think he will have more success if he simply focuses on customer service as his core value proposition. They already have several customers including some telcos, and are at about $350,000 in revenues.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Well, it turns out that with about $900,000 and 12 months, Siobhan can get to paying customers. Rajan, however, needs to negotiate his early customers better.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2018

How do you launch a new search engine when Google is omnipresent? Or, how do you succeed as an eCommerce store when customers are already happy with Amazon? For one, you already know where to find customers. A new entrant to the market may thus gain customers by providing them an experience that is vastly superior.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. 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. and an affiliate program would also help with customer acquisition.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. Currently we are only operational in Mumbai, India and focusing on cooking and baking classes in the city. Then I decided to return to India and visited a dentist for an enquiry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. They paid engineers $4,000 more entry-point. Engineering vs. non-engineering. [00:10:32]

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I was in the yellow group, so our question was “How are the customer values changing? Companies can keep up by listening to their customers via social media or other feedback mechanisms. And to top it all off, she is an engineer. customers transport and assemble furniture. customers have broader problems.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In addition, empathy will help you deal with all your current and potential customers or clients. These people can be your potential customers or clients, investors or business partners, and even possible mentors. With this quality, you will be able to understand your target audience, their needs and wants.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 9, 2017

Learning local customs is second nature to me. Nowadays, whether it is talking to a cab driver or a prospective customer, my first instinct is to find some snippet of information that will enable me to connect with them and their background. Even in a completely new country, the first thing I try to do is learn key phrases and customs.

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