crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This offline stage, responding to Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act, is a massive barrier to global trade and the market demands its elimination.

Small Business 75

Small Business South Africa North America New Zealand 75

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. But this isn’t restricted to distributed teams, multi-country environments or even large companies. We faced it when we were small. Lived it.

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Ireland Sales Bankruptcy Germany 319

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

As our group sweltered in the July heat on the outskirts of Cairo , each of these purported minions of the state — none of whom wore a uniform or badge — in turn blocked our entry, determined to exercise the modest amount of authority bestowed on him by demanding that my host surrender his digital SLR camera.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

One of our top goals was always to have a New York showroom, especially one who had established relationships with the top accounts from Europe, the Middle East and Russia. My first goal was to establish a strong distribution channel here in the US. One of my personal goals has always been retention.

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Los Angeles Sales Atlanta New York 78

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In places where international diplomacy had failed, citizens around the world found their individual and collective voices to topple dictatorships and demand better lives for themselves and future generations. Spotify came to the the US from Europe this year, and TaskRabbit and Outbrain just raised money to grow beyond the US.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. There was no demand in companies for using a wide area network like the Internet and they didn’t believe that the demand would ever be there so we got no funding.

Silicon Valley 139

Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder 139

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). We discussed European VC, which is rumored to be down by up to 82%. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2016

Balancing business and family, and ensuring demand for your product were key lessons shared by two veteran entrepreneurs on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. There was no demand in companies for using a wide area network like the Internet and they didn’t believe that the demand would ever be there so we got no funding.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley California Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

Innovate radically to invent new ways to distribute consumer goods. We can no longer buy an audience on demand. Brands that have a share of voice in the new media landscape will be ready to participate in emerging distribution channels when they arrive. One of which will certainly be theirs. Be brand leader in the category.

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Australia Distribution Asia Channel 93

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Europe faced a similar fate and funding for the third quarter in Europe totalled $16 billion, down 44% year over year from $28 billion. Two weeks ago in San Francisco, a conversation with tech lawyers from the US and Europe was a confirmation of what I read in the news. It’s an investors market.

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Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 173

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. SailPoint also added six new delivery and reseller partners in North America and Europe, expanding its geographic reach and centers of expertise.

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Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Markets are taking a rollercoaster ride as people speculate what will happen in both Europe and America, while the growth in the Far East that was supposed to be helping has so far not materialized. Wherever you are in the world, you’d have to have been hiding pretty well to escape all the news of economic gloom and doom.

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PR B2B SEO PPC 82

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. Annualised, this would be 2.7x larger than last year!

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

Booking.com is the unquestioned leader in online travel in Europe, and represents a substantial portion of TPG’s astounding $35B market capitalization. Booking.com was not always the online leader in Europe – in fact they were a disrupter stealing the flag from other large incumbents. Let’s start with Facebook.

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Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. It’s taking time to finish the product because you’re super expensive iPhone developers (they’re in high demand) are not as good as you like (they’re super high in demand). These phones were so over hyped.

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Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Burnt out and spent, Ferris decided to go on a two-week vacation in Europe and delegated his work to a team of virtual assistants. Ferris eventually sold BrainQuicken and became a best-selling author, in-demand blogger, business consultant, motivator, and popular endorser.

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Meanwhile in Europe. Help is not exactly on the way. The new normal – Source Viola Ventures.

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SBA Technical Review Startup 124

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

It sucks when it happens as you miss the window for servicing the demand that exists, but it’s a much better problem to have than to end up with a lot of excess inventory which doesn’t move. For Europe you need CE certification. Should you simply take reservations in order to test demand and prove product-market fit?

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. Riku is now ready to launch in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and Europe! In 2016, we founded Melt On Demand together, an on-demand massage company.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Technical Review South Korea United States 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

From my consulting with entrepreneurs in Europe and other countries, I’m convinced that we all could benefit from adapting to meet their environments. Assemble a distributed A-team from top world talent. Even consumers here in the US are demanding a more responsible approach.

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Global Silicon Valley Marketing Indonesia 345

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

From my consulting with entrepreneurs in Europe and other countries, I’m convinced that we all could benefit from adapting to meet their environments. Assemble a distributed A-team from top world talent. Even consumers here in the US are demanding a more responsible approach.

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Silicon Valley Indonesia Venture Capital Global 312

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. I heard about a mermaid swimming school in Europe and immediately knew that’s what I wanted to do. First, we built relationships with 10+ colleges, getting distribution rights to their students.

Entrepreneur 63

Entrepreneur Ireland LLC Kansas 63

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I like to outsource from Eastern Europe – something about their code that just seems more throughout and requires less hand holding. www.elance.com and hire from eastern europe. Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. Focus on those core metrics and you should do fine.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Sure, in some ways it’s made it easier to have distributed staff and have clients all over the world, but we’ve lost the emotional impact of our communication when we don’t have that face-to-face. It’s in Singapore, in California and Europe or something. So there was no office for the company at all.

Conversion 56

Conversion Email Green Mobile 56

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

We sell art prints and posters and outsource the printing and fulfillment to companies in the USA and in Europe. Being an entrepreneur demands you to learn so many different aspects of businesses – from strategy, sales, marketing, and service – and each is a universe unto their own that entrepreneurs must embrace and master.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Sri Lanka LLC United States 95

VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2010

Medical product giant Baxter International and Israeli biopharmaceutical company Kamada entered into a definitive distribution agreement for Glassia, the first and only liquid, ready-to-use Alpha1-Proteinase inhibitor that treats genetic lung-damaging disorder alpha-1 antitryspin (AAT). Domestic demand in Israel leaped 8.7

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Switzerland New Zealand Europe 79

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The boundaryless era, the time for distributed teams. Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. Remote-Distributed (a.k.a. There are plenty of companies poised to serve your needs in Bangalore, the Philippines, and across Eastern Europe.

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Distribution San Francisco Silicon Valley El Salvador 117

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Yeah, you should get out more Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things Skype Demands Mobile App Nimbuzz Remove Support, Effective October 31st Shunned By Apple, Adobe Embraces Android With AIR 2.5 Height has a pretty tight, normal distribution. link] start up « Orthoblaino’s Blog [.]

Cofounder 66

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

While today’s market is shared with a few companies like SOASTA, Keynote and Gomez who all offer testing as a service for larger enterprises, it is not adequate to meet the demand for a self-service solution. It’s quick, it’s on demand, it’s inexpensive – there is no longer a need to compromise on quality.

Cloud 106

Cloud North America EC2 106

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. To stand out and demand a premium, media companies will have to go back to doing actual journalistic work.

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. MailVision. Saguna Networks.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Assisted by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of communism in Eastern Europe and a burgeoning new communications technology called the internet , borders and knowledge opened up. The financial benefits of the web are very unevenly distributed. Europe : the internet has become a battle around Data and Privacy.

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China Europe Internet Government 118

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

It covers both Europe ant the US, it is easy, fast and free. Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. It should be added to this great list.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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Government Distribution Stock United States 280