thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Today, he gave a speech to a crowd of 20,000 at Madision Square Garden, outlining steps he is taking to cut bureaucratic red tape and encourage the Indian diaspora to invest back into India. In 2030, India is expected to surpass China in population.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Emerging market governments often implement measures that support industrialization and prompt economic expansion. Fintech businesses have been thriving in Brazil in the last 10 years as more and more people have access to internet and cheap smartphones that give them access to mobile payment apps. on average. The Bottom Line.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Your India strategy? • And an environment that encourages and demands learning and constant improvement of people and processes. In the U.S. How can they find you?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

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. The cost estimated in India was 150-180 U.S.D A mobile app is on its way. We plan to expand to other categories like music, dance, arts etc.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

Every product must be perceived as different and unique, but without overestimating the customer’s demand for it. The clients, competitors, providers, intermediaries — distributors — and other public (such as the government or the press), are known as the company’s micro-moments. They have a direct relationship with the brand.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world. The post Drinking from a Firehose appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser. Internet Explorer. In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. My Journal.

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Reid Hoffman

APRIL 14, 2014

billion people in China, India, and other developing countries will join the global middle class. In this scenario, skyrocketing demand for scarce natural resources will lead to unchecked carbon emissions, water wars, massive deforestation, $100 Big Macs for the rich and cricket-meat Bug Macs for everyone else.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

Periodic or on-demand reports are one possibility, but we can do much better. In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi. "Spy satellites produced far more raw information than the government's battalion of overworked analysts could handle. We can learn to see.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To achieve that vision, we need new technologies; new collaborative strategies between governments, NGOs, and the private sector; new methods of sharing and scaling what works. And we—those of us who govern the status quo or have powerful positions within the status quo—need to make room for entrepreneurs and encourage them.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. In March of 2009 EliteEditing.com launched, and I would run back and forth to an Internet café five blocks from my office to manage work coming through and to take business calls. That’s it. That’s what we do.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

But if that observation led them to refrain from investing in the Internet sector, they would have missed one of the most stunning legal creations of wealth in history. The Internet bull market continued to run for four more years after the Open Market IPO, finally ending in the spring of 2000.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Cracking The Code. Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? The way I do it.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. Perhaps attending meetup groups, or reaching out to any business planning and government led assistance programs in your city would be a good start (CYBF in Canada). startupcto

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Happy Look Like an Idiot on the Internet Day. If your desire was to make yourself look like an ignorant internet troll … I believe you have succeeded.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes.

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