The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2018

Things get even more difficult for people who are not tech-savvy and often have to depend on third-party web developers and designers as these service usually come with a big price tag. So what to do when you have many other (more important) start-up costs to cover and are unable to afford a web developer? Source: Openvine.

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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. For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we teamed up with the Indian Angel Network (IAN).

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.” despite having lots of competitors.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

There is not enough flexibility in them to really embrace change and use creative, innovative and hungry developers to the best of their abilities. Let's face realities here: it's no doubt tempting and cool for many developers to work for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter to name but a few. and a team in the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. One thing Vin said that I liked a lot is that the Malaysian government is spending heavily on tourism development campaigns, and Qyzzy may be able to become a part of that campaign. That sounds great. Let me summarize some of the highlights of the discussion.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 31, 2006

I had dinner tonight with a portfolio company CEO who has managed to shift most of his resources to India. Today the company has almost 100 employees in India, over 30 of whom have been with the company for 5+ years. All of the main architecture and design is still done in the US, but all of the development is done offshore.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

LESSON #1: Equip your business with a portfolio map and a 21st century org chart. To do the same, Alex recommends building two things: a business portfolio map that recognizes invention as necessary and an updated organization chart. So that gives us two different management structures for these two different portfolios.”

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sisu is currently expanding its product portfolio and geographic scale to develop additional cutting-edge, patented, clinically proven medical devices, and to create a system for medical device commercialization in emerging markets. Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 6, 2020

As investors try to navigate the COVID-19 world, they’re taking a hard look at their portfolios and solving for the new normal. In the past month however, I have fielded an increasingly number of inquiries from investors in more developed countries who want to enter the sector.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

Sjamsul Nursalim of Indonesia invested in Singapore property development to increase his $830 million net worth. The more you can diversify your business portfolio the better, which is why many global businesses became global. For example, computer technology is booming in India, and few countries can beat Japan for manufacturing.

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BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

In our weekly partner’s meeting yesterday, we ended up in a discussion about the progression of offshore development in a variety of portfolio companies. In the end, the companies that were doing the best job with development were the ones that had their own operations offshore. 6 months later only 2 are left.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. Along those lines, our portfolio companies GrabCAD, SalesCrunch, and even CustomMade empower individuals to create and offer services regardless of their location.) East Coast, but a number of them have a significant number of team members outside the country (e.g.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2012

You may have thought debt bondage was a problem only in rural India. These are tech-based companies, innovators that are providing real value to consumers and developing long-term relationships with customers.”. But it’s happening at a strip mall near you. They have to pay a fee,” Harris says. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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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. So the first company I want to discuss today is OrangeScape, before I move on to today's presenters. A second is collaboration. Enter OrangeScape.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

As it happens almost every few years there was a new normal developing. Your early stage investment portfolio may no longer really be early stage. A lot of this capital is coming from non-traditional geographies like China, Russia, Middle East, India. Implications for LPs. There is too much capital coming into tech investing.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. Along those lines, our portfolio companies GrabCAD, SalesCrunch, and even CustomMade empower individuals to create and offer services regardless of their location.) East Coast, but a number of them have a significant number of team members outside the country (e.g.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

If you are a content producer or a freemium app or game developer, you would know, instantly, what I am talking about. In 2012, one of the greatest unaddressed pain points for the mobile and online industries is this overabundance of eyeballs that publishers, software, app and game developers are struggling to find monetization models for.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 11, 2018

I wrote about London and India observations in the last newsletter. This year I counted at least 5 sessions related to blockchain and cryptocurrency, with much more engagement and heated opinions…in fact Bill Barhydt, CEO of FPV portfolio company Abra went head to head with economist Nouriel Roubini and wrote about it after in this piece.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

Notable portfolio companies include Uber, Slack, Jet.com, FlatIron Health, Kobalt Music Group and many others. Typically invest in series C and above, notable portfolio companies include Stripe, Lyft, Robinhood, UI Path, Snap, Duolingo and many more household names. The website lists a handful of portfolio companies.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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The Next Web

JULY 23, 2013

Here he discusses how to manage relationships and make the most of outsourcing development work. Don’t hold on to stereotypes, and judge based on the performance and submitted portfolio. A $20 per hour job in India/Asia/South America could be the equivalent of a $200 per job in the US. Judge the work, not the person.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Warby Parker’s appeal as an innovative and admirable business is two-fold: First, they provide a one-for-one product, (the model that originated with TOMs shoes ) wherein for each pair of eyeglasses sold, the company will send someone in the developing world a pair too. Secondly, they provide more affordable eyewear here in the U.S.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It’s humbling to spend time in India. ” And just – you develop a pattern over time that no matter how many times I try to say no to you, I can’t. ” “Well, you get to be involved with our portfolio companies after we invest.” I kind of like that guy. I don’t know why.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Before I made the move, like many of my Austin colleagues and friends, I had developed a high-level impression of the city. Who was an original developer on which award-winning product? For example, Naya Ventures is an early-stage VC focused mainly on US and India-based companies, with a $50m fund and reportedly working on the next.

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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 should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Photo by emsago.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Italian Renaissance, Gupta dynasty in India and Ming dynasty in China were periods of more balance between the logical and creative and resulted in stable, cultured societies which fostered much innovation across sectors.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2016

In Cohn & Wolfe’s study (12,000 people participated from Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States), 69 percent of the participants claim customer relations is more important than the brand’s beliefs and environmental footprint.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Klyati Trehan , a design student from India created a phenomenally impressive project, combining science and typography to visually represent 26 inventions that have changed the world. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 1jToc1H.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. with demands for new products and services.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. In at least one case, one of my portfolio companies wasn’t able to source the parts they would have really wanted because Apple had locked up the entire supply chain for that part!

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Its intended for static pages and a portfolio of work, making it ideal for sole proprietorships or small design shops. » Price: $70 (Standard) or $150 (Developer). Price: $70 (Standard) or $150 (Developer). 2100/$51 CONSULTATION –HOME VISIT [INDIA] Rs.11000/$251 2100/$51 CONSULTATION –HOME VISIT [INDIA] Rs.11000/$251

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Its intended for static pages and a portfolio of work, making it ideal for sole proprietorships or small design shops. » Price: $70 (Standard) or $150 (Developer). Price: $70 (Standard) or $150 (Developer). 2100/$51 CONSULTATION –HOME VISIT [INDIA] Rs.11000/$251 2100/$51 CONSULTATION –HOME VISIT [INDIA] Rs.11000/$251

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Transformify

DECEMBER 2, 2019

At the same time, to win a project, creative agencies need to demonstrate that they have the right skills and competencies on their teams, provide references and portfolios. Research and Development & Life Sciences Organisations. Imagine that you have hired freelancers and contingent workers in the US, India and Korea.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 10, 2003

A number of my portfolio companies outsource development to India and other locales. Most of us end up using offshore development to work on non-core technology. Generally speaking, you may be able to outsource more than non-core development.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 7, 2018

Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. We have portfolio companies that are building teams in secondary cities in the U.S. for customer service and in Eastern Europe and India for development.

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