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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

But the problem with this is that most VCs in the Valley, especially early stage ones, only like to invest in companies that are within driving distance from their offices. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Sequoia , Accel , NEA , etc.). Golden Gate Ventures , Jungle Ventures , etc.),

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

ReadWriteStart

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. Now, the Web self-service software market is very crowded with major players like RightNow already deeply entrenched. Vimagino.com.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

Setting up a clean, effective web site that lists companies seeking funding and provides accounts for investors to interact with them is not rocket science. As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry.

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An ongoing discussion on linkedin about Offshore Web Development and building a team in Europe.

Scalable Startup

web development projects. Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients. People in the Philippines or India or eastern europe are very low cost – $7-10/hour.

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

Amazon hosts an annual startup challenge for companies using Amazon Web Services (AWS). The most common tactic we’ve seen from large corporations is providing a package of benefits for startups in order to build relationships with early-stage companies. 3) Freebies.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Rajeev wants to build a BPO firm in a place called Bolpur in West Bengal, India. Next week, we will delve once again into e-commerce businesses and explore how niche e-commerce is transitioning into Web 3.0. Next, Rajeev Pareek discussed his rural BPO idea. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

ReadWriteStart

I asked her to go through my recent article, From Niche E-Commerce To Web 3.0 , as well as the Taking On Giants section of EJ1. As far as customer acquisition is concerned, we discussed, again the power of organic search engine optimization. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions. Photo by takatuka.

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