Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Here are three key cost elements of just the viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures. M&A – Acquisitions.

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Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Fortunately, developers and tech companies are creating solutions that help businesses reduce operating expenses while simplifying their processes. Users can access web and video conferencing, secure data networks, call forwarding, voicemail, and caller ID all in a bundled package that comes in under operating budget.

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Cloud eCommerce Security Advertising 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Here are three key cost elements of just the viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

Example from this morning was a quick discussion on the “Brexit” and wether the UK will exit Europe. I know that bad apples in a company can bring down the productivity of everybody, which is why they need to be culled and why I recommend hiring for Attitude over Aptitude.

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Pakistan Technical Review Iran Russia 150

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

A competitor that was much better in the same business, opened up a few cities away, wouldn’t do much harm to your business operations. You cannot look at Europe as one playground. You need to do local research on competitors, pricing, service levels, potential marketplaces, operational cost, search trends, local VAT etc.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

If you are a small business operator, risks are something you often want to avoid. With the tools now freely available online, you don’t necessarily need to hire a team of advertising professionals to reach audiences overseas. But one of the biggest mistakes that small businesses can make is behaving like a small business.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

There are plenty of companies poised to serve your needs in Bangalore, the Philippines, and across Eastern Europe. Hire anyone who fits the culture and mission of your company wherever they live. Hiring local talent will force you to pay more than you can afford. Hiring is what enables you to execute your product roadmap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%.

Software 129

Software Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete 129

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The pivot came when former-CEO Howard Schultz returned from Europe with the idea of selling ready-made coffee drinks like cappuccino and espresso. Ultimately, the Starbucks we know took off and now operates more than 30,000 stores around the world. . Do I have the team I need, or will a pivot necessitate more hiring?

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Forecast Europe Small Business Demand 84

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Operating a virtual office and having a remote workforce can increase your organizations productivity exponentially. Not having the normal 9-5 hours allows your company to have 24 hour operation if necessary. Running a company is a time consuming and 24/7 operation. Thinking Aloud Deanna Ayres remote work virtual office'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2013

Here are three elements of most viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Viral Marketing Entrepreneur SEM 249

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. . Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has done it before. As your company grows, this person should reside at corporate headquarters and report solid line to the head of international operations. It is essential to develop trust between your company and the respective localization group.

Software 120

Software Europe Database Engineer 120

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. It was also used as a project management tool & document storage system for the largest private bank in Europe who even stored images of their bank vaults on our servers. “Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? Growth, again. million. .”

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2019

‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality. Our guest today is Carlos Mallen, Senior Vice President, Human Resources for the Americas and Europe, Exela. Cultural diversity at a company level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2012

Here are three elements of most viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Viral Cost Marketing SEM 238

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You start traveling around Europe, starting working for them overseas. Or did I want to move to Europe? I only went because I wanted to live and work in Europe. DEREK 8:33] So you’re working in Europe. 00:12:57] DEREK: This was in Europe? I don’t know, I was just always dicking around with computers.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Meanwhile in Europe. Many of these businesses operate in the digital realm and have seen limited impact on revenues – some have even seen their revenues explode VC Backed Startups and PPP: Do You Really Need It? Israel – 500M NIS to cash strapped startups. On the health front, there are signs of recovery.

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SBA Technical Review Startup 124

Transformify

JANUARY 13, 2020

By adopting an all-remote policy, companies can avoid all of these costs, and put that money into marketing and hiring high-quality people which makes scaling faster and more effective. The all-remote concept allows me to enjoy life in Vietnam while hiring and managing people from anywhere in the world.

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Vietnam Software Review Technical Review Philippines 64

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Statistically, less than 50 percent of small businesses are still operational after five years. Hsieh hires people not on the basis of their experience or expertise, but on whether they are a good fit with the company culture of Zappos. Running a small business is a daunting challenge. This is called the “principle of right-fit.”.

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Hiring & Firing the CEO. My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. As things got bigger we hired a head of European sales and a head of European marketing.

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Ireland Sales Bankruptcy Germany 319

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2011

Here are three elements of most viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

Viral 225

Viral Marketing SEM Startup 225

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Nexar recently hired deep learning heavyweight Professor Trevor Darrell from UC Berkeley as Nexar’s Chief Scientist. Billion in VC funding.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

So I asked our COO, Stuart Lander (a Brit) to set up operations for us. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India!

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

From then on, we had five months to build a platform and hire an editorial staff to keep our crowdfunding promise of launching in September 2013. We promised our brand new members that we would launch in September, which gave us five months to build a web app with a responsive design and hire an editorial staff.

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Netherlands Campaign Europe Advertising 158

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

With all of the challenges created by the global pandemic– supply chain shortages, hiring difficulties, new technology– Improovy remained transparent with its customers and employees. We had to focus all of our efforts on keeping pace with our expansion, hiring new specialists for all of the different geographies that we operate in.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Entrepreneur Curation Software Review 120

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

One of their secret: acqui- hiring. If you wonder how to pick your next launch country first, see my earlier post here. ** One of the most important decisions any company of any size will make is how it will successfully launch operations in a new country (the following applies to launching in new cities or states within an existing country).

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Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

Transformify

MARCH 20, 2020

GoAir already suspended international operations and started terminating employees. Unless the operating costs are cut to the bare minimum, many budget carries may not survive the economic crisis caused by COVID-19. In Europe, the situation is not significantly different. Hotels and restaurants are laying off staff too.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can hire a professional service to complete this task. Total costs connected with operating a physical/virtual office and small staff. Countries outside the United States and Europe apply JCI accreditation rules to international hospitals. They include the country’s local transportation and post-operative care.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

For a startup, find an international partner, or hire a new team member who has don it before. As your company grows, this person should reside at corporate headquarters and report solid line to the head of international operations. Prior experience is critical. I have personally implemented the above recommendations repeatedly.

Software 200

Software Distribution Europe Database 200

Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2019

You can connect to a world of business opportunities from your laptop, use a wealth of online tools to manage operations, and market your brand to an audience of millions via social media (as Quire, a modern project management platform says , “creating is one thing: Letting people know about it is another story”).

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North America Small Business Social Media Audience 95

Transformify

JANUARY 26, 2017

Currently, according to the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report, 126 million women are starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. But it was an invaluable experience and well worth it”, Hayley admits with a beaming smile.

Europe 65

Europe Entrepreneur Global Government 65

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. While every business is structured differently, here is how I believe you should structure a tech business in Europe (as a first-time entrepreneur!): 10-20% for employees.

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Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

into Europe. Let’s talk about globalization – recently in Singapore there were some push-back against globalization with recent reports on big companies here hiring top talent from overseas instead of using and local talent. The cheapest way to get that knowledge is to hire those people into your company.

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