crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why do we pay sales commissions? Of the 50 cities in the world with fastest Internet service, 38 are in Japan; only 3 in the US – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Marketing Strategy: Why Logo and Web Design Matter – [link]. Marketing Strategy: Why Logo and Web Design Matter – [link]. – [link]. Copycat fail.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Marketing Strategy: Why Logo and Web Design Matter – [link]. Marketing Strategy: Why Logo and Web Design Matter – [link]. Many in Japan Are Outsourcing Themselves – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

Research and development, sample making, marketing the product and perhaps even handling some of the preliminary sales are some of the stages of expansion. However, with my handbag company charm and luck , to grow our business we realized we needed to find sales partners to handle our sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

1- I turned to the internet. Finally, at our top 10, of course you find many of them don’t have an available.com, or if they do – it’s for sale at a hefty price. Disparaged I turned to the internet, and found two gems: leandomainsearch dot com (my favorite) and domainr dot com. Photo Credit: Reece Griffin.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

With the extensive focus on how the internet has divided Americans over the last two years, it’s hard to keep an eye on how it’s benefited businesses worldwide. Would it benefit you to consider expanding your business into the international markets? Expanded Market Outreach. You can also diversify your products and services.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

New research reveals that the iPhone’s market share grew from 37% to 44% in Q4 2017 – a record high. The iPhone integrated phone, camera, music player and internet access all into one device – and it did it well. A market for how-to guides emerged, and Cube-­related books soared to the top of best-seller lists.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

In the first half of 2013, 43 percent of all album sales were digital, up from 38 percent the year before (Nielsen). In fact, digital will drive growth this year in 10 of the 20 largest global music markets. 2014 will be the year in which internet radio leads the music industry’s growth. Digital Music by Country. .

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Thanks to Tyler Rice, Animas Marketing ! #4- The commission on selling houses still amounts to at least 6-7%, and so many agents and brokers are adding to the competition pool while decreasing the rate of productivity and sales. Other companies have entered the market with different offerings, but none have entirely dominated.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2014

Japan’s top online shopping mall Rakuten has been flying its flag in Singapore for some time now despite not having launched a local version of its site, but it has finally done so – the electronic commerce and Internet service provider has today announced the official commencement of its operations in Singapore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

As my focus has evolved to getting companies to imagine and execute incredible digital marketing initiatives, I've discovered that my passion for the medium, my experience in creating innovative solutions, and — yes — my charm are sometimes insufficient to convince some CxOs to take their digital marketing opportunities seriously.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

The above equation is something that marketers, brands and businesses need to take note of. There are 5 senses, and we still can’t experience 3 of them on the internet – so we must complete the connection / transaction off line…. The internet is trying to mimic the real world. This is ahead of the USA, the UK and Japan.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

. 日本 (Japan). Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. Businesses For Sale |. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - » More. » More. Loading… U.S. » More. » More. Loading… New York.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 20, 2012

Here’s the problem, as laid out by Goodman: The Internet has democratized the job application process, and that’s not entirely a good thing. Bright is not just an innovation in online job search — it’s a mission to move the labor markets. If you score less than 70, you’re not qualified. Learn more. Sponsored Ads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

This approach, popularly known as glocalization , means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Given the closed market to U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Think, for example, about the way we talk about sales and customer development and the idea of ‘getting out of the building.’ Takashi has been a venture capitalist for fourteen years, investing in technology startups both in Japan and in the United States. He described two challenges, and two pieces of good news. [ We should pivot. “I

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

The cost of creating new companies is falling rapidly, and access to markets, distribution, and information is within the reach of anyone with an Internet connection. These companies produced over $52 billion dollars in sales in 2005, and employed 450,000 workers that year. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way. a roadmap for how to get to Product/Market Fit." Theory of market types.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

vs. sustainable: Compare this to the renewable strategies, like viral marketing, SEO, widgets, and ads, which can scale into 10s of millions of users but are primarily centered around tough, non-user centric work. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up: Face-to-Face Interaction No matter how small the internet has made the world, experts still recommend in-person networking as the No. Were going to be in Japan. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 1 way to recruit talent. Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

That means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car). Reinforce your brand in international markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

Benjamin Joffe (the author), a Frenchman who runs a consultancy in China that tries to help non-Asian investors understand the innovation occurring in Asia as a way to bring ideas to their local markets. Internet users in US – 225 million, mobile 260MM. China Internet: 340MM, Mobile a staggering 650MM. slide 29).

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Incubators, too, helped flood the markets with even more startups, and AngelList played its part too. At each turn, these market changes were heralded as wonderful developments for entrepreneurs. Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates. Syria shuts down Internet in attempt to quell uprising.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

For a startup, having great sales DNA is a wonderful asset. This is the magic of sales: by learning about each customer in-depth, they can convince each of them that this product would solve serious problems. But here’s where a truly great sales artist comes in. They are closing orders.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2017

Big pharma has long focused on the lucrative business of drug development, supported by armies of sales people deployed to persuade physicians to choose its medicines. The Asia-Pacific region is set to lead the way in the Internet of Things (IoT) market: According to research firm IDC, out of an estimated 29.5 1] [link]. [2]

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. says Rachleff. says Rachleff.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

One of those ventures was the creation, establishment, growth and sale of an e-commerce business. My work took me all around the world and during one of these trips I was pleasantly shocked to see the prices at which designer perfumes and colognes sold for in some markets overseas. In America, the cost of doing business is very high.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

For e-commerce startups the question then becomes, “Do you really want to turn down a sale just because the order comes from overseas?”. Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Diverting attention to the overseas market at the detriment of domestic business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

We set sales targets from day one, $300 the first month. As the experiments progressed, day-in-day-out we werent making sales. The bare fact of our failing to make sales forced us to peel back the onion, step by step, until we realized just how big a problem we had. that justify decisions already made. Expo (and a call for he.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. I remember once sitting on a panel with Esther Dyson who is one of the most travelled and broad-experienced technologist I know.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

An American with a lot of academic credentials who was in Japan at the time. Tim: On the other hand, there is internet, sad to say, of kittens, so Jonathon’s sound … Jonathan: I’m just hitting a demographic, man, that’s all. How do you guys do this on the internet? The other thing is market.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

For e-commerce startups the question then becomes, “Do you really want to turn down a sale just because the order comes from overseas?” Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. The Hottest Markets? Gilmore believes the most exciting markets right now are Asia-Pacific.

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