Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 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. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) Unlike U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Mobile Isn’t Just a Screen or Device, It’s About Behavior | Advertising Age – [link]. Using Photos of People in Web Designs: 30 Inspiring Examples – [link].

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Zoom connects us professionally and personally on all of our mobile and desktop devices. Another thing I appreciate about this firm is its adaptability to change and expansion into new areas, as they entered the mobile and gaming sectors and were able to gain a big market share, proving their success. I most admire Bubble.io

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

These days that means things like designing a frictionless web experience, and providing a mobile app so people can interact with your business anywhere, any time. With so much time and energy invested it makes sense to do everything you can to maintain that relationship. It means taking user data and pushing out actionable insights.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Statistics show that populations in Europe and Japan are having fewer children, while both places face distressing recent levels of youth unemployment. For many mature economies like Japan and the US, the workforce will be older, healthcare costs will be higher, and it looks like we will see diminishing pension benefits.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 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. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) Unlike U.S.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. Apps Asia Entrepreneur e-commerce Japan News Singapore Southeast Asia'

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Quoine is a cryptocurrency company based in Singapore, with operations in Vietnam and Japan. Since it was founded in 2014, it has launched 4 innovative and competitive products, with its flagship product being Liquid, a web application. Finty is a web-based FinTech that focuses on rewarding customers when they spend.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. Project Manager Dice Holdings Software Engineer, Python, YouTube Google/YouTube Web Developer Yelp Inc. RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers Arul & Associates LLC Accounting The Resumator HR admin.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Outstanding Forbes interview with Yuri Millner – The Billionaire Who Friended the Web – [link]. 5 Tips for Better Advertising in Mobile Apps – [link].

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

They know the web is exciting. Prove it that my customers use the web. My approach to the prove it question has always been: "Look, it is insanely cheap to fail on the web. Before you start influencing someone about the power of the web, it is nice to have a handy dandy chart to show that the web is material.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The region’s other strong VC presence resides in Japan, which has the typical Japanese model of a few large firms dominating the market. Investments in Japan also tend to be much smaller in scale and much more conservative than the type of VC bets you would see being placed in China, India, or the U.S.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

« previous story Following App.net’s Reboot, Smore Introduces App Flyers For DIY Mobile App Marketing. Front End Developer Visual Supply Company Front End Web Developer Elastic Ruby on Rails Web Developer Quirky, Inc Front-End Developer Quirky, Inc Back-End Developer Quirky, Inc. Enterprise. Smartphones. Headphones.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Given that smartphones, tablets and laptops are the modern office worker’s preferred productivity tools, that will mean having to design for mobile, first. There are typically three stages that developers encounter in their enterprise mobile app journey: Denial, Grief, and Acceptance.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers Arul & Associates LLC Accounting The Resumator HR admin. Metal Gear Rising's Blade Wolf DLC out in Japan May 9. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt NY. After Raising $6.7M

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The title of this blog comes from a presentation I did at last year’s Web 2.0 I overviewed the growth of the global internet and penetration, noting that the future of the Web was going to be driven by emerging countries, as mobile connectivity continues to be more ubiquitous and the West is largely penetrated.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2015

The idea of mobile application development for the enterprise is rapidly catching on, as mobile apps are now an obvious (and critical) path to both generate revenue and improve the customer experience for today’s modern businesses. However, churning out mobile apps isn’t really as simple as 1-2-3. Who will use the app?

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Mobiles tell us where we are, and why we are there. Not being listed or ‘located’ via mobile is like not being listed in the white pages. But have no doubt the other 3 senses will arrive on the web. This is ahead of the USA, the UK and Japan. Web enabled – of course. The internet is trying to mimic the real world.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Japan as an entire nation has been doing it widely for at least the last five years. I know it sounds crazy but it’s time the wild wild West looked beyond what the mobile giants are pedaling today and ask themselves, “Why haven’t we done this yet?”. 32% of Japanese mobile users use their mobile to make purchases online.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Next Web Blog. Part of The Next Web family. Japans social media tourism proposal. Murdochs Sun newspaper reportedly shuns paywall in favor of paid mobile apps and ads. Copyright 2011 The Next Web. login / register. Conference. tips@thenextweb.com. -->. Social Media. Energy Goes Social On Facebook. All Stories.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2013

It also works as a fully featured mobile application, and retailers can manage their shop on the go through the mobile app. Despite this trend, while Shopify serves over 50,000 clients in 80 countries only slightly over 500 merchants in Singapore currently use the service.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). In fact, we’re enveloped by a staggering 10 billion devices transmitting information!

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

I meet people all the time who have no technical background whatsoever, and they want to start an online business, perhaps build a mobile app, or launch a SaaS product. Part of the problem when you know nothing about the tech is that you think you just need “a web developer”. Enterprise. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Editor’s Picks.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Curious Hat: mobile exploration tools for curious children. UniPay: mobile payment platform in Brazil. Everbill: invoice and estimate service.

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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. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The players in Japan have had their ups and downs. These factors make it a great time for companies based outside of Japan, but still in greater Asia, to get their foot in the door with deep-pocketed investors. In other words, you don’t see Silicon Valley bigwigs in Japan, but they’re all over India and China.

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VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

In absolute numbers, that translates into 243 million new mobile phone users worldwide that will start using mobile messaging apps this year. Facebook is the dominant player in mobile messaging with 1.2 Skype seems to have fared well in the migration from desktop to mobile. billion people in 2017, an increase of 15.5%

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 14, 2012

Also, as I wrote in a gloomy post last weekend , users have no choice but either agree to the terms offered by a web app or simply not use the service at all. RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers Arul & Associates LLC Accounting The Resumator HR admin. Enterprise.

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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. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

Facebook is the dominant player in mobile messaging with 1.2 Skype seems to have fared well in the migration from desktop to mobile. This implies a huge business opportunity for the companies that will able to adapt from web/mobile UI to conversational/chat UI, ideally powered by AI. Messaging Apps on the Play Store.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

For example, I’ve seen local mobile operators white-label mobile applications with a ridiculous brand and put them into the local language — which is not always necessary and can often have a degrading effect on your service, since many Asian consumers envy Silicon Valley brands and do not view operators as sexy brands.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Notable Clients: Hermes, The Cher Show, Eames, The New Yorker, Design With Reach, Ford, John Mayer, Heath Ceramics, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Vogue Japan, Agent Provocateur, MTV, Chronicle Books, Uniqlo, Baccarat, Herman Miller. Specializing in web and digital design, Happy Cog’s client list is diverse and impressive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? Lean Start-up SlideShare prez at Web 2.0 The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. can I talk to them?" October 1, 2008 2:53 PM Chris Hopf said.

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Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Back in mid 90′s, I started to do some web site localization and press release translation work for US businesses targeting Japanese market. In Japan, more than 85% of people search to gather information about the services or products that they plan to purchase. You can find some great information on web.

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