YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Citing from a recently conducted ’2013 ICT Business Outlook’ survey conducted by the industry federation that polled over 100 ICT companies on their 2012 business performance and expectations this year, the SiTF revealed that survey participants were skeptical of key schemes in Singapore’s Budget 2012.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 31, 2014

Two years ago Facebook had $0 from mobile and everyone was wondering if they would survive the transition away from the desktop. As you can see from the chart above 53% of their ad revenues now come from mobile.

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Revenue Mobile IPO 102

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. million and $3.2

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 18, 2012

VatorTV had an article this morning reporting on the growth in mobile advertising. They note from the eMarketer chart inset right that US mobile ad spend is up 180% this year to $4.1bn and say that “after years and years of every year being proclaimed as the ‘year of mobile’ it finally happened in 2012”.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Founded in May 2011, the small outfit quickly pushed out its first game Reign of Heroes - a mobile social game for feature phones – by the end of that year, which grew swiftly to host more than one million players. The Mobile Game Revolution. ” Feature Story Daylight Studios IAHGames mobile games Singapore video games'

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

A VC: MBA Mondays: Revenue Models – Subscriptions – [link]. Top 50 Photoshop Tutorials from 2012 | Speckyboy – [link]. The Absolute Best Fonts of 2012 | Creative Beacon – [link]. Round Up of Free Fonts of 2012 | Sharing Mantra – [link]. Top Free Vector Graphics Of 2012 - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. to the merchant.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Our plan is to have seven figure revenues and be profitable by Q3, in addition to to seven new hires by end of the year," he says. Anthony Favazza, CEO of DiningCircle has hired a CTO that will be overseeing a rebuild of our product in early 2012. "We They also signed Global eTelecom as a customer, one of U.S.'

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St. Louis CTO Hire Fractional CTO Entrepreneur 118

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This is my recap of what stood out to me this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2012 — we are only in the beginning of many revolutions. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2012

The concept of working on-the-go in Asia has resulted in application developers experiencing a sudden increase in companies commissioning the creation of enterprise applications for the mobile workplace over the past 18 months. On the flip side, managing the data on these applications also pose risks for organizations.

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Singapore Asia Cloud Application Development 150

www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Media Planning Media Buying Publishing Display Advertising Video Mobile. Heidi Cohen | December 24, 2012. To get your 2013 marketing plans on track to increase revenues, here are seven social media tactics based on solid research that you need now. 2012 was a key year in Digital Marketing. December 10, 2012.

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deal architect

JANUARY 23, 2013

The numbers are in SAP’s Total 2012 Non-IFRS Revenue EU 16.3 billion Revenue from “New” products introduced in last 5 years HANA 392 Mobile 222 Cloud 456 (incl Ariba) NEW 1070 So, roughly 6.5% of revenues from “new” products. Compare.

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Cloud Revenue Mobile Product 239

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. « previous story Following App.net’s Reboot, Smore Introduces App Flyers For DIY Mobile App Marketing. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Alexia Tsotsis.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

Mobile marketing is here, and it''s here to stay. Interestingly, I both hate and love mobile marketing. Here''s what I hate about it, and particularly, my frustrations with mobile phones: 1. I''ve seen too many cases of mobile phones being used to entertain children so their parents can converse amongst themselves.

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Mobile Marketing Advertising Revenue 90

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Eric Lazar is VP of Mobile CRM for ePrize , focused on educating brands on how best to capture the mobile user, drive revenue, and build relationships that start on mobile. Nomophobia: the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. This year I celebrated my 45 th birthday. Nomophobia hits hard. Is it intrusive?

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SMS Mobile Marketing Channel 147

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012. And just as in 2012 magic pills will be scarce, FUD will be plentiful, and vendors will promise the moon. Mobile Devices Report. Mobile is all the rage. You'll find the report in Audience > Mobile > Devices. Very handy.

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Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Pinterest is quietly generating revenue by modifying user submitted pins – [link]. Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow – [link]. Mind boggling – Apple Makes 75% of Mobile Phone Profits, With Only 9% of the Phones – [link]. When did advertising get so small? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

As Google starts offering more consumer products (read: mobile devices) I assure you they will find ways to take customer service calls from you. But What About Mobile? You may have seen recently the WSJ report that Twitter is killing it with mobile ads while Facebook & Google have struggled. We have ridden the mobile wave.

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New York Mobile Technical Review Software Review 311

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Nearly 100,000 new developers created applications this year for the App Store, which rakes in 4x more revenue than Google Play. With the number of App Store applications now topping 1 million, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Revenue Developer IP API 129

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JUNE 11, 2012

Sketching A New Mobile Web. June 7th, 2012. Content , Mobile , Strategy. The mobile Web has gotten a bum rap. Progressive enhancement, mobile-first and responsive design can help lead us towards a more unified, future-friendly Web. The Promise Of The Mobile Web Is a Tough Sell. Mobile-first.

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Web Mobile Software Review Design 89

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 20, 2012

Looking at the mobile advertising industry over the last few years suggests that tipping point is around 3-5%. It’s an old cliche that for the first ten years of this century every years was supposed to be the year of the mobile, then the iPhone and Apple app store arrived and the mobile internet finally took off.

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Advertising Mobile IPO Marketing 102

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

While many are generally optimistic about their own opportunities with nearly half of respondents expecting to see revenue growth this year, only 37-percent of them expect the economy to improve in 2013. 92-percent of those surveyed have 1 to 5 employees, with 82-percent having revenues of %50,000 or under in 2012. Taxes (70%).

Small Business 177

Small Business Social Media Government Revenue 177

gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

9, 2012, 3:50pm PT. For the remainder of 2012, AT&T will give free and unlimited access to the Watson APIs to any developer paying AT&T’s $99 annual registration dues. Mobile Q4: The scramble for spectrum continues Updated: Forecast: global mobile subscribers, 2010–2015 Carrier IQ and the continued erosion of operator trust.

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API Technical Review Artificial Inteligence RSS 50

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Just 25 Developers Grabbed 50% Of App Revenues On U.S. Native Ads In 2013: Scale, Headlines As Banners, Mobile, Samsung, And Yahoo | TechCrunch - [link]. 2012 Social Media Report: Users Spending 58% More Time On Social Media, Social App Usage More Than Doubles – [link]. App Store, Google Play Last Month - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do?

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Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Snapchat may be a company with no revenue and an unrealistic valuation, but it is changing the way people think of messaging. The custom Android ROM company that has found favor with hackers and hobbyists is looking to become the next mobile operating system. Or it could be the next Facebook. Time will tell. CyanogenMod.

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Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

By how much did Gary increase the family revenues that first year? By 2014, the mobile internet is predicted to overtake desktop internet usage. Which of the following was true of mobile usage in 2012? c) Worldwide mobile payment transactions were over $170 billion. c) $4 million to $50 million. d) A GNP of $5.1

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Viral Small Business Social Media Technical Review 93

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

But a new mobile stock trading app/game called TradeHero may just help give you enough confidence to wade into that very scary stock investment space. Even more interestingly, TradeHero actually incentivizes its Heroes by sharing subscription revenue from their followers, enabling them to monetize their trading expertise.

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Stock Singapore Marketing Mobile 187

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

We launched the larger channel back in 2012 and the smaller channel in 2019. At the eight minute mark, YouTube allows for creators to put extra ads in the content so they’ve got an incentive to show those longer videos and generate more ad revenue. This drives multi-million dollars of revenue for us. Don’t overthink it.

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Channel Metrics Algorithm Video 129

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

Stat that matters : According to a 2016 Vendasta study about online reputation , 61% of consumers are more likely to contact a local business if they have a mobile optimized site. You can see more about that Yelp and Apple partnership here from Forbes back in 2012 when it was announced. Your website is as important as your store front.

Small Business 167

Small Business Software Review Social Media Balance Sheet 167

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year. Nothing is more important to U.S.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review Distribution 85

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2014

These are important statistics to keep in mind as more companies are developing a proactive customer experience strategy and implementing programs and tools to ensure they aren’t losing revenue due to a lack of respect for their customers. American Express 2012 Global Barometer Customer Service Barometer; Findings in the United States.

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Conversion Customer North America Technical Review 65

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

February 2, 2012. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Financial Snapshot : 2011 Revenue: $3.71

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