Hippoland
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Customer adoption is always hard wherever you go.
Hippoland
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Customer adoption is always hard wherever you go.
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ReadWriteStart
APRIL 1, 2011
Our discussion today was around prioritization of the next few critical steps around customer acquisition and validation. The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. As for business model, Jigar wants to sell services like refilling cards.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
Asia is smaller but growing as wealth increases in large, urban environments. dominated by a few very large incumbents who control much of the distribution or are you going into a market that is “fragmented” where nobody controls the industry. So, let’s start with the basics.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
. … Due to the relatively small potential contract values in restaurants, startups serving these customer segments have to build very efficient sales teams or online customer acquisition tools to aggregate many of them inexpensively.
The Next Web
JANUARY 26, 2014
Jon Yongfook is a serial entrepreneur based in Asia. If a big corporation is pushing a new product, you might expect them to take out TV ads, online ads, maybe hire a PR agency and set up big distribution partnerships. He started and sold a popular recipe portal, and now runs a virtual assistant software company. Why does it work?
The Next Web
OCTOBER 2, 2013
Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.
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