Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. This makes it easier to do customer acquisition for a consumer-based company.

Asia 48

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We recently announced at Hustle Fund that we will start investing in Southeast Asian software startups, and my new business partner Shiyan Koh, who just moved back home to Singapore, will be leading the charge on that. This makes it easier to do customer acquisition for a consumer-based company.

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Over the last four years, the coal industry has witnessed an ongoing transformation on a global scale – from decreased demand in the US to growing fuel needs in Asia and rising concerns about climate change. She also serves as an advisor for the sales and acquisition of coal-related assets and develops forecasts of U.S.

North Dakota 139

North Dakota Asia Global Philippines 139

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2011

It was a casual session, and also a way for Rajan to understand the technology (and political) scene in Singapore and Asia. Rajan briefly shared a little about LinkedIn’s history and how he ended up in Asia. I played the “slave driver” role while my partner was the connector and the person to go to when there were problems.

Singapore 210

Singapore Asia Entrepreneur Acquisition 210

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Class 3: Our guest speaker for session 3 was Anja Manuel , former State Department official, founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel and author of This Brave New World : India, China and the United States. So, it’s incumbent on us to think about the ramifications of these acquisition decisions.

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venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The two major forms of this are CPC (cost per click) and CPA (cost per action or acquisition). In Southeast Asia, specifically countries like Indonesia, Facebook is in hyper-growth mode… right now. Additionally, Southeast Asia is in hyper-growth mode. Display Ads: This is your bread and butter business model.

Social Network 55

Social Network Business Model Networking CPA 55

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

Jon Yongfook is a serial entrepreneur based in Asia. He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. But compared to other paid acquisition channels such as PPC, a referral program like this can require less ongoing maintenance and result in more high quality users.

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Thailand Social Network PPC Singapore 167

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Jenny Lee, a partner at venture capital firm GGV Capital which has a presence in both the US and China, also observes that in the US, the willingness to pay for an app is pretty high — especially for a utility tool, which is what CooTek’s TouchPal X Keyboard essentially is. billion acquisition of app store 91 Wireless is a classic example.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom. Innovid raised $4.1 Led by Tal Halozin and Zvika Netter, Innovid raised $7.1

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization. So if you are techie, find a founding partner that is a hustler. If you are hustler, find a superb techie as founding partner. That is just lipstick on a pig.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

BeyondVC

MARCH 14, 2007

The acquisition of Tellme will bolster Microsoft’s existing speech capabilities, bringing both immediate and longer-term value to our customers and partners.”. But although about 70% of the population now has access to the internet in North America, the figure is just 11% in Asia and less than 4% in Africa.

North America 60

North America Semantic Africa Acquisition 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

In fact, 2021 was the year that my sister and business partner quit her 9-5 corporate job and we both went full time with the business. Photo Credit: Shokouh Hatch. 2021 was my 2nd year in my business and I knew it would be the year we would break through and experience massive growth. Thanks to Shokouh Hatch, everlur ! 9- Empowering.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Entrepreneur Curation Software Review 124

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Acquisition. Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

With Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy joining us, we also assigned her recent article in Foreign Affairs, “How to Prevent a War in Asia” and CNAS report “Sharpening the US Military’s Edge: Critical Steps for the Next Generation”. And in particular in the Asia Pacific. — On China.

Technology 308

Technology China United States Government 308

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. Hacking for Journalism at Stanford. Sign up here.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 185

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I want somebody that can deal with partners, interest future investors and keep everybody calm in moments of set-backs. You want somebody who can do handset deals in the US, Europe & Asia. A partner might really help you get through that.&#. If they’re from the industry – that’s a nice to have. ON SUCCESS.

Leadership 363

Leadership CTO Hire Technical Review Cofounder 363

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. RH: The honor is ours.

Iran 39

Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 39

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Joe Felter was just appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. At various points his Special Forces career took him to countries in Southeast Asia where counterinsurgency was not just academics. Soldier, Scholar, Entrepreneur. As a result, our country just became a bit safer and smarter.

Washington 209

Washington Security Afghanistan Iraq 209

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

But it was the launch point for a growth trajectory that made the company an attractive target for acquisition. Kurt Bilafer is a sales veteran with more than 20 years of experience in direct sales, channel and partner development and business strategy. Bilafer joined SAP after its acquisition of Pilot Software.

Japan 100

Japan Asia Acquisition Analytics 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Current round: $31.0mm in Series C by Insight Venture Partners (Jeff Lieberman). Current round allows RockYou (US) to obtain a majority position in RockYou Asia. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Through my business, I want to add as much human element in the selection of a life partner as much as I can to be able to find successful matches. This is to improve commercial spend efficiency, lower customer acquisition costs, and boost net retention rates. I'm focusing on quality, not quantity, and that defines my BHAG.

Entrepreneur 122

Entrepreneur Africa South America Europe 122

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Asia. The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Asia/Pacific. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium. Brazil is Israel’s largest trade partner in Latin America. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Cashflow is the other key metric. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #2.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 2, 2017

That race for talent, is catalysing acquisitions by corporates interested in adding AI to their products and services. Outside of the US, Europe is the largest hub, with approximately 630 machine intelligence startups , followed by Asia with approximately 300 (according to Crunchbase data).

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Europe 60

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

This month’s trend continues to be acquisitions of Israeli firms by large US corporates. Facebook’s acquisition of Face.com will enable the social network to embed face recognition software into its photo app. This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011.

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Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

While finishing his final two years of his PhD, helping take reddit to acquisition in late 2006 and moving to San Francisco to start a family, Chris had realised that academia was not the road for him. “I But even with this acquisition, Loopt remains ahead of the curve. Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Google+. Daily Dose.

Cofounder 70

Cofounder San Francisco Programming Founder 70

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter (who was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia) began the lesson providing background and context for understanding – What happened? The US has a significant advantage in its network of alliances and partners. If you can’t see the slides click here. To do so, we.

Russia 331

Russia North Korea Technology China 331

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Posco, today the world’s second largest steel producer and ranked 272nd in the Fortune 500, is both the first Korean firm as well as the first company from Asia to join the Israeli framework.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2011

Getting her start by taking over the position of vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump organization is most likely a result of being “born into privilege,&# but Trump has also said “I think from there on though, you really do have to make your luck.&# Ally Hilfiger.

Tulsa 157

Tulsa New York Merger Acquisition 157

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter (who was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia) began the lesson providing background and context for understanding – What happened? The US has a significant advantage in its network of alliances and partners. If you can’t see the slides click here. To do so, we.

Russia 126

Russia North Korea Technology China 126

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Among others, I would quote the Bladelogic IPO, the acquisition of Postini by Google for $625m, the two largest SaaS deals in history signed by Cornerstone OnDemand (160k and 350k seats), Eloqua almost doubling its revenues and LinkedIn adding more than 10m users. How can I best partner with the large public saas vendors? Stay local.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Following the acquisition S1 shareholders will own about 55 percent of the combined company and Fundtech shareholders the rest. Dotomi, which was founded in 2003, raised $17 million in funding since its inception from Globespan Capital, US Venture Partners, Investor Capital and Velocity. S1 CORP BUYS ISRAEL’S FUNDTECH.

China 90

China Cofounder India 90

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Before I get into what I have done and why I know what I know, here is a brief background on myself: My Background The name is Indian, but I was born in South East Asia (just above Yaro’s homeland) in an upper middle class family of entrepreneurs. My Mom and Dad are not formally educated, but they self-taught how to practice business.

Internet 80

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 80

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Given IPgallery’s vast know-how and understanding of the Telecom market and business goals, outstanding expertise and field proven technology, the company has a track record of Preferred Partner for worldwide quadruple play service providers, operators and system integrators. Mer Telecom. -

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103