Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth. They have production facilities in Mexico where they have been creating lower-cost video for traditional TV for many years and they pivoted this facility to producing for YouTube.

South America 291

South America Colombia Mexico Vertical 291

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. The next chunk comes from Facebook’s platform, in essence “taxing” the revenues of app developers like Zynga, which represents 15% of revenue.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

According to Pew, while cell phones are nearly ubiquitous around the world (95% China, 91% Chile, 82% Kenya), penetration of smartphones are still getting there (37% China, 39% Chile, 19% Kenya). The team at Google has done a great job of having the end-to-end view there across Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

VC Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2012

Though a global innovator, Apple in 2010 only invested 2% of its revenue in R&D, much lower than other high-tech companies. FLASH COMPANY ANOBIT TO BE APPLE’S FIRST ISRAELI ACQUISITION. Following the acquisition, Akamai will set up a research and development center in Israel. Akamai Technologies Inc., Israel Corp.

El Salvador 96

El Salvador Dominican Republic Peru 96