YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

The first logical step when you are based in Singapore is to start in a market you are most comfortable in conquering. It is logical and sometimes it is the right choice starting from Singapore, sometimes not. There are three market categories that startups from Singapore are likely to address: 1. Regional from day one (RD1).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

Through differentiated sourcing, companies can better hedge their risks in the event that the Chinese economy implodes. Beyond Lenovo’s famous acquisition of IBM’s PC business, entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda bought American cinema operator AMC Entertainment followed by British yacht builder Sunseeker.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2017

Gogoprint , a leading Southeast Asian online printing company founded in late 2015, has been working hard to do just that in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. We spoke to Gogoprint about customer acquisition processes, and in particular the importance of sales teams for B2B-oriented e-commerce.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

And so that would be where I would draw those differentiations. The other one I’ll share with you, John, is just because acquisitions are huge in this whole thing, and we cover aero electronics in the book. So it’s like saying TV marketing or newspaper marketing when I say social media marketing or mobile marketing.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Facebook surprised with its first acquisition in Israel today (and its second acquisition outside of the US), with the announcement that it is buying Israeli startup Snaptu (previously known as Moblica) for an estimated $60-70 million. The acquisition is supposed to close in a few weeks.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

You know, “I have profit loss statements and cost of customer acquisition and long-term value and cohort analysis and all of these things,” (all of which of course super important for understanding and valuing businesses appropriately), and what they’re growing to, and what the growth stage, and what is the future.

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