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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

But if you want to build a scalable startup you need to be asking how you can you get enough customers/users/payers to build a business that can grow revenues past several $100M/year. I’m in Australia and just spent time with some great entrepreneurs in Melbourne. Get seed funding in Australia. With 317 million people the U.S.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. What is the right revenue model?

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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

While the average forward revenue multiple has declined slightly since its February 2020 peak (19x), it’s still higher today than last year at 17x vs 15.8x To date, we’ve invested $7B+ in more than 300 companies globally and have worked with many exceptional cloud founders - from Australia to India, the US, Europe and Israel.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

My parents did not wish to see me as struggling artists and thus I was enrolled in Bachelor of Business course in Australia. Since coming to Australia in 2004 my passion for creativity was further boosted and was well alive while still doing my business degree and working in corporate world until 2011. 27) Frustration.

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Startups are the new MTV – and 15 other thoughts for 2015

Start Up Blog

Australia might possibly be one of the worst offenders. We are also seeing lots of backwards and forwards vertical integration. Distribution and data is where the power lies, it’s no longer in making things. Cars becoming mobile rolling lounge rooms where screen time becomes a major revenue source for auto makers.

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Startups are the new MTV – and 15 other thoughts for 2015

Start Up Blog

Australia might possibly be one of the worst offenders. We are also seeing lots of backwards and forwards vertical integration. Distribution and data is where the power lies, it’s no longer in making things. Cars becoming mobile rolling lounge rooms where screen time becomes a major revenue source for auto makers.