Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Just like on-demand delivery services, freelancing marketplaces like Upwork will continue to gain popularity. Driven by job cuts and budget reductions urging businesses to hire more freelancers , online freelancing platforms will enable companies to tap into expanded pools of global talent and hire qualified workers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Scalable startups are on a trajectory for a billion dollar market cap. Not all start ups want to go in that direction – some will opt instead to become a small business. has a large enough market that most U.S. China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. ———-. Outside the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

A faltering PC business complicates Lenovo’s strategy to lean on this segment – and the operating profit it generates – to fuel growth in its mobile and enterprise segments that drives overall revenue and profit gains. and Europe. year-to-year revenue growth in calendar 3Q15 to $10.9

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Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Pursue Global Markets 2. Pursue Global Markets. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. These are fantastic new markets for U.S. In the U.S. This is HARD.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2020

There are many mistakes entrepreneurs make when they first start their business. We highlight the two most important ones we think can make or break your business. Not ensuring that your business model is profitable. Work out if your business idea is profitable in advance. Do not repeat his mistake!

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The greatest threat to modern China comes not from foreign invasion, but in the form of bicycles, millions of bicycles. So many bikes on my recent trip to Beijing Chairman Xi Jinping: take notice, the greatest threat to China is not from America, it is from the bazillion bicycles you’ve permitted to infest your sidewalks.

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China Egypt Startup America 54

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 With more money being invested in startups around the region, the barriers to entry that prevent startups from entering the market are reduced. Take China-based AI startup SenseTime, for example. Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. The question is – why?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

As soon as they had designed the product, they found a contract manufacturer to build the product in China. Alice and Bettina are hands-on mechanical and electrical engineers, so instead of assuming everything would go smoothly, they wisely got on a plane to Dongguan China and worked with the factory directly. They learned a ton.

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PR China Lean Channel 316

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

As our group sweltered in the July heat on the outskirts of Cairo , each of these purported minions of the state — none of whom wore a uniform or badge — in turn blocked our entry, determined to exercise the modest amount of authority bestowed on him by demanding that my host surrender his digital SLR camera.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

As soon as they had designed the product, they found a contract manufacturer to build the product in China. Alice and Bettina are hands-on mechanical and electrical engineers, so instead of assuming everything would go smoothly, they wisely got on a plane to Dongguan China and worked with the factory directly. They learned a ton.

PR 208

PR China Lean Channel 208

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. It’s tough. A giant fork in the road.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. It’s tough. A giant fork in the road.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

If you’re a CEO who can’t quickly bias yourself for action and if you wait around for someone to tell you what to do, then your investors, or more likely the market, will make those decisions for you. Health of Your Current Target Market(s). Out of business? Emergence of New Market(s). Marketing programs spending.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In See Also: What Small Business Opportunities Does the Future Hold?

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In developing countries, like China and India, the statistics are reversed. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. Private companies in less-relevant market segments can often fly under the radar in turbulent times like the recent recession. Startup founders don’t fit in a public company.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. The recently announced $5.3B ” In 2016 I gave the closing keynote, entitled Fintech 2020, at a fintech summit in Bogota.

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Disintermediation Aggregator China API 69

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Intel intends for Skylake’s early release – less than eight months after its Broadwell predecessor – in tandem with the release of Windows 10 to rekindle demand in the PC market, particularly ahead of the traditional holiday purchasing season in calendar 4Q15. Germany and China – to discover how they are using their devices.

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Germany Architecture China Demand 100

ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Recognizing that self-study language learning was a huge and underserved global market, Gollash saw local branding as the key for his business. “We Diverting attention to the overseas market at the detriment of domestic business.

Global 132

Global South Korea San Francisco China 132

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

The residential real estate market is ripe for disruption because as millennials enter the home buying market (now they are 30% of all homebuyers in America) they are looking for online tools and apps that will empower them with information and tools to help them manage this extremely stressful, overwhelming, and expensive process.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur China 157

ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Recognizing that self-study language learning was a huge and underserved global market, Gollash saw local branding as the key for his business. “We Create a history of success that proves your business model works.

Global 103

Global South Korea San Francisco China 103

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Over the next four years, Sisu, which strives to be the future of medical devices in emerging markets, expects to impact 14 million lives with Hemafuse?—?direct

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Well, for starters they a) pursue global Markets b) place company culture above all else and c) They embrace the Black Swan within and without. They Pursue Global Markets. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. These are fantastic new markets for U.S. Your India strategy? •

Africa 76

Africa Brazil India China 76

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Amy Keller’s startup PurePlus transforms produce that would be wasted into healthful candy The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the U.S. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Stealth Cofounder Bandwidth 62

The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

My first post in this series described how businesses should start when considering expansion into Asia, which is home to some of the largest and fastest growing markets in the world. For example, should they hire in-market consultants, an expatriate based in a hub city, or partner with a local player?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy , knew his target market could come from all over the world. Recognizing that self-study language learning was a huge and underserved global market, Gollash saw local branding as the key for his business. “We Diverting attention to the overseas market at the detriment of domestic business.

Global 60

Global South Korea Startup San Francisco 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Because we African-Americans have our own urban communities, we are smart people and there is real demand for innovation, our people can quickly move forward with blockchain and go straight to market. I don’t want a world where “trustless” is enforced, that’s boring. Blockchain Need to be Standardized Myth.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review XML 54

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But like lemmings, every company in the market rushed to proclaim they were launching WAP versions of their products. The moderator asked each of us panelists the asinine question, “tell us what you’re doing about WAP!&# (you know, as in “tell us what you’re doing about China?&# It came to me. They may not.

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Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

If some organizations and businesses are still not decided about entering some foreign markets, we are giving five compelling reasons here for taking a step forward and entering the global market. Less competition in the developing markets. An entry into newer markets provides better visibility to the companies.

Global 52

Global Merger Technical Review Singapore 52

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. The first step in the process of expansion is identifying which markets are of the most strategic significance to your business. Once you’ve targeted a market, however, things can quickly become convoluted and overwhelming.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Not only can it enhance the user’s experience on your site – no need to fill out a registration form or remember yet more passwords – it also allows marketers to gather more accurate data, including verified email addresses, age, gender, relationship status and interests.

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Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

“We do only one thing and we do it better than anyone&# is a great marketing slogan. Embrace slow growth – We all have dreams of stratospheric growth, but it’s not a “plan,&# especially not for a business you’re running in your spare time. blog comments powered by Disqus Have news to share?

Software Review 41

Software Review Startup Technical Review Mobile 41

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Not only can it enhance the user’s experience on your site—no need to fill out a registration form or remember yet more password—it also allows marketers to gather more accurate data, including verified email addresses, age, gender, relationship status, and interests. Impressive, but since only 3.4%

Social Network 73

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. I’ll spare you the math and point out that this means we funded 0.104% of the market. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling?

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Informational content , often found on sites like SlideShare, Zillow and automotive blogs is the sharing of information that is near the top of the funnel for demand creation. Things like business white-papers or product reviews are perfect examples of informational traffic. There is no “Facebook of China.”

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Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

When 37signals talked about giving something away for free as a marketing strategy , it made a lot of sense to me: “For us, Writeboard and Ta-da list are completely free apps that we use to get people on the path to using our other products. Taking advantage of word-of-mouth marketing requires more users than most of us will attain.

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

My work took me all around the world and during one of these trips I was pleasantly shocked to see the prices at which designer perfumes and colognes sold for in some markets overseas. In further pursuit of this idea, I came to learn that designer merchandise is a high-demand market. I mean why not? I knew there was a need.

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SEO PPC America Design 86