thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Rickshaw drivers in India have cell phones as do camel drivers in the remote Rajasthan desert. Farmers subscribed to daily updates via SMS on weather and crop prices.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. The fourth quarter of 2010 was the company’s eighth consecutive growth quarter, highlighted by a record number of new customers.

Global 73

Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Deborah has interest from Whole Foods and some other grocery stores to build such greenhouses near their distribution centers. I have advised her to course-correct and validate with the potential customers how much they are willing to pay and in what framework. Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories. Don't miss it!

Affiliate 117

Affiliate India Nevada Silicon Valley 117

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Distribution Channel for Product Companies. Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. why not become a retailer of the same basket of products that he wants to distribute? Photo by designkryt.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

Next, we went to a discussion on a scenario that a 1M/1M premium company is facing where they offer an innovative customer support solution to large enterprises like Telecom and Consumer Electronics players and are going to market through a channel partner in the U.S. This, by the way, is a real scenario. Silicon Valley: The Next Decade.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley New Jersey Entrepreneur Massachusetts 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x But LivingSocial is reportedly doing around $180,000 per day in gross revenue. AppDynamics.

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IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

First up, Joel Korpi from Austin, Texas, pitched Rockify , a platform for transforming video content into multiple device friendly formats, process payments and help content producers distribute and monetize content more widely. Joel has one anchor customer right now and has validated his assumptions based on that case study.

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Poland Argentina Oakland Entrepreneur 126

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. With limited resources, this is a tall order, and it seemed to me that Justin's heart really is in the creative.

Bootstrapping 113

Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going. Your customers’ biggest need is not for more things. Your best strategy is to find more customers that fit the things you do best, rather than building more things.

Startup 361

Startup Social Media India Acquisition 361

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Whether you’re a freelancer, content outlet, or brand of product/service, email marketing can prove to be an effective means of reaching your audience of stakeholders, customers or media contacts. That means you have a captive audience consisting of customers, stakeholders, and site visitors who have subscribed to updates from you.

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Email Social Media Marketing Audience 135

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. Photo by emsago.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

Denmark 60

Denmark Guatemala Bangladesh Cofounder 60

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. 25-30 million 3G customers.

India 74

India Indonesia China 74

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Custom parts can also sometimes lead you down a rabbit-hole of building your own equipment to build those custom parts (and yes, I’ve had multiple companies that have had to do this!). If you do a launch it’s rare for the launch to take of organically, it must also be accompanied by a level of paid distribution (i.e.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going. Your customers’ biggest need is not for more things. Your best strategy is to find more customers that fit the things you do best, rather than building more things.

Social Media 218

Social Media India Acquisition China 218

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

A couple weeks ago, we dug into internal site search & found that in some cases , searches performed by only 10% of the site’s total traffic made up nearly 40% of the companies overall revenue. Likewise, if you have an international customer base, you have to recognize certain regional or country-specific phrasing.

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Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

As a startup, you need to use your limited resources to excel at a few core things for your best customers, in order to stand out and get the momentum going. Your customers’ biggest need is not for more things. Your best strategy is to find more customers that fit the things you do best, rather than building more things.

Social Media 163

Social Media India Acquisition China 163

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. The rest can be outsourced to wherever (Estonia – Skype; someone mentioned digg above; you can even send this junk to India and get it with questionable quality). Cant wait for more posts on Techcrunch [link] ?

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Back to Top « Customer Service.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

However, the vast majority of bankless adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and India. In India, at least 50% of the 1.3 There are only 182,000 ATMs across India with only 15% of adults using an account to make or receive payments with 72% of bank accounts showing zero balance. report concludes.”

India 100

India Mobile SMS Tanzania 100

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. A move allows the business to get close to the customer, learn their pain points, and adapt accordingly. What are the challenges and lessons of scaling up?

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. If you have an idea and either customers waiting for the product to be built, or a startup success under your belt already, skip to step 2. "I am a creative guy with a startup idea."

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. 1M/1M Program has a bold mission.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

I first met Evangelos Simoudis when he ran IBM’s Business Intelligence Solutions Division and then as CEO of his first startup Customer Analytics. and the emergence of new industries, markets and customers. and concentrated on a single part of the supply chain – importing, distribution, wholesale, retail.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. This is where numerous ventures fail.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

They threw a pizza party that first night, they've now raised millions of dollars and have thrown hundreds of thousands more, not just in support of frontline workers, but in support of restaurants who, as everyone knows, are struggling in these times with a dramatic decline in revenue, in customers.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Founder Community Software Review 68

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

based in emerging markets: Russia, China, India. There is an opportunity in ‘related services’ Distribution is a real problem for newly launched sites. By latching on to traffic hubs like Facebook, Apple, Google and Twitter and so on, it is possible for a new site to reduce the distribution risk.

Russia 68

Russia Hosting Differentiation Social Network 68

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Or if prototype is good enough to sell, sell it to customers. In such a case youll have the right to use it, but not to decompile or distribute it and probably youll pay a license amount for it. Dont aim for the lowest bid.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

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Software Review 45

Software Review Technical Review Advertising Naming 45

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

As a result, Pandora is nowhere near profitable at more than $103 million in quarterly revenue, paying more than half of this sum to labels for content licenses. iOS App Store revenue still dwarfs Google Play’s, but the challenger is catching up fast. Surprisingly, the leading market for Google Play revenue is Japan, not the US.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93