Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

A competitor that was much better in the same business, opened up a few cities away, wouldn’t do much harm to your business operations. You cannot look at Europe as one playground. You need to do local research on competitors, pricing, service levels, potential marketplaces, operational cost, search trends, local VAT etc.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Because starting a company and growing it is hard no matter where you are, but the difficulty is magnified in Europe, where people are divided by geography, regulation, language and cultural prejudice. So, what can Europe do about it? Access to capital continues to be a challenge in Europe. Here are my three recommendations.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2020

If a business is in the fortunate position to invest, owners will often look to upgrading equipment, or invest in the property the business operates from. Others simply distribute profits to shareholders; an unwise short-term approach given the number of risks on the horizon.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2019

John Fielding is a principal of Amsterdam Brewing Company, based in Toronto, a craft brewery that also operates two additional facilities: the Amsterdam BrewHouse, a brewery and restaurant located on Toronto’s waterfront, and the Amsterdam Barrel House, a casual pub located in Leaside. Ethoca Solutions Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. We faced it when we were small.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 5, 2020

Just over the last year, we at V1 have done two crypto investments in Europe with Guesser (Madrid) and Nexus Mutual (London). This is particularly true in crypto that often operates with distributed teams, an open source spirit and on the idea of global currencies. Ideas, teams and capital are more fluid than ever before.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital. Step away from the ping-pong table and out into the streets of Alexandria, and it’s a strikingly foreign environment compared to America or Western Europe. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2013

Cologne, Germany-based Hotel Reservation Service (HRS) , the leading hotel portal in Europe for business and private travelers, late last month announced its official expansion in the Asia Pacific with the opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore. “It’s not just about having good technology, which we also have.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Within 50 years, books created an information explosion across Europe – 10’s of thousands of titles, and 10’s of millions of copies of books. With the printing press, it only took a couple of months to spread Martin Luther’s 95 Theses over much of northern Europe. And when how businesses operated changed forever.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A well-developed compliance program should include clear, written policies distributed to employees and a mechanism for reporting issues and concerns. For private equity firms, especially those focusing on health care, having a comprehensive compliance program is key to operating with integrity and making a legitimate profit.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

I use the money made from my private clients to launch intelligence operations against our enemies. One thing led to another, and my husband and I ended up getting an exclusive distribution contract in Canada for a major French brand. Government and the American public. My company serves a purpose and promotes goodness.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It then spread across Europe to Australia and Canada. By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Aidan: This may be because of the intangible quality of apps and software: when something isn’t physically manufactured and distributed, it can be difficult to see why it should cost money. Slowly, policies are changing to protect users. Paid email services such as HEY!

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2018

If some luxury brands are still hesitant to fully embrace e-retail as part of their distribution strategy — fearful of losing a feeling of exclusivity — most luxury brands have finally understood that they must offer some level of digital experience to stay relevant.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Challenges In Operation. In Europe’s retail trade, not all product groups are subject to the same law. Special characteristics are especially in the distribution of digital products: Until 2015, tax matters had been transacted in the vendor’s home country.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

High Price Point : the incumbents generally enjoy high margins and distribution involves several middlemen — a structural mitigator to lower prices. Alex’s analysis ports well to the UK and Europe, and the biggest challenge we have from a venture perspective with many ecommerce ideas is potential market size.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). We discussed European VC, which is rumored to be down by up to 82%. We talked about Facebook.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The small domestic market in Estonia and the fragmented nature of the market in Europe changed from a disadvantage to an advantage for launching Skype. Spotify then used the data and insights from operating in Scandinavia to learn how to build the successful business globally.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Dave argues that instead of providing connections you should let founders do 95% of the work and offer support with operational areas of expertise like design, data and distribution. AngelList is operating very much like the NASDAQ stock exchange of the startup investment world, where deals and angel investors are public.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. Many people do not know this, but one of the most amazing Internet success stories is the European division of The Priceline Group, which operates under the brand Booking.com. Let’s start with Facebook.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. You either had to do “on deck / on portal&# deals where your app was rolled out through the carriers sh*tty operating platform or you had to go “off deck&# which meant you had no customers. These phones were so over hyped.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Whether your new software is ‘in the cloud,’ an online download, or distributed on a CD through various direct and indirect distribution channels, the process of localization is still a time consuming, manually intensive, and expensive effort. Despite all the hype and free tools, there still is not ‘an app for that.’ Gemassmer.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Statistically, less than 50 percent of small businesses are still operational after five years. These include the hiring of virtual assistants, which lowers operational costs while increasing the level of productivity. . By outsourcing, it is estimated that you can reduce cost of operations by at least 40 percent.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The platform matches companies in need of cash with investors looking for solid returns, and in the middle is a securitization scheme with distributed ledger technology at its core. Things have flattened since then, but the potential for more rolling lockdowns across Europe over the busy Christmas period has manufacturers in a flap.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2017

A centralized team often operates under a service model with a certain number of shared resources on the team. The different teams often share technology platforms which can be managed by a central team, but the usage of technology and the practice of CRO is distributed. Image Source. Centralized Conversion Optimization Teams.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Meanwhile in Europe. Help is not exactly on the way. The new normal – Source Viola Ventures.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

My post The Future Of Work Is Distributed received some good comments. ” It’s an important nuance, as there is a big difference between a fully distributed workforce (which the blockchain kids refer to as a “decentralized workforce”) and a multi-location workforce. .”

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. Riku is now ready to launch in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and Europe! We have worked with over 700 food companies. Thanks to Goutham Gandhi, Futuristic Labs ! #20-

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. You got to create a different operating culture. Today’s topic was The DoD and Modern War.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

What distribution, are we using gems or are we a web? A lean business plan absorbs after that, after you’ve decided you want to go to Europe or you want to go to the beach or somewhere warm, then you get into making the execution happen. There is the one page business plan, strategic plan, operations plan, all of that.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There hasn’t been such a full list of Israeli startups coming to Europe since Barcelona’s World Mobile Congress. The UK is Israel’s second largest export market following the US, but Israeli startups often ‘forget Europe’ when it comes to Internationalizing their product. Applicaster - Company Website.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. This lead to me needing to find a new career, and fast! I absolutely loved it!

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 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. In just a year of operations, Fab has signed up nearly 5 million members, sold 1.8 WSJ Europe Edition. Customer Center. My Journal. Edition Home.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Communications-equipment maker Arris Group Inc. for about $158.1 million in cash. The Israel/U.S.

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