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When Does a Private-to-Private Merger Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Our goal from the outset was to build a great eCommerce experience that could compete with Michels on one side (for DIY / crafting) and Party City on the other (throwing events / parties / celebrations). She created the company in New Zealand and without raising any institutional capital had grown a global business.

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[Event] Over 540 Young Entrepreneurs To Converge On Global Startup Youth

YoungUpstarts

Carryn Goh (21), Malaysia: An inspired innovator who is working to re-invent ecommerce shopping for women in the SEA region. . Carryn Goh (21), Malaysia: An inspired innovator who is working to re-invent ecommerce shopping for women in the SEA region.

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Mistakes Small Businesses Make In The Online World

YoungUpstarts

Great choices include GoDaddy for those in the United States and [link] for those in New Zealand. For instance, an ecommerce sites with a couple of novel features will benefit from the help of a professional developer, not only to create it but also to maintain the site. Have you been making any of these mistakes?

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Asia Pacific SMEs Must Look To Cross-Border Trade

YoungUpstarts

For example, New Zealand and South Korea have 94 and 92 percent Internet penetration respectively, but Thailand is struggling to get to 30 percent [3]. 2] Ecommerce Europe, With a turnover of $567.3 We also see many statistics about the huge number and growth of small business in Asia Pacific economies. 1] eMarketer [link]. [2]

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People can't do math, and what that means for ecommerce

Lightspeed Venture Partners

From Brazil to Germany, Mexico to New Zealand, a variety of other prize-linked savings opportunities already exists. More recently, much the same theory was seen in the UK’s Premium Savings Bonds, which offer the opportunity to win a prize but no base interest rate.

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Pradeep Raman joins us at Forward Partners

The Equity Kicker

Prior to Piton Pradeep was an entrepreneur, founding three companies in New Zealand and the UK. As a reminder, we invest from true startup stage to late-seed/early Series A and we’re focused on ecommerce companies building brands that people love and the associated ecosystem.

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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50)

Both Sides of the Table

Around this time B2C eCommerce had been dominating the media but the wheels were starting to come off. Everybody thought the real substance was going to come from B2B eCommerce players that would deliver “real value&# by disintermediating supply chains … blah, blah, blah. We felt invincible. Mistakes we made?