Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Here are three key cost elements of just the viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Back in Europe, it is very common for companies to provide its employees with a daily supply of healthy snack, a coffee corner with good coffee or even a barista, company events, Friday drinks etc and it’s usually a high-selling point amongst potential employees. Giving the wrong company perks and benefits. Being too direct during meetings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%.

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The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Previously, he worked in venture capital in Europe. There is a lot of money in Europe, and if you’re willing to learn from your US trip, it might actually be easier to raise money back home than in the almighty Valley. If you have no network, you will not be able to hire the best people in San Francisco. It’s almost impossible.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

We’re getting ready to start producing in Europe to avoid high shipping charges and slow delivery times. Rather than build a production facility in Europe, I just have to find an existing production center in Europe, and I’m done. 5 Areas of Your Business You Should Outsource. Projects and Jobs Outside Your Expertise.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

He built, scaled, and exited companies in Europe and Canada, and led client projects across the world. Talk to me about how refining your businesses purpose statement can actually help the hiring and employee retention process? In this episode of the Agency Spark Podcast, Sara interviews Alex Brueckmann.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

You cannot look at Europe as one playground. The difference in Europe on the same product is between 8% and 27%. But in Europe, Amazon is only active in 5 of the 51 countries (!!). Hire local specialists and you will avoid losing money and time. In what countries does my shipper have a local returns address?

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

This discussion began last week and has fostered some great comments and resources… Offshore resources/Europe company for U.S. I’m looking for suggestions on how to scale this using people in europe without adding too many “middle men” 1. Hire them 8 hours at a time and review daily by skype, g hangout.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

Example from this morning was a quick discussion on the “Brexit” and wether the UK will exit Europe. I know that bad apples in a company can bring down the productivity of everybody, which is why they need to be culled and why I recommend hiring for Attitude over Aptitude.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

For example, iOS devices are more popular in Western Europe or North America, while Android is more popular in other parts of the world. Ideally, you should consider hiring a company with experience in mHealth app development. So find a trusted development company to build an MVP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Here are three key cost elements of just the viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

If you’re the hiring manager for your company, here are five tips that can help you find the right people — and do your job more successfully: 1. Keep in mind that you’re hiring coworkers and acting as company spokesperson. Think of the hiring process as a type of user experience, and look for ways to continuously improve it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

Of course as a non-Korean I can only generalize but when it was my turn I told her my experience of living in Europe and Japan where failure seemed less tolerated than my experience of living in California and working in the tech sector.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It was also used as a project management tool & document storage system for the largest private bank in Europe who even stored images of their bank vaults on our servers. And it launched this author’s career and taught me everything I know about sales, marketing, hiring, firing, fund raising and so on. million and then $5.9

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The pivot came when former-CEO Howard Schultz returned from Europe with the idea of selling ready-made coffee drinks like cappuccino and espresso. Do I have the team I need, or will a pivot necessitate more hiring? Starbucks, for example, did not start life as a ubiquitous coffee shop. What is the competitive landscape like?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You start traveling around Europe, starting working for them overseas. Or did I want to move to Europe? I only went because I wanted to live and work in Europe. DEREK 8:33] So you’re working in Europe. 00:12:57] DEREK: This was in Europe? Should I hire or not hire this person?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2013

Here are three elements of most viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

He was a lead for distributed teams in India, Europe and the U.S., and moved from delivery to architecture and developer evangelism to make sure that new hires don't have to have the same bad experiences we all had to go through until companies started appreciating the internet as a platform. Rockstars should be made, not found.

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Transformify

MAY 4, 2018

We develop custom software appli-cations for clients in North America and Europe. The company is looking to hire a tal-ented Intermediate+ Web Developer. We have over 200 employees spread across 30 different countries. All employees work from home. Work hours are flexible and projects are interest-ing and challenging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator , one of the many, many startup accelerators in Europe, is taking the first class of startups who’ve graduated from its six-month program stateside this month. Nexi : aims to change the way companies attract and hire the most talented people.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Hire more non-Partner staff. – Hire more Partners. For a VC fund to be actively engaged in a large number of investments, it needs to hire more Partners to sit on more boards. If you’re thinking of hiring a Partner, I suggest see How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

They’ve stopped hiring the best talent, and startups are not looking so risky compared to large companies. The young entrepreneurs I met are bringing impressive energy and intelligence to their goal of building one of Europe’s leading technology hubs in Helsinki. Nokia was blind-sided in a classic disruptive innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2012

Here are three elements of most viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! We then moved our CFO, David Lapter, to the US. More red tape.

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Transformify

JANUARY 13, 2020

By adopting an all-remote policy, companies can avoid all of these costs, and put that money into marketing and hiring high-quality people which makes scaling faster and more effective. The all-remote concept allows me to enjoy life in Vietnam while hiring and managing people from anywhere in the world.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

From then on, we had five months to build a platform and hire an editorial staff to keep our crowdfunding promise of launching in September 2013. We promised our brand new members that we would launch in September, which gave us five months to build a web app with a responsive design and hire an editorial staff.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

You can obtain talent that is specific to the needs of your business for a fraction of the cost instead of hiring a permanent employee and include them in your virtual office regardless of their location. Growing up in Europe has allowed her a unique insight into cultural differences in business & marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2011

Here are three elements of most viral marketing campaigns: Hire brand evangelists. There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Transformify

JANUARY 26, 2017

Transformify joins other Weconnect members in empowering women entrepreneurs, making it easier for them to hire the team of talented professional contractors who could work remotely or from the site of the company/organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Hiring & Firing the CEO. 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. Makes sure there is always enough cash in the bank.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. While every business is structured differently, here is how I believe you should structure a tech business in Europe (as a first-time entrepreneur!): 10-20% for employees.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. If you ask me, that’s exactly what Berlin (and Europe) needs – ambitious, creative and successful billion-dollar businesses. Prepare to fail, 95% do. This is totally unique.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2019

And that’s why small businesses have more drive to hire workers capable of thinking outside the box and spotting valuable opportunities to get creative. . Startups and growing companies should consider employees’ backgrounds when hiring. This might be a fairly simplistic way to think, but it’s true.

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Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

Now Hiring for an Intermediate C++ 3D Graphics Developer As part of the project team, your role will include leveraging the latest tools and technology in C++ 3D graphics for a diverse selection of desktop application software projects, as well as collaborating with your team in building innovative software products.

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