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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Their financial models are based on membership fees that grant access to a shared coworking space, resources, and access to other founders and operational expertise. That’s because unlike accelerators, which operate on a six- to 12-week cadence, studios don’t have a set timeframe. Carlos stirred his coffee.

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I Haven’t Seen A Startup Yet Thrive Without Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

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. That’s a double death wish. Unless you have very deep pockets, plan for some very significant marketing costs to kick-start your dream.

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Viral Marketing And Word-of-Mouth Require Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

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. That’s a double death wish. Unless you have very deep pockets, plan for some very significant marketing costs to kick-start your dream.

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New study: Britain leads the world in mobile data consumption, m-commerce and internet TV

The Equity Kicker

New research from Ofcom has found that Britain leads the world in usage of several key technologies: Most likely to access TV content over the internet: 23% of us do so every week (USA is second with 17%). Use more mobile data: In Dec 2011 the average mobile connection downloaded 424 megabytes of data (Japan was second with 392 megabytes).

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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

On May 25, 2018, the European Union implemented new Internet regulations called the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR, for short. Although the GDPR applies to European countries, it doesn’t just apply to Europe-based companies. by Gabriel Shaoolian, founder of DesignRush. Companies Will Need To Prove They Are Protecting Data.

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FinTech and Forex – A Match Made in Heaven

The Startup Magazine

With increased flexibility offered by smart mobile devices and wireless Internet connection, traders can achieve today more than they were able to in the past. Traders can now monitor currency prices and changes in pip regardless of their location, as long as they have a decent Internet connection. Well, of course, it is.

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How To Sell To Consumers In Europe

YoungUpstarts

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. Then the big bad wolf of internet came. To begin with, it was the internet that created this. You cannot look at Europe as one playground. How was this possible? Market research.

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