Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. The communication revolution and the advent of the Internet has brought about a new age of globalization. Easier access to international markets is creating limitless sales opportunities on a worldwide basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. Angel investors are people too. Investors expect you to understand their motivation, respect their time, and show your integrity in all actions.

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Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 255

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. For SaaS companies, we found that MRR is the best metric on which to base sales commissions. which is very close to the typical 8% paid for sales commissions. . $1

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Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Chorus.ai (2015) – Chorus uses AI to analyze sales calls by joining the conference calls, transcribing the data and extracting important action items.

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. They claim to have already raised over $560 million for 1400 startups, primarily in the US and Europe. Angel investors are people too.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. These results are consistent for both US-based and Europe-based VC firms.

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of SaaS companies. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). at 8:58 PM.

Sales 79

Sales Software Review Marketing Technical Review 79

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2015

and Europe, setting the stage for sustained, significant growth even if growth in developed markets should begin to taper off as its installed base grows larger. The key component of Apple Pay is the iPhone, and as consumers are drawn to Apple’s mobile payment technology, the sales success of the iPhone will continue in tandem.

China 100

China Technical Review Mobile Revenue 100

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

Research and development, sample making, marketing the product and perhaps even handling some of the preliminary sales are some of the stages of expansion. However, with my handbag company charm and luck , to grow our business we realized we needed to find sales partners to handle our sales.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Sales Atlanta New York 78

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

Many Internet marketplaces also have a rake or vig. The percentage rake is the amount that the marketplace charges as a percentage of GMS (gross merchandise sales), which typically represents net revenues for the marketplace. As such, they were able to signup nearly every small hotel in Europe. Everything looked incredible.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

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). My dad’s father fled Jewish oppression in Eastern Europe as a teenager and ended up in South America. The world’s best brains are on sale. We then moved our CFO, David Lapter, to the US.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

credit terms), a rise in daily sales outstanding, or DSO, affects the cash flows of local businesses. DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. In a survey conducted in Europe, 60% of respondents said intentional late payment was the major cause of hikes in DSO.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Relevance: In 2011 (mentioned on page 18 if you view the presentation), Facebook only had 11% of the world’s internet users on on its platform – the figure was at 50% in North America. This is also the first year that smartphone sales overtook feature phone sales globally – driven by sales in India.

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India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer With the pervasiveness of the Internet, the world is smaller. Do your homework on potential, and then track the results, both with respect to incremental sales, as well as the costs of localization and maintenance. That means that you need to face the issues of translation and localization sooner rather than later.

Software 200

Software Distribution Europe Database 200

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Tech companies need advertising, marketing, public relations, and technical sales professionals. It is a central point between Europe and the Americas. Hibernia Atlantics network of subsea cables provides some of the worlds best internet connections. Websites such as 604jobs.ca The province has a robust start-up community.

Canada 167

Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 167

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Cracking The Code. anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Diego Basch

JULY 12, 2019

Back then I could think of no other place to be; it was the kitchen of the internet. I was fortunate to live through several waves of crazy growth: first, internet infrastructure and basic applications that needed to exist. build an execution team wherever convenient (could be Asia, Europe, India, anywhere in the US, who knows).

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley San Francisco Asia California 40

Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

Some of our projects that have involved 3D graphics development have included 3D modeling software for commercial real estate sales reps, 3D printing, cutting and editing software, as well as 3D visualization applications for science and medical purposes. Our clients are mostly located in North America and Europe.

Developer 40

Developer North America Java Software Review 40

Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. How the use of internet is transforming the software industry. In the past seven years, Internet has changed the business landscape and software has not been an exception to the rule. Basic sales principle.

Software Review 48

Software Review Internet Software Technical Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. This was how companies who produced media became big before the Internet. The company started out in South Korea by making South Korean drama available on the Internet.

Media 302

Media South Korea Distribution Technical Review 302

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. The communication revolution and the advent of the Internet has brought about a new age of globalization. Easier access to international markets is creating limitless sales opportunities on a worldwide basis.

Global 235

Global North America Intellectual Property Marketing 235

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Cracking The Code. at 5:29 PM.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 59

The Next Web

DECEMBER 24, 2012

We’re a European VC company and we study the market across Europe. What it doesn’t have is the older people, the corporate people, the guys with more maturity and experience in sales and business development. MJ: It goes without saying now that the mobile industry has completely transformed the way we interact with the Internet.

Partner 120

Partner Luxembourg Denmark Europe 120

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. He continues: “I am thinking of initiatives to startup hi-tech companies with annual sales turnover of over $1 billion a year.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard– which stands for “My Internet Identity”– is an identify verification service using your email address, your mobile phone, and your online banking account to prove you are actually you. miiCard is like flashing your driver’s license or passport on the internet.

Small Business 75

Small Business South Africa North America New Zealand 75

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Burnt out and spent, Ferris decided to go on a two-week vacation in Europe and delegated his work to a team of virtual assistants. If I wanted to outsource back office operations to the Philippines, the cost would range from 7 to twelve dollars per hour, and this includes salaries, benefits, power, internet, rent, and contingencies.

Small Business 60

Small Business Non-Compete Europe Philippines 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I had last been in Chapel Hill on a winter’s day in 1986, traveling with the VP of Sales of our new supercomputer startup, Ardent. My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend.

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: design , internet , sales and marketing. 5 comments: Radu Prisacaru - UK Internet Marketer. Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). Tuesday, May 25, 2010.

Software Review 74

Software Review Cloud IPO Jordan 74

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

And obviously the big tech companies are under pressure from Europe here, the European Union, but also on many other privacy fronts and they kind of needed to redesign how they're tracking data and how they hold onto the data. You also have sales data in your C R M or in your shop system. Julian (13:51): Yeah, absolutely.

Analytics 78

Analytics Software Review Channel Europe 78

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

It has annual sales exceeding $100 million and, since it was founded, has some in excess of 4.5 Ninety percent of its business comes from online sales. He also knew that he needed a new approach to marketing the company that had been primarily an internet company. million sunglasses units. Hawkers has thrived online.

Viral 156

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 156

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 50 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 60,000 members worldwide. Or does it? I’ll come back to that later.

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Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 120

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. plus it's faster and costs half as much ), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 billion online in the first quarter of this year.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Europe Consumer. (1). internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Cracking The Code. at 6:01 PM.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

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. So is the internet.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The post My Business Made $153,428 While I Was Traveling In Europe Because I Made One Important Change Years Ago appeared first on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. Traveling this frequently is not.

Monaco 81

Monaco Europe Ukraine Entrepreneur 81

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. They claim to have already raised over $560 million for 1400 startups, primarily in the US and Europe. Angel investors are people too.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241