crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Three trends which started in 2010 should continue into 2011 and should accelerate as the year goes on: VC funding will continue to accelerate fueled by the global growth in entrepreneurship; job creation will see gains, fueled by startups and small business; initial public offerings will see a comeback. Investors will be bullish on startups.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Obviously, none of us can accurately determine what the future will hold, but thanks to globalization, rapid advances in the scientific and technological sectors, and a very connected online world ( among other things ), change is happening faster than ever before. And in the 21st century, it will take China and India just 15 years.

Small Business 60

Small Business Artificial Inteligence Demand Technical Review 60

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Pursue Global Markets 2. Pursue Global Markets. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. In the U.S.

Africa 104

Africa Brazil China India 104

thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Today, he gave a speech to a crowd of 20,000 at Madision Square Garden, outlining steps he is taking to cut bureaucratic red tape and encourage the Indian diaspora to invest back into India. In 2030, India is expected to surpass China in population.

India 40

India China Africa Government 40

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. Fast forward to 2021, six in 10 people around the world now use the internet, 332 million people came online for the first time in 2021, and 4.66

Artificial Inteligence 141

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 141

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In Beijing we hadn’t seen air so badly polluted since we had been in Agra in India in the winter where I swear there was a day you could wave your hand in front of you and see traces of it in the air (and their excuse was they burn dung for heat.). Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 billion in all deals.

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 269

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

The clients, competitors, providers, intermediaries — distributors — and other public (such as the government or the press), are known as the company’s micro-moments. He is the founder, CEO and creative head of DG Studio, a Los Angeles based digital agency with Sister companies in India and Mexico.

Los Angeles 180

Los Angeles Marketing Sacramento Detroit 180

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

by Raj Subramaniam, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services. Globally, only 38% of SMEs currently export overseas, even to markets right next door. Globally, SMEs that sell overseas generate average revenues of US$1.5 Could it be that exporting overseas is simply not worthwhile?

Small Business 100

Small Business South Korea Colombia Taiwan 100

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In Beijing we hadn’t seen air so badly polluted since we had been in Agra in India in the winter where I swear there was a day you could wave your hand in front of you and see traces of it in the air (and their excuse was they burn dung for heat.). Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 billion in all deals.

Silicon Valley 161

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 161

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). 2005 to Today: Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Government Specific, etc. Macro Trend 2: Urbanization. billion) in 2005.

Technology 174

Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2011

By Terry Hicks, General Manager and Vice President, Intuit Global Small Business. This sentiment was clearly reflected by participants of a recent seminar at the SME Internet Summit. Many small and medium sized companies in Singapore can even tap on certain government grants to help them on their way.

Cloud 162

Cloud Singapore Small Business Security 162

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To succeed, we will need innovation that is both original and deployed at global scale. To achieve that vision, we need new technologies; new collaborative strategies between governments, NGOs, and the private sector; new methods of sharing and scaling what works. So, let’s start with networks. Networks of capital.

Networking 28

Networking Chile Government Global 28

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world. The post Drinking from a Firehose appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Offshore Singapore India 40

Reid Hoffman

APRIL 14, 2014

billion people in China, India, and other developing countries will join the global middle class. As the global middle class expands, there will massive opportunities for entrepreneurs to create more efficient industries and more productive business ecosystems. Over the next decade and a half, 2.5

Global 77

Global India Demand China 77

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We need a center of gravitas.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

But if that observation led them to refrain from investing in the Internet sector, they would have missed one of the most stunning legal creations of wealth in history. The Internet bull market continued to run for four more years after the Open Market IPO, finally ending in the spring of 2000.

IPO 48

IPO IRR Brazil Government 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. 250 million Internet users. 98- 1.15).

India 74

India Indonesia China 74

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding.

Entrepreneur 147

Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 147

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. It globalizes. The White Tiger is set in India. Om Malik was also on the panel. As was Shel Israel.

India 334

India New Jersey Silicon Valley France 334

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. Surfers alway want to know the waves conditions in real-time and they want to stay connected with their local and global community. That’s it. That’s what we do. Thanks to Eileen Gittins, Blurb ! #2)

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is phasing out support of the Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser. Internet Explorer. In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. My Journal.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

First of all, can we structure all of the resources that Khan Academy already has and other things on the internet so that we can help parents and teachers get their legs under them? We need to wait for the government to fix it." Government is. The team's been energized and excited to have a role to play in this global pandemic.

California 60

California Silicon Valley Framework China 60

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Computer And Internet. View All Search Results » Subscribe. América Latina. 中文-简体 (China).

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? The way I do it.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. You sell a product that requires an internet connection and a web browser for access, which means your prospects are online! Almost all businesses will look to go global at some point if they continue to grow.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Transformify

AUGUST 6, 2015

According to Nepali government officials, it will cost over $6.6bn and at least five years to reconstruct and rebuild the country. May Mark Zuckerberg’s free Internet project help more on the long run than the one –off donations? Women represent two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally. Source: Aljazeera).

Asia 40

Asia Internet Nepal Congo 40

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21 st century. Consumer Internet Driving Innovation.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally.

Restful 227

Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 227

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Happy Look Like an Idiot on the Internet Day. If your desire was to make yourself look like an ignorant internet troll … I believe you have succeeded.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes.

Government 280

Government Distribution Stock United States 280