VC Cafe
MARCH 18, 2014
Mobile Data usage on the Network growing 14-15 % QoQ. Mobile Data as a percentage of total revenue is about 7.5%. India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. Data services currently contribute only about 8-9 % of revenue for mobile operators, versus 52% in the US.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 18, 2012
The business may either start in Singapore and quickly venture outwards OR it starts in a larger regional market e.g. Indonesia from day one. For e.g. platforms, market places, aggregators, advertising networks… chances are you are a B2B2C company. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India.
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venturedig.com
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. Reason : as soon as someone sits down to outline ways social networks can be monetized, another model emerges, and another model ceases. The middle man is called an ad network. Virtual Currency.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 31, 2014
But if you want to build a scalable startup you need to be asking how you can you get enough customers/users/payers to build a business that can grow revenues past several $100M/year. China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. One of the groups I spoke to was the Australian Sports Technology Network.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 22, 2011
The company also introduced 12 new initial development partners, including China’s Kooky Panda , Indonesia’s Elasitas , India’s Nazara, Indigo Entertainment from India, as well as Singapore’s The Mobile Gamer. “They also have an engaged community ready to embrace social gaming,&# he adds.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Interestingly, research compiled from messaging threat protection service provider Cloudmark’s Global Threat Network actually places the United States as the top country in the world in terms of volume of email spam, followed by Brazil and France. Consider this – there were 210 billion reported incidents of spam in 2012. Philippines.
The Next Web
AUGUST 30, 2013
A company cannot hire out of a hub city like Singapore and expect those individuals to cover Indonesia, India, Thailand, and the Philippines. Recruiters don’t understand this, so try to be hands on with your own network and utilize services like LinkedIn when finding your first few key employees. Be ‘local’ but don’t overdo it.
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