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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

Aggressive expansion plans will no doubt see Ben explore off-the-beaten-track towns in Europe and South America in the near future. So the biggest risk to me is missing the chance to reach out and educate business owners who might otherwise not hear about our software and try it. Or look for another revenue generating angle.

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DesignCrowd takes on 99Designs in the US, seeking to grow its crowdsourced design business tenfold

The Next Web

The country also provides DesignCrowd with its largest source of designers, and revenues there have doubled in the last six months alone. We see the biggest demand for crowdsourcing and our service coming from small businesses and entrepreneurs in the US who seem to love crowdsourcing.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

My father was a doctor, a pediatrician with zero interest or knowledge in business at all. He grew up in Colombia, South America. You have been at five startups, you had an exit at your last company where you were the Chief Revenue Officer. I grew up in Northern California. His father came from Romania.

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. Interestingly, CODELCO is required to contribute 10% of its revenues to the armed forces , but the mining industry seems to have little or no connection with innovation and entrepreneurship efforts in universities and startups. See below.).

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. » More.

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Exclusive: Enigmai Helps SMBs Simplify Complex Workforce Scheduling on the Cloud [Interview]

VC Cafe

VC Cafe: Let’s talk about revenue. Our second acquisition channel is the Internet where we have seen significant traction from south America – about 70%. We are starting to think about business partnerships and affiliates. You can change the setups very easily. We save lots of time. How much do you charge?

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Exclusive: Enigmai Helps SMBs Simplify Complex Workforce Scheduling on the Cloud [Interview]

VC Cafe

VC Cafe: Let’s talk about revenue. Our second acquisition channel is the Internet where we have seen significant traction from south America – about 70%. We are starting to think about business partnerships and affiliates. You can change the setups very easily. We save lots of time. How much do you charge?

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