A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included. In 2013, she sold her business and decided to get “more involved in governance”.

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Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Software changes fast and the government moves slowly. Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent. We need a global solution. They know that these entrepreneurs don’t have the skill or resources to defend themselves. Software technology changes rapidly.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

This worked hand-in-hand with the smart city infrastructure that was in place, enabling the relevant government agencies to communicate with the public through different channels swiftly, and decisively. The government has made huge financial commitments in turning South Korea into one of the world’s leading startup hubs.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 18, 2018

France is one of the world’s leading global powers, but what is it like to conduct business there? Also, as of 2013, for the workforce between the ages of 30 to 34, 44% are higher-education graduates. You can go to VAT Global to review them. The following are 10 things you need to know about conducting business in France.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The class is organized, led and delivered by Startup Weekend , the global non-profit that teaches entrepreneurs how to launch a startup in 54 hours. The program expands to all of Startup Weekend’s 350 member communities in 2013 where it will be offered up to five times a year in each city. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This feature was finally required in 2013. The position of the airplane no longer uses ground radio stations, but rather is determined by Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites or autonomous inertial reference units. Since 2005 a second generation of active safety features have appeared. How do you measure and test these systems?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

With hundred of thousands of global practitioners, the supply of ideas and best practices is endless. Over Thanksgiving weekend in 2013, right after launching his email list experiment, he built Product Hunt’s first website mockup with his team. Today, that MVP has evolved into a thriving online community with more than $7M in funding.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The world has watched government policies and infrastructure spur unprecedented economic growth – from 1978-2013, China’s economy grew at an average of 9.5% Economics Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Technology Women Alibaba business china economics globalization india Jack Ma Narendra Modi women' Enter Modi.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2015

Online shopping is booming and will continue to grow exponentially – the global online retail market now tops $1 trillion a year and is set to double within four years. China alone is tipped to exceed $1 trillion in retail ecommerce sales in the next three years, making up more than 40 percent of the global eCommerce market. [1].

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps software startups by giving them access to a range of Microsoft software at free or discounted prices. However, I agree with Erin Griffith that there’s a surplus of accelerators, and expect some significant shrinkage in 2013-14. SAP also has a dedicated fund for startups using HANA.

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The Next Web

APRIL 9, 2013

Gary will be speaking at The Next Web Conference Europe 2013 , which takes place in Amsterdam on 25-26 April. The bank crisis in Cyprus threatened property rights of depositors; the EU economy is challenged and the US is slipping in global competitiveness rankings. His views expressed here are his own.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2023

The funding round was led by 42XFund, which is based in Abu Dhabi, and participation came from a number of different investors, including Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), responsAbility, and 500 Global, amongst others. eFishery’s current focus is on the Indonesian market.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Traditional business models have changed as globalization takes hold on a global scale, and technology changes our lives day by day. As a result of globalization, many firms have not just moved overseas but relocated entire offices there too (sometimes called “nearshoring”). What’s behind this boom?

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Start Up Blog

MAY 28, 2020

Uber has lost $38 billion since 2013 and yet still has a market valuation of around $60 billion. The World Just Got Flatter: Twitter, Facebook and other large technology firms have just announced their staff can work from home ‘forever’ Once we start to work from home, employers can hire staff from anywhere globally.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 20, 2013

If you think the government should be supporting startups and want to know more about how they should go about it then read on. Simon Cook , CEO of DFJ Esprit on the 2013 UK Budget. We knew this was going to be a tough budget. We need a banking body that understands technology and the innovation leaders of the future.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded the United States Digital Service. She served as the U.S.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 2, 2014

International sales took off after people involved in an Egyptian uprising discovered that Sabai Technology’s wireless routers could send and receive information that was blocked by government filters. 1E; “Sabai Technolocy,” CNN iReport, September 30, 2013, [link]. Haynes began working with the U.S. Commercial Service and U.S.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 27, 2014

. When this 10s decade is over, we will look back and be amazed that a mere ten years prior, a few, absolutely massive financial institutions controlled the global banking industry. Due to market forces and government regulations, banks abandoned the lower end of the consumer market.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This public-private partnership is part of the State Department’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative to increase innovation around the world, and was launched today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Morocco. This critical resource could not come at a more pressing time.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2014

Football (or soccer, as some of you may know it) is one of the most powerful global industries. In 2013, FIFA, the worlds governing football body, oversaw 12,309 international transfers with a combined transfer compensation value of $3.7 Football transfers in particular are growing year by year, both by quantity and revenue.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Future of Startups 2013-2017, beginning of a series. Sunday, January 27th, 2013. And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. So jump on this next rain now, more postings on this to come. ALEXIA TSOTSIS.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

This partnership is given every chance to succeed however, with Israel’s government solidly committed to backing civilian R&D projects to the tune of 4.5% The government also encourages the country’s entrepreneurial spirit by providing start-ups with micro loans (currently averaging $85,000), repayable upon the company turning a profit.

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Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

But there’s a ton of interesting bits on everything from growth rates to corporate governance, so I will still do a deep analysis though will serialize this into a couple posts. I’ll first start with a brief background on the genesis of Alibaba and a top level sizing of the company and its underlying businesses. ==.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. Tapping into global markets – There are talented people in the world who can’t earn a “global market rate” for their services but when you open them up to global demand – boom! Prices down. Network Up. An obvious example of this is oDesk.

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Early Growth Financial Services

DECEMBER 31, 2013

2013 has been a very special year for me. And so like we did in 2009 , 2010, 2011 and 2012 please raise your fists in the air and celebrate these amazing people who rolled up their sleeves, faced their fears and shipped something meaningful in 2013. Happy New Year’s Eve! for the next ten years. A for Awesome. D for Delicious.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Canadian government announced on Thursday it will launch a new program on April 1 to encourage startup founders who will (hopefully) create new jobs and spur economic growth in the country. “Recruiting dynamic entrepreneurs from around the world will help Canada remain competitive in the global economy.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Likely encouraged by various government schemes to grow the games and animation sector , the Singapore video games industry in recent years have expanded rapidly, growing from $87 million in 2005 to $285 million in 2007. “Mobile games are the fastest-growing segment, with revenue set to nearly double between 2013 and 2015 from US$13.2

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

Yet 72 percent said that the classes they’d taken didn’t adequately prepare them to start a business, and most didn’t think enough support was available from the government and banks. A global rethinking of economic growth amid mounting environmental concerns. Having to move back in with mom and dad after graduation.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin Sloss co-founded Tachyus , providing predictive analytics and quantitative optimization for the petroleum industry, in 2013. Prior to Tachyus, Dakin co-founded OpenGov , a platform to share, visualize, and analyze government financial data. Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. .

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Dakin Sloss co-founded Tachyus , providing predictive analytics and quantitative optimization for the petroleum industry, in 2013. Prior to Tachyus, Dakin co-founded OpenGov , a platform to share, visualize, and analyze government financial data. Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. .

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore facing critical challenges in doing business in-country – with its manpower crunch, high rental costs and small domestic market – may want to consider exploring participating in the global e-commerce market, says PayPal.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. He shared his tips for building a global business, hiring, what he’d do differently and more… The Chainalysis journey ? How did you initially think about going global from a sales perspective?

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 5, 2014

We’ve had a very long period of low to no inflation, at least based on the way the government calculates it. While my cynicism around government math and how inflation is calculated is substantial, there isn’t much question that since 2008 capital has been extremely cheap. The inflation proofing headline stuck in my head.

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