A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? The good news: There are good answers to these questions!

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Talk me through the inception of Janji and the basis for your business model. We travel to locations, for example Bolivia, and work with artists and makers there to design apparel. We’re also doing trips to Bolivia, Cambodia and we’re even going to do one in Vermont, which I know seems to be a little out there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2018

Even the venerable McDonald’s failed to recognize that in Bolivia, their price per meal was off the charts compared to indigenous alternatives. These factors can totally change your customer value proposition, or your cost of doing business in that geography. Evaluate local transportation, energy, and financial services.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

My grandparents ran a very large cookie and bread factory in Bolivia. There were so many pieces of the actual business side that I just didn't understand. Business model. So as business owners are making purchases along the way, we are receiving commissions off of those. I had been exposed to it a lot as a child.

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