Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

In 20 years we will look back at the first few elections of the global Internet age the way we remember the smoky backrooms of elections past. Sequoia Capital recently made headlines with the NASDAQ IPO of Mecox Lane, a Chinese Internet retailer and the seventh IPO by a Chinese company backed by Sequoia in the last 18 months.

Coder 69

Coder Brazil IPO Government 69

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. So is the internet. Jinni isn’t a social network, it’s an internet application designed to fit how people relate to movies and TV. CellBuddy - Company Website. Evolero - Company Website.

Israel 133

Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Now, with the use of technology and the internet, especially with the pandemic, the landscape is shifting to safe, non-contact phone sales for life insurance. Digital navigation classes teach you how to use the correct tools to get around the internet. Life insurance has always been largely a face-to-face type of sale. 14- Workcation.

Artificial Inteligence 126

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 126

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

operations for Brazil-based Movile , a mobile platform for content and commerce. This is a step forward for the Good Law—which has already helped Brazil a lot—but private business and government need to start doing more to truly help launch Brazil’s mobile potential. Eduardo Henrique is the head of U.S.

Brazil 149

Brazil Portugal Silicon Valley Mobile 149

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

More of the continent’s population has become connected to the internet, and ongoing government support to upgrade digital infrastructure has been widespread. Lagos (Nigeria) and Cape Town (South Africa) The African continent has rapidly developed its startup ecosystem in the last few decades.

South Africa 136

South Africa New York City San Francisco Silicon Valley 136

The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2017

The report also predicts that by that time, 30% of all internet surfing worldwide will be carried out without any screen, instead being powered by voice-activation software, such as Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant. With this in mind, the ramifications for the casino industry are limitless.

Technical Review 66

Technical Review Technology Brazil Germany 66

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The survey indicated that the VCs surveyed felt the best prospects were for entrepreneurs in emerging markets like China, Brazil, and India. It will not be the Facebooks of the world that will prove a job-creating force, but rather the new technologies that are the equivalent of the mainframe computer, the PC revolution, or the Internet.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup India 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

Most of us can still remember when Ford expanded into Brazil with the Pinto model, not realizing the translation had a negative sexual connotation, which severely hurt Ford’s brand in many countries for all models. Yet every change can cause brand dilution or competition you don’t need. Always check language nuances and translation issues.

Leadership 426

Leadership Management Brazil Differentiation 426

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2014

The remaining two are in Brazil and on the International Space Station. Today, small businesses and internet startups are popping up everywhere. At present the company has cameras in 6 locations, with more on the way. 4 of the cameras are situated in underwater coral reefs off the Grand Cayman, St. Thomas U.S.

Virgin Islands 127

Virgin Islands Technical Review Startup Cofounder 127

Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2017

The “internet of caring things” and the “cognitive study of elderly care”. See what’s new from Brazil and Japan (including a holographic bike wheels, Visual QR code that summoned a “trippy” Steve Jobs, mini robots, voice changing software, and (a shock collar type) device to create empathy for those with speech impediments.

Artificial Inteligence 54

Artificial Inteligence Brazil Japan Austin 54

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Although the Internet gives you pervasive reach, it hasn’t reduced the world to one locale for your business. Some years ago Brazil had a major balance of payments deficit. Therefore Brazil made it difficult to import products from abroad. Similar issues prevail when doing business in other countries, cultures and languages.

Saudi Arabia 225

Saudi Arabia Brazil Finland Silicon Valley 225

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Thanks to Matt Bowman, Thrive Internet Marketing Agency ! #9- Thanks to Greg Barnett, Brazil Counsel ! #23- 9- Diversified Photo Credit: Rafal Mlodzki The future of entrepreneurship will no doubt be defined by greater diversity.

Artificial Inteligence 118

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Global 118

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

McAfee’s products and services aim to secure systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users safer connections to the Internet, and to browse and shop the Web more securely. Following the acquisition, the Israeli-based Sentrigo team will report to the McAfee Risk & Compliance business unit.

Israel 79

Israel Java Database Argentina 79

The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Marco Gomes is the founder of social media advertising company Boo-box , which reaches 60 million people in Brazil monthly with ads from clients like Google, Unilever, Volkswagen and Microsoft. He’ll be speaking at our upcoming TNW Conference Latin America , which takes place on 28 and 29 August in São Paulo, Brazil.

Brazil 132

Brazil Artificial Inteligence America Argentina 132

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. they send less emails, but a large proportion of those can be spam). .”

Email 157

Email Global SMS Malaysia 157

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

With the advent of the Internet, it’s easy to think of the world as one locale for your business. Some years ago Brazil had a major balance of payments deficit. Therefore Brazil made it difficult to import products from abroad. Similar issues prevail when doing business in other countries, cultures and languages.

Brazil 121

Brazil Finland Silicon Valley Italy 121

www.netmagazine.com

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

That number is higher in places such as Egypt, Brazil, and South Africa, and it’s growing worldwide. It’s in our best interests to support a single, adaptive web experience: Opera recently found 59 per cent of its US user base is mobile-only. Read more about us Subscribe to.net magazine Current issue of.net.

Mobile 68

Mobile Web Software Review South Africa 68

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 2, 2013

This is a global trend: newspapers in Brazil, Germany and elsewhere are fed up with giving away their articles for nothing on the internet. More than a quarter of newspapers now have one, and most big groups that do not have plans to charge for digital access.

Brazil 167

Brazil New York Germany Chicago 167

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. Being the region's strongest economy, Brazil has played a vital role in accelerating economic growth in LATAM. Emerging Markets: Five Markets To Watch. The Bottom Line.

Global 95

Global Brazil Russia Singapore 95

Austin Startup

JANUARY 31, 2018

Then, when I was running MTV in Latin America but my parents were in London, it was the Volleyball World Championship Final, Poland vs Brazil. That’s a big fundamental change seeing that since the start of the internet and sites like broadcast.com and YouTube, we, the users, have always had a public text chat.

Startup 48

Startup Germany Poland Argentina 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2012

Wednesday, January 11- Dublin, Ireland I’ll be facilitating in the Internet Growth Acceleration Programme (iGAP) program. His method advocates the creation of rapid prototypes designed to test market assumptions, and uses customer feedback to evolve them much faster than via more traditional product development practices.

Ireland 157

Ireland North America Lean Taiwan 157

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Nearly all of that growth will occur outside Europe and North America, from Brazil, China, and India to countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Some statistics first: according to the OECD, the global middle class will grow from an estimated 1.8 billion people in 2009 to 4.9 billion in 2030.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property Israel China IP 143

VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

By 2015, 32% of the population will use a mobile phone to access the internet. 1) There’s a growing buzz around entrepreneurship - several people mentioned that in the past, students that graduated from college hurried to find a job in big company and in the case of Brazil also the government. billion invested in 2010 and 1.13

Spain 108

Spain Silicon Valley Brazil Europe 108

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

JS (for web/internet and mobile devices). Travis, thanks for the post (reading it and learning down here in Brazil – will do the same). . . • Front End Expertise: XHTML/CSS/JavaScript – Hand code, standards compliant, semantic, cross platform & cross device interfaces, jQuery, MooTools, Ext. Gustavo Vale.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

For example, Voxy delivers a different product to Brazil than to other South American nations. China alone will have 650 million Internet users in just a few short years, with consumers set to spend $37 billion online by 2015.”. 8 Common Mistakes. That’s not to say it’s simple to establish a world-wide startup.

Global 132

Global South Korea San Francisco China 132

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. In March of 2009 EliteEditing.com launched, and I would run back and forth to an Internet café five blocks from my office to manage work coming through and to take business calls. That’s it. That’s what we do.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

Start Up Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are the buzz word in business for good reason. The internet has made it possible to have a global work force from launch date, and the same cost advantages that multinationals have had since they started exporting labour to China and other parts of Asia since the 1960’s.

Offshore 69

Offshore India Brazil Russia 69

The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Entrepreneurs who cannot pitch to Valley investors will not be able to reap the benefits of possible investment. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market.

Silicon Valley 148

Silicon Valley Chile Rwanda Tanzania 148

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2015

The startup culture is rampant today, especially in emerging national economies like Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. From job search engines, to cab companies, to food delivery services, many of these businesses are growing fast and gaining popularity. Some services are even free. Promote your business en masse.

Cloud 100

Cloud South Africa SMS Startup 100

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

trillion, by 2020, equivalent to bringing a whole new market the size of Brazil online. The great thing is that via the Internet we CAN copy the principles of the best of them - Zappos’ and Mind Valley’s and scores of others are online for all to see. Well, McKinsey estimates that consumer spending in Africa will double, to $1.8

Africa 76

Africa Brazil India China 76

ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

For example, Voxy delivers a different product to Brazil than to other South American nations. China alone will have 650 million Internet users in just a few short years, with consumers set to spend $37 billion online by 2015.” 8 Common Mistakes That’s not to say it’s simple to establish a world-wide startup.

Global 103

Global South Korea San Francisco China 103

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 times more likely to achieve rapid growth. A shared imperative.

Small Business 100

Small Business South Korea Colombia Taiwan 100

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 23, 2013

Thank you, Internet! As the US slowly is decreasing its consumption (relative to other countries), Russia, Brazil, China, India and other are on an incline. If you are located outside the US, you probably already get this. If you are here in the US, like I am, you may not. Why the urgency? The world isn’t coming to an end.

Jamaica 60

Jamaica Caching Russia Brazil 60

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Post it to Donability and appeal to the masses on the internet. It’s funny because Donability has partners all over the world– Brazil, US, France. Donability is a crowdfunding platform specifically designed to fundraise causes. Meaning, you know that 5k you want to gather pledges for? Take it to Donability. You get the picture.

Small Business 67

Small Business Brazil France Campaign 67

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A strong example of that is a translation company in Brazil that started providing free website translation for NGOs looking for international support. Turian da Silva Bielschowsky is the founder and managing director of Magma Translation , a leading translation, website localization, and Internet marketing provider.

Marketing 113

Marketing Turkey SEO Brazil 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users. But places like Brazil and India are estimated at 20-30% and Japan and South Korea at <15%. Internationally Facebook’s user growth is still accelerating, but there are clear regional differences.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

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