YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

No matter how many times companies and governments get in trouble for using people’s data to their advantage, (Can anyone say Facebook and Russia?), From entertainment to healthcare, companies use big data to track user interaction and customize life experiences. it’s still an important tool in societal development and user retention.

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Analytics Software Engineering Russia Software Development 124

Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Coca Cola traps itself between Russia and Ukraine Politics. The cola giant posted a Christmas card showing a beautified map of Russia, as a part of a greeting to Russians. This resulted in the Ukraine embassy showing its concern for the illegally occupied Crimea region by Russia. Start with an eCourse HERE. .

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Social Media Media Ukraine Russia 100

Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Just getting through the day in these countries can try the patience of coddled westerners, accustomed as we are to a relatively high level of efficiency, customer orientation and reliable infrastructure. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Egypt Morocco Russia 172

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany."

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

You can conduct business with several potential customers outside of your nation and will also have access to new marketplaces if you hold a second passport. For instance, the Caribbean nations permit dual nationals to travel to more than 130 nations, such as the UK, the Schengen Area, Hong Kong, China, Russia, and Singapore.

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Russia Singapore Global China 158

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Countries such as the UK , Russia and Finland are trying to replicate its ecosystem, to stimulate their local industries. We received better customer service from Taco Bell and the police department than from Stockmann, the top tier department store in Finland! It seems they are more comfortable with small talk with the customer.

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Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

Good post about why you should not force-sell customers when they first visit – [link]. Excellent @37signals post about why it’s important for everyone in a company to assist customers – [link]. Good post about why you should not force-sell customers when they first visit – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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Kazakhstan Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 26, 2012

As I approached the check-in desk, a very gruff Ukrainian customs official looked at my visa to Russia and said, “You cannot travel. Your visa to Russia has already been used. As far as Ukrainian customs was concerned I didn’t have a valid visa to enter Russia therefore I couldn’t get on my plane.

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Ukraine Russia Silicon Valley Stealth 300

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

I was raised in Post-Soviet Russia, and at that time scarcity was simply a fact of life. In product development, he values innovation velocity with a customer-first approach. By Andrew Filev, CEO of Wrike. Supplies were scarce at school, food was scarce at the grocery store, and entertainment was almost non-existent.

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Product Technical Review Russia Software Review 100

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

The clicks aren’t from potential customers, but they’re often from real people. After all, they want potential customers clicking their ads, and each instance of click fraud makes advertising more costly. We found a range of providers, mainly in Russia, that were as low as $100/day to eliminate your competitors from the ad auction.

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PPC IP Idaho Non-Compete 121

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

As a result, businesses will require digital marketers to assist customers in understanding their new or modified offerings. 4- More complex consumer behavior and high customizations. A customer can purchase both a high-end and a low-end product together. Photo Credit: Mark Valderrama. Segmentation has become more challenging.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 126

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For example: what are the implications of Russia having a life expectancy of 59 versus 61 for Bangladesh? The most successful organizations will continue to invest in innovation in a broad sense and relentlessly collect business and customer insights. Ensuring that they have a great experience once is not enough anymore. .

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Mozambique Tanzania Ethiopia Bangladesh 100

paulgraham.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

A barbershop serves customers in person, and few will travel far for a haircut. When I first meet founders and ask what their growth rate is, sometimes they tell me "we get about a hundred new customers a month." What matters is not the abolute number of new customers, but the ratio of new customers to existing ones.

Startup 111

Startup Technical Review Software Review Acquisition 111

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Let customers smell more, and you’ll sell more - crowdspring.co/1bHjVfO. “Investing early & often in customer success is essential to keeping a fast-growing SaaS business’s momentum.” 110 People Own 35% of Russia’s Wealth - crowdspring.co/19D9pi8. ” – crowdspring.co/19fkE20. 19LsRt2.

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Yet, I find them often jumping to the forefront, with many notable successes , including Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, and Arianna Huffington (Greece) at the Huffington Post. With the advent of the internet, every opportunity is global, since every customer can see you from anywhere in the world.

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South Africa Greece Russia Global 365

Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Our customers come from the eCommerce, online banking and online payment industries. Your customers will be large online retailers, payment service providers, banks and online financial services players, either as users or resellers. Sales is focussed on Europe, specifically the DACH region, UK, France, Sweden and Russia. .

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Sales Russia Sweden France 65

Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

This emerging opportunity reflects the urgency of keeping pace with rivals like China and Russia, who are furiously integrating commercial technologies like AI, quantum computing, and unmanned systems into their armed forces. Can I balance the needs of my defense and commercial customers?

Artificial Inteligence 373

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Startup Silicon Valley 373

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

And if you don’t have US business activity, then get a beta customer for initial footprint. Goldwerger, Chief Executive Officer at TargetSpot said: Relocate the founder/CEO to silicon valley first. You are then “certified&# for local capital raising and will get over hump.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Just like it did for me in Russia. Commonality builds trust. And commonality in arenas where we are uncomfortable or there is not much in common brings about the strongest of connections.

Russia 149

Russia Customer Video Sales 149

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

Just as Germany’s domination of Western Europe in World War II was eventually undone by its decision to launch a second front by invading Russia, so too unlike a start up, corporate ventures cannot focus solely on winning in the external marketplace. Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Customer Development.

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Startup Business Model Lean Russia 331

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 7, 2011

It was important for us to find independent sales representatives (salespeople who would travel and call on customers), showrooms and international distributors. One of our top goals was always to have a New York showroom, especially one who had established relationships with the top accounts from Europe, the Middle East and Russia.

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Los Angeles Sales Atlanta New York 82

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

In Russia, President Putin’s office just stopped using PC’s and switched to typewriters. Filed under: Customer Development , Secret History of Silicon Valley. Customer Development Secret History of Silicon Valley' In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell.

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Silicon Valley Russia Security Customer Development 335

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Here's my process for doing that… ~ Visit www.google.com (or Baidu in China, Yandex in Russia etc). Do I discover a brand channel by the company (to create a deeper connection with customers)? The potential customer has already discovered us. So off to YouTube to do some relevant searches to see what videos show up.

Web 139

Web Analytics Technical Review Affiliate 139

Steve Blank

JANUARY 8, 2019

Horizon 2 ideas extend a company’s existing business/model and core capabilities to new customers, markets or targets. Ironically rapid Horizon 3 disruption is most often used not by the market leaders but by the challengers/new entrants (startups, ISIS , China, Russia, etc.). Why Do the Challengers/new Entrants Have the Edge?

China 304

China Government Russia Acquisition 304

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

To shorten that time, we wanted to teach them the best practices of Hacking for Defense/Lean Startup/I-Corps (customer discovery, MVPs, pivots, business model canvas, etc.) Last fall, Russia conducted a cyberattack on the Norwegian parliament. For example, today it takes 7 to 10 years for a company in Norway to sell into the U.S.

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Norway Silicon Valley Russia United States 253

Cracking the Code

JULY 5, 2016

Learning from the success of this initiative, I introduced the BlaBlaCar team to companies in Poland and Russia, which have also been very successful acqui-hires. “I was empowered to continue doing what I had been doing, but with a much larger budget and support from a team that shared my same passion.“

Italy 59

Italy Technical Review Germany Poland 59

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Every View in Google Analytics has its own Goals and Filters, which are what make customization possible. You could also use conditional segments to identify potential customers. For example, apply a filter to find out if the page loading slowly in all countries or just Russia and Turkey. View setup. are a good starting point.

Analytics 70

Analytics eCommerce Software Review Technical Review 70

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. The next generation takes the baton from their patriarch’s achievements and learn how to do better distribution, how to win over large customers, how to scale manufacturing, how to develop a niche market and be known as best-in-class in that niche.

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India New Jersey Silicon Valley France 334

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks. I would frequently sign up and test out the new services as one of a startup’s first customers. Upwork had truly life-changing potential.

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San Francisco Bangladesh Ukraine Philippines 60

YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2012

Taking top spot in the Software Design category is quadSquad from Ukraine, winning US$25,000 with its set of custom-designed sensory gloves and a smartphone application called ‘Enable Talk’ that allows the deaf to communicate verbally by translating sign languages into speech. You can find the full list of winners here.

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Thailand Ukraine Hungary Belgium 159

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Magento e-commerce system is not very common in Russia where there are few serious implementations in domestic e-commerce, and there are almost no competent developers either. Customers can use multiple coupons at once for one order. But in the world of CMS, Magento development now occupies a leading position.

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Developer Technology Architecture Russia 158

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

My grandparents immigrated from Russia, Germany, and Austria – there were people in those countries trying really hard to kill them before they managed to immigrate to America. He had just heard from one of his employees who had been at a customer site for the past three days with another employee. I was furious at the customer.

Silicon Valley 146

Silicon Valley Austria Arkansas Russia 146

Transformify

AUGUST 20, 2018

All data privacy, time management, productivity and project management requirements of the clients are discussed, and custom solutions are provided on an individual basis. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution. The candidates are hired as self employed or independent contractors via Transformify Recruitment CRM.

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Saudi Arabia Czech Republic Hiring South Korea 40

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2012

Before long I was managing thousands of nerds in Russia, China, Germany, the U.S., I changed my time allocation to spend 80% of my time on the front line with customers and employees. I was used to managing 200 Finnish nerds, with whom my straight-ahead approach (my nickname is “Bulldozer”) got great results.

Leadership 168

Leadership China Russia Wiki 168

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

Unfortunately, there isn’t (and since Google hasn’t fixed Gmail yet, if you’re actually a paying customer for Google Apps, instead of a free customer, you have strictly limited Gmail mail storage, and are not allowed to purchase more, at any price!) But I digress [harumph].

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Angel Investor Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 119

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2012

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. The Lean Startup is about learning what your customers really want. Now is the time to think Lean.

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