thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

billion people living on Earth, we technically have enough food – it is just not equally distributed (which by no means is an easy problem to solve). Global Warming is already a major contributor to unpredictable and often devastating changes in weather patterns. Today, with about 7.2 For the last decades we grew output by 1%.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Consumers can take turns in placing the order, and Marcial would need to provide the infrastructure to manage the flow of funds, as well as the distribution of merchandise locally. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt. Ten people paying $37.50 ResortHunt. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia all meet those criteria. However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. Born Global or Die Local. Identify activities/resources/partners locally and then globally.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Global market snapshot The world now has 10 software and cloud giants worth more than $100B, representing $4.1T Beyond the giants, the momentum continues for the public companies in our global cloud Index.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. India is actually fragmented.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Although it’s tempting to blame it all on the coronavirus situation and its formidable ripples, the pandemic only accelerated the processes of globalization and digitization that have been underway for decades. Still, COVID-19 helped tip the balance towards a globally distributed model. The world of work is transforming.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Global and Local. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi. Raise here, but deploy elsewhere” is not a crazy strategy in today’s times.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. It globalizes. The White Tiger is set in India. Om Malik was also on the panel. As was Shel Israel.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

miiCard supports the UK, North America, Western Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This offline stage, responding to Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer Regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act, is a massive barrier to global trade and the market demands its elimination.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. 9- Desire to go global. I wanted to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. 20- Add value to the global human community. Photo Credit: Ashwin Sokke.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

and concentrated on a single part of the supply chain – importing, distribution, wholesale, retail. Address the global creation of innovation: Disruptive innovation is now created around the world by companies of any size, many of them startups. These specialist companies were still small local businesses.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 16, 2010

Even though $300 USD a month may not seem like much to someone living in a developed country, in Thailand, or Romania, the Philippines, or India, it’s above the average monthly wage. This is viable if you believe there is enough to go around if we learn how to distribute it without greed, or fear of loss.

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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. Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Fortunately, Europe and Asia as well as Africa are making great breakthroughs in technology such as mobile payments, blockchain and distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence as well as robotics. India continues to pour out more advanced talent and Latin America continue to emerge more modernized urban destinations.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

” As international sales for global eCommerce is projected to reach $1.5 In this article on DefinateEcommerce: India Edition , Flipkart’s VP of products says “Localization will be a large theme in eCommerce in the next one two years.” Conclusion.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

I found some good lessons in this regard in a classic book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

In fact, digital will drive growth this year in 10 of the 20 largest global music markets. Headway has certainly been made, but as a global industry, the industry is still at a nascent stage of building a sustainable and thriving marketplace for digital music. The model has now been exported to Shanghai (SNH48) and Jakarta (JKT48).

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 26, 2021

From the start, we have limited ourselves primarily to startups within North America, with a handful of exceptions: Nexus Mutual and Drover (UK), Guesser.com (Spain), and Headout (India). You’ve probably heard the phrase “Talent is equally distributed. Even though our geographic focus is expanding, a few things aren’t changing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

I found some good lessons in this regard in a new book, “ Becoming Facebook ,” by Mike Hoefflinger, the former Head of Global Business Marketing at Facebook. Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Less is more. But never take your eye off today’s customer.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Distribution Channel for Product Companies. Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. why not become a retailer of the same basket of products that he wants to distribute? Photo by designkryt.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Deborah has interest from Whole Foods and some other grocery stores to build such greenhouses near their distribution centers. Next, Priyanka Bhatnagar from Pune, India, pitched Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories , an e-commerce jewelry line. This is a greenhouse technology to grow fresh agricultural produce. Don't miss it!

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers. In other words, you don’t see Silicon Valley bigwigs in Japan, but they’re all over India and China. With the strengthening Yuan , China is a great place to look for funding right now.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

SailPoint doubled its customer base in 2010, adding 40 global companies. In 2010, SailPoint closed two strategic corporate transactions to broaden its product engineering and services teams and further expand its global footprint. SailPoint’s worldwide partner network saw dramatic growth in 2010.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

China is looking beyond natural resources; in Israel, Chinese companies are finding the technological advantage and innovative spirit that can help them compete in their domestic market and ultimately become dominant global players. Some statistics first: according to the OECD, the global middle class will grow from an estimated 1.8

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. With limited resources, this is a tall order, and it seemed to me that Justin's heart really is in the creative.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We have discussed the topic of technology product companies from India on my blog for many years now. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage. Today's discussion was about how to generate additional distribution and acquire traffic.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The Arbor Brewing company also has a microbrewery and has recently established global presence in India. It’s kind of weird that of all places that may have been closer, the Arbor Brewing company is set up in India. Were you worried that you may not be able to control your global brand experiences?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

First up, Joel Korpi from Austin, Texas, pitched Rockify , a platform for transforming video content into multiple device friendly formats, process payments and help content producers distribute and monetize content more widely. Joel has one anchor customer right now and has validated his assumptions based on that case study.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2020

These are some of the sensational headlines used to describe the havoc created by the COVID-19 pandemic to the global economy. Though the global pandemic has crippled the economy, it offers a unique opportunity to businesses like yours to add some vital skills and tools. Get The Local SEO Right.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

We went through a set of lead generation mechanisms and discussed the distribution of roles and responsibilities between the company and the channel partner. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2023

Shareholders of both companies’ Singapore branches will be able to buy stock in PhonePe India without having to go through the Singapore branch. After splitting from Flipkart, PhonePe established a new company headquarters in India. The company, which competes with Amazon in India, has used up the majority of the $3.6

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 21, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the rise of remote and distributed teams, a trend that continues today as companies seek cost savings and access to global talent. Most recently, weve become increasingly bullish on India, a market full of opportunity, which we will be sharing more of very shortly.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. Photo by emsago.

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