Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x But LivingSocial is reportedly doing around $180,000 per day in gross revenue. AppDynamics.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Very little by way of technology has been applied to the problem thus far. Note: There are technology limitations, which were discussed to some extent at today's roundtable, and quite possibly, the solution is a somewhat manual one. We have discussed the topic of technology product companies from India on my blog for many years now.

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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

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. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Trinity Business Solutions.

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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. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Driven by strong customer demand for its award-winning identity governance solution, SailPoint achieved record growth in 2010, with revenue up 200% over 2009. The fourth quarter of 2010 was the company’s eighth consecutive growth quarter, highlighted by a record number of new customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. technologies, there are many nuggets that will help you build an efficient, repeatable sales process.). process in detail. Photo by emsago.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Sourcing may also involve several trips to China, India, Thailand, or other countries and cities that you may not otherwise consider traveling to for vacation. If you do a launch it’s rare for the launch to take of organically, it must also be accompanied by a level of paid distribution (i.e.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. technologies, there are many nuggets that will help you build an efficient, repeatable sales process.) process in detail.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. technologies, there are many nuggets that will help you build an efficient, repeatable sales process.) process in detail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Too many choices confuse all customers, and make your job in marketing, distribution, and support much more difficult. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

A couple weeks ago, we dug into internal site search & found that in some cases , searches performed by only 10% of the site’s total traffic made up nearly 40% of the companies overall revenue. As powerful as self-optimizing results are, the technology can truthfully be expensive. Conclusion.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country. Today, Aventis Systems, Inc. Thanks to Hesam Lamei, Aventis Systems, Inc. ! Thanks to Mary Lynn Schroeder, In Blue Handmade !

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Once you’ve done that – then. do something else. 5% I believe.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you're in the technology business, that's like sacred ground. But my original background was in technology. They were trying to figure out how to monetize a lot of the technology that they had. Sometimes, I'm in negotiations with partners around revenue or something. Right now, we have the technology to do it.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. Not sure about the mentoring, though. Melvin Great post!

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One partner takes on a business role and the other takes responsibility for technology. If you want to partner up with another college student, and you don’t know any technology geeks, you’re going to have to make an effort to broaden your social circle. Go to meetings of any campus entrepreneurs groups.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

These two deals are significant, and suggest that Facebook didn’t just buy an app - Snaptu is a mobile platform and a distribution channel for emerging markets with low smartphone penetration, where the users use their mobile phones as their main access device to the Internet.

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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. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Whats on your technology toolbelt? Deutschland.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

However, the vast majority of bankless adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and India. In India, at least 50% of the 1.3 There are only 182,000 ATMs across India with only 15% of adults using an account to make or receive payments with 72% of bank accounts showing zero balance.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

(Company) a good place to find good technical co-founders? Where can I find co-founders who understand distributed systems and databases? How have non-technical founders found technical co-founders? Finding Co-Founders: What are some good ways to find technical co-founders in India? Minimum means *minimum*.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

The last 40 years have seen an explosive adoption of new technologies (social media, telecom, life sciences, etc.) Not only are the number of new technologies and entrants growing, but also increasing is the rate at which technology is disrupting existing companies. Figure 1 : Five technology revolutions source: Carlota Perez.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

They threw a pizza party that first night, they've now raised millions of dollars and have thrown hundreds of thousands more, not just in support of frontline workers, but in support of restaurants who, as everyone knows, are struggling in these times with a dramatic decline in revenue, in customers. So Frontline Foods is a genuine win-win.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. One of them, Mimeo.com, i s a Deloitte Fast 50 Technology company that has made the Inc.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

The idea is that this allows you to get much more clear about what you want to achieve, whats possible with current technology, what other people are doing, how long it might take and how much it is likely to cost. In it theres meeting with a guru in India who defines what a guru really does. I hope to be more helpful in the future.

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online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

Personal Technology. 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. TECHNOLOGY. Ndemics revenue totals in the "high millions," he added, declining to be specific. América Latina.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch. SOPA author to chair House Science, Space, and, Technology Committee. Among other things, the committee is responsible for “the application of new technologies to expand our economy and create jobs for American workers.”

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