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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Fun Tidbit 1: Europe and North America are of similar importance in terms of revenue (40% EMEA / 41% N. America in 2019) though in terms of nights booked Europe was 43% and N. America was only 29% –> so per booking North America generates roughly 50% higher revenue than Europe.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

It was also used as a project management tool & document storage system for the largest private bank in Europe who even stored images of their bank vaults on our servers. In revenue terms our first two years of sales were $2.1 million and then $5.9 million.

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6 Startup Lessons Learned By Passionate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

He started an up and down career as an entrepreneur at an early age, and has since gathered experience and success in Europe and the USA on all sides of the business equation, including philanthropy.

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8 Strategies To Capitalize On Untapped Global Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

From my consulting with entrepreneurs in Europe and other countries, I’m convinced that we all could benefit from adapting to meet their environments. It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Today there are around 720+ venture studios across the world – half are in Europe. In both North America and Europe, many venture studios in non-major cities are funded by government agencies to stimulate local growth, at times with matching donations from companies.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors. billion deal to Disney.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days. This alternative has been around for several decades, with the generally accepted advantage of reducing costs.