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VC Cafe - Untitled Article

VC Cafe

Mobile Data as a percentage of total revenue is about 7.5%. India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. Data services currently contribute only about 8-9 % of revenue for mobile operators, versus 52% in the US. Mobile Data ARPU is 60-70 Rupees per data user.

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Expanding your startup into Asia? Here’s how to build out your operations in the region

The Next Web

The inspiration for my second post came from the many CEOs and entrepreneurs who come to me knowing they want to go after Asia and are aware of their target markets, but unsure of the best approach to start building out their operations on the ground. Hire the right people – local and entrepreneurial.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms. They want to see cash flow quickly (you cannot wait 2-3 years before determining your revenue model, like in Silicon Valley), so make sure you’re ready for this next step and have a solid plan in place on how to accomplish it.

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Significant Percentage Of Global Email Traffic Is Spam: Cloudmark

YoungUpstarts

” Cook adds that much of the onus for dealing with spam threats lie with national telecom providers who manage message traffic and data pipes, who are just beginning to awake to the threats posed by such fraudulent activity that cause consumer dissatisfaction, and loss of revenue to grey route traffic. Philippines.

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Transportation, On-Demand And The Asian Economy – Asian Horizons

YoungUpstarts

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India and some other countries have been privy to the on-demand bubble, so to speak. We intend to focus on the ride-sharing, transportation market in South Asia, as it is the most eventful zone in this regard: along with also being a sector that’s making leaps and strides in its scope and revenue.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

Interestingly, Indonesia has a lot more small businesses (54 million) than China (54 million), despite having a population only a quarter of the world’s most populous country. In a 2011 and 2012 survey conducted by McKinsey of SMEs in Asia, SMEs who use the Internet say it has helped them gain revenue as well as reduce costs.

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Deep Fake Love & AI Girlfriends

Start Up Blog

The market size is over $US10 billion globally in revenue. You may remember the movie ‘ Her ’ from a decade ago where the protagonist fell in love with his operating system. We now expected that people in a relationships met online. Just imagine the Sophia Robot , with a Boston Dynamics -like exoskeleton underneath it.