ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2020

After an agreement with the manufacturer of, say, children’s clothing, you create a website or a page on social networks, upload a photo of the product , its description and price. To get started, find the manufacturer, supplier, drop shipper, and create a website (group in social networks) with an offer to purchase something.

Turkey 135

Turkey China Social Network Advertising 135

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). The Netherlands ranks top place in a large number of ICT indicators. Serious talent.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Jason Ball

JANUARY 22, 2019

I’ve gone cold turkey by swapping my SIM card out of my iPhone and into a Nokia 3310. No interruptions (no one calls and no one texts – everyone’s on WhatsApp) but also no internet. It turns out the internet is really useful for many things – like Ubers and maps and movie times. So the internet isn’t inherently evil.

Turkey 44

Turkey SMS Internet Social Network 44

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011.

Latvia 109

Latvia Lithuania Russia 109