Interesting Mobile Stats
Interesting Mobile Stats There are 500M iOS users, $10B paid out to iOS developers There are 1B android users, $5B paid to android developers. iOS has half the users but is worth twice as much (to developers) Doug
Read moreShould you really raise money?
Should you really raise money? James has a point: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-dont-have-raise-money-james-routledge When you raise money: You often lose a level of actual board control (depending on the amount raised and terms) You can’t be a nice profitable ‘lifestyle’ business. Investors want the business to be a 10x return because that’s how they make money. You can’t…
Read moreWhat do startups need to prove to get @PotentialVC to invest?
In the grand scheme of things, we’d like to think that we’re not The Evil Investor. And while we don’t exactly have a 231491221-page long investment thesis (who reads those anyway?), this Venn diagram should explain our crazy methods nicely. If you’re an early-stage startup, well, this is what we’re looking for. Introducing our Circles…
Read moreMobile is growing at a stupid pace
Mobile is growing at a stupid pace 42% growth per annum Denmark, Norway, Sweden, China, Spain have fastest growth rate India, Taiwan, Malaysia fastest growing emerging markets Amazon sold $16 billion worth of products in 2014 In 2018 half of world mobile spend will be in Asia Doug Reference: http://www.coupofy.com/blog/mobile-commerce-growing-300-faster-than-ecommerce-infographic
Read moreIs Amazon bad?
Is Amazon bad? So loads of amazon bashing going on but if we think amazon as a normal highly driven company other than a pure play internet company then are they really that bad? I spent times at numerous investment banks and know many people at large normal corporates. These people work stupid hours, fly…
Read moreSteve O’Hear – Techcrunch journalist
Steve O’Hear – Techcrunch journalist Steve just posted this one medium: https://medium.com/@sohear/mission-statement-2f62d8986c06 following a discussion we had a few weeks ago:) The question I asked is one dear to my heart as many people know me will tell you, as I am always asking people and myself:) The day I was asked what motivates me…
Read moreStartups, here’s why investor updates are so important.
30-minute template cheat sheet printable coming up next week! What the heck is an investor update? Any mentor worth their salt might have told you that they’d like to receive an update of your progress from time to time. And that’s where an investor update comes in. As a startup, we initially didn’t realise the…
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