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Should Your Startup Go Freemium?

Original post by JULES MALTZ AND DANIEL BARNEY via TC Editor’s note: Jules Maltz is a general partner at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in rapidly-growing Internet and software companies. Follow him on Twitter.Daniel Barney is a senior associate at IVP and focuses on later-stage venture investments in digital media and information technology. Follow him on Twitter. Over the last several months, there has been […]

Digitally Mature Companies Are More Profitable, Report Shows

Original post by Ben Rooney via WSJ Companies that embrace digital technology are more profitable, generate more revenue and achieve higher market valuations than their competitors, according to research published Monday. Didier Bonnet, vice president at Capgemini Consulting and the leader of the study into the use of digital technologies, said the difference was considerable. The […]

Desktop and laptops are still the main Internet access devices for Thailand

Original post by JOASH WEE via e27  Thailand is a growing market for technology startups. With a population of around 70 million, the fourth largest in Southeast Asia, Thailand holds many opportunities for local and foreign technology startups. According to the Internet World Stats, Thailand’s Internet users in 2011 amounted to around 30 percent of the total […]

S. Florida private equity firms build businesses

Original post by INA PAIVA CORDLE via The MIAMI Herald Local private equity firms raise billions and funnel the money into investments in businesses with the goal of boosting revenues and profits. If you have a pension, you, too, may be an investor. Wise Co., a maker of freeze-dried and dehydrated food founded less than four […]

IBM SmartCamp – calling Europe’s finest startups together in Berlin

Original post by NINA FOWLER via VentureVillage In just one week, IBM will be bringing some of the continent’s top startups together for exclusive pitch competition, conference and networking event SmartCamp EMEA in Berlin (13-14 November 2012). SmartCamp is a global programme which is itself part of IBM’s wider Global Entrepreneurs Programme. The Berlin event is the site of this […]