Hiztowree. Top Startup Businesses for 2012. Top Startup Businesses for 2012 You want your startup to succeed, so do we.
In the process of funding over 2,000 new businesses in 2011 alone, we frequently get asked for input from our clients on specific businesses or industries. While we are happy to give specific advice, here is some general information we’ve learned about some of the best startups to launch in 2012. A recent IBIS World research study reviewed the best industries for your next startup. They based their findings on 1) projected revenue growth 2) forecast enterprise growth over five years 3) 2011 profit margins 4) the low barrier to starting such a business 5) and the amount of capital required (our specialty). According to Brian Bueno, economic research analyst at IBIS World, the economy beginning to stabilize and other conditions such as job growth, credit conditions, and consumer spending will put “more money in the pockets of consumers and various opportunities for new businesses.”
The Must Read Enterprise 2.0 Articles – A Guide. Browse:Home/The Must Read Enterprise 2.0 Articles – A Guide By Mark Fidelman on April 2, 2010 Whenever there are a series of thought provoking articles on Enterprise 2.0 – those that actually teach you something, I like to share them with you.
March saw a series of valuable Enterprise 2.0 articles and whitepapers. Do Consumers Really Prefer The Mobile Web To Apps? Yesterday Nielsen wrote a blog post that looked at apps and mobile web usage in the retail segment.
The post carried the headline, “Retailer Mobile Websites Beat Apps among US Smartphone Owners.” Several media outlets picked up on the headline and the finding, which was reported as follows: “Nielsen’s detailed analysis of smartphone usage reveals that retail websites are more popular than retail apps, and that Amazon’s is the most popular retail mobile website of all.” The headline and the post are somewhat misleading and suggest that consumers have a preference for mobile websites and may be consciously choosing the mobile web over apps for shopping. That’s not the finding. However it plays into “the mobile web will eventually destroy mobile apps” meme that parallels and is in a way a reflection of the iOS vs. When I saw the post I asked Nielsen for more context and clarification. The overall trend is toward app adoption and usage, not away from it. Related Entries. Most Mobile Time Spent In Apps: Google Has Top Reach, Facebook Has Highest Engagement. Mobile analytics provider Flurry reported previously that people are spending huge amounts of time with mobile apps, more time than with the mobile browser and more time than on the PC.
This may seem to some implausible, but comScore adds further credibility to the findings with its first “Mobile Metrix 2.0″ report. The Global Mobile Advertising Revolution Has Arrived. iPad E-Reading Market Share Stagnates as Tablet E-Reading Rises. By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid Google is taking a bite out of Apple among consumers who read e-books.
Here's Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years. The Players. The 3 Tech Giants: Income Statements Compared « my digital nationalism. You can tell a lot about a company by looking at its financials.
The purpose of this post is to look at income statements of Apple, Google, and Facebook. And we try to point out any interesting similarities or differences between these companies, based on the numbers. Of course these 3 companies work in different industries and the numbers are not comparable to each other, but what I’m trying to do here is to get some feel of what the margins and cost structure of these giants are. (Apple and Google income statements are taken from the latest 10-k filing, and Facebook’s income statement is taken from their from S-1, with some formatting done by myself for comparison purposes.) So here they are, What can we learn from this? 1) Net Sales/Revenues, Apple currently makes way more money (net sales/revenues) than google and Facebook combined.
Great trends in mobile (INFOGRAPHIC) Posted on April 27th, 2012 by Otakku. How a Utah man used YouTube to build a multi-million dollar business. From time to time, we post about how entrepreneurs have used Google tools to build successful businesses—both on and offline. In this post, you’ll read the story of how a Utah entrepreneur used YouTube to build a market for his tongue cleaner product, the Orabrush. Starting this month, CVS/pharmacy will begin carrying the product in stores across the United States. - Ed. When Dr. How a Google Search Works in Only Half a Second. It only takes half a second for Google to return a search based on keywords you type in, but there's a whole lot more happening behind the scenes to give you the results you need.
Google on Monday launched a video that explains the science behind how the massive search engine actually works. Matt Cutts, software engineer head of Google's webspam team, details in a YouTube video how the search engine giant thoroughly scours the web on a daily basis to provide the most up-to-date results to users.
The rise of Generation-C…and what to do about it. InShare417 I recently had the privilege of presenting at the GDOL Digital Talkfest in Istanbul.
The focus of the event was very much in line with my current work. GDOL tracks the new generation of consumers who do everything online and the impact they now have on popular culture, society and ultimately business. I refer to this generation as Generation-C. Prior to my trip, I met with Capital Magazine for an in-depth interview.