International expansion is part of almost every business plan of an ambitious start-up but few…
Entrepreneurship
Our portfolio company Suite101.com announced today that it has launched French and Spanish versions of their site after successfully expanding to Germany a year ago. Expanding an Internet company to international markets should be part of every business plan but is often easier said than done. At AbeBooks (which has localized sites for Germany, the […]
International expansion is part of almost every business plan of an ambitious start-up but few…
Few decisions can be as life-changing for founders as deciding when to sell a business.…
Our portfolio company Suite101.com announced today that it has launched French and Spanish versions of their site after successfully expanding to Germany a year ago. Expanding an Internet company to international markets should be part of every business plan but is often easier said than done. At AbeBooks (which has localized sites for Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain), we learned a few lessons the hard way so here is a list of things you should consider when planing to take you company international:
Despite these challenges it is very worthwhile to think about international markets once the business is the home market is established, There are over 300 million consumers waiting in Europe to be served, with Internet penetration numbers that are gettig very close to North-American ones.
Portfolio
It’s been an eventful quarter (when has it not?), and somehow we’ve already crossed the halfway mark of 2025. We wanted to take a moment to highlight just a few of the wins, milestones, and momentum we’ve seen this past quarter. As always, there’s a whole lot happening behind the scenes that can’t be shared […]
The V1 family kicked off the new year with fresh energy and no shortage of…
At the end of Q1, we anticipated that a tech sector slowdown is ideal for…