Gunjan Doshi

Mar 24

Free World Cities Database.

Mar 18

Some interesting immigrant market segment numbers

Each year, 85,000 H-1B visas are granted for foreigners with advanced skills and education, and last year, 163,000 petitions were filed in the first five days after applications were accepted.
In 2006, foreign nationals residing in the U.S. were listed as inventors on 25.6% of the patent applications filed in the U.S., up from 7.6% in 1998. A Council of Graduate Schools survey found that in the fall of 2007, 241,095 non-U.S. citizens were enrolled in graduate programs. Some 55% were in engineering and the biological and physical sciences, compared with only 16% of U.S. citizens. In 2007, more people on temporary visas received doctorates in physical sciences and engineering than U.S. citizens.
Merrill Lynch estimates that in 2007 there were 10.1 million individuals in the world, 7.1 million outside the U.S., with at least $1 million in financial assets that totaled $29 trillion.

Source: WSJ

Mar 17

Interesting Market Segment that is ignored

Over the next 10 years, the Older Americans segment (50+) is projected to grow 23%. By 2020, this market segment should be nearing 119 million people and represent 35% of the total population, as provided by the US Census.

78% of 50-54 year olds are online
45% of 70-75 year olds are online
67% of 70-somethings use a cell phone on a weekly basis
Older Americans are 27% more likely to visit travel websites than the average internet user, and 98% more likely to visit health sites
77% of 50-somethings, 71% percent of 60-somethings and 52% of 70-somethings report having used a search engine in the past week
20% of 50-somethings have used a social networking site in the past week
24% of those 70+ have watched an online video in the past week

sean omalley.com

No one still knows how to monetize social media

A study by Forrester Research found that while half of marketers said they would boost budgets, social media spend remains very small in proportion to other media — 75% of respondents who knew their budgets said they were planning to spend $100,000 or less over the next 12 months.

Mobile Video Viewing Grows 9% In Q4 2008 | Nielsen Wire

Mobile Video Viewing Grows 9% In Q4 2008

“Any idea what the ratio is between the Googles and Facebooks and other startups? Know how many companies fail every year in Silicon Valley? Anybody want to guess? Do you know what the ratio is? I’m sorry? Over a thousand to one. Now, one of the nice things about human nature is every one of you is going to be convinced that you’re going to be Google and Facebook. You have to be, right? I mean, that’s the passion of an entrepreneur. You have to be convinced. You know those other 999 companies? They were just idiots. I am much smarter than them because I have better idea and we’re cool.” Steve Blank

“How many think it’s over 50 % of startups fail because their technology didn’t work? Over 50 %. Over 25 % How many think it’s over 25 % fail because technology doesn’t make it? Turns out less than 10 % of startups fail because the engineers were just wrong. Turns out most startups, and I’ll leave Life Sciences aside for a second. Most startups in every other field other than Life Sciences, over 90 % fail because they didn’t find a market and customers - full stop.” Steve Blank

Mar 15