Sunday, July 5, 2009

Venture Beat: Entrepreneurs: Cash in on non-English search engines and more

By Chris Morris

In case you’ve missed any of our recent advice for startups over at VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner, here’s a wrap up:

Market research vs. gut instinct — Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Computing and inventor of the Palm Pilot, discusses how to balance market research with your intuition.

Cashing in on non-English search engines — Global consumers are more than five times more likely to buy from a website with content in their native language. Here’s how to outwit your competition and quickly become an international success.

DEMO announces $1M media prize — Trying to decide whether to launch your product at the fall DEMO conference? Here’s an incentive. Two winners will be awarded a significant amount of media publicity, totaling $1 million in ads. (more)

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