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Slide 1: Going interna+onal new scopes and new problems for web services Mario Ruckh, 1st June 2008, elektrischau.de
Slide 8: Agenda Reasons for going interna@onal? • How interna@onal is interna@onal? • Mul@language or Mul@local? • How to get transla@ons done? • PiDalls in interna@onalisa@on? • Case: Kindo.com •
Slide 9: Reasons for going global • Background – Globalisa@on offers new possibili@es – Technical development lowers entry barriers • Reasons – Reaching to new markets – Niche markets might be too small in one country – Heading the compe@@on (stay independent) – Leverage technology – Different cultures, preferences, usage paRerns – Interna@onal iden@ty, interna@onal brand
Slide 10: Europe is interna+onal! • "The most difficult thing about being in Europe is that the online‐ad market is very fragmented.” Bogaert (Netlog) • „European start‐ups have to extend beyond their comfort zones and globalize much sooner than U.S. ones.“ Neil Rimer (Index Ventures)
Slide 11: Mul+ Language or Mul+ Local
Slide 12: Admin backend
Slide 13: Community‐based Transla+ons
Slide 14: PiFalls in going interna+onal Technical Problems (le_‐to‐right, character sets, gender/cases,...) • Problems with scalability • Management and administra@on effort • Cultural differences in how to work together • Language problems • In e‐business: • – Currency problems – Different payment methods
Slide 15: Get your family together… Please treat this informa@on as confiden@al
Slide 16: …learn more about them… Please treat this informa@on as confiden@al
Slide 17: …share memories. Kindo Team, 7 devs, 3 marketeers, 10 country manager (part‐@me) Please treat this informa@on as confiden@al
Slide 18: Business Model Kindo Team, 7 devs, 3 marketeers, 10 country manager (part‐@me) Please treat this informa@on as confiden@al
Slide 20: Discussion Go global vs. get 50 mio German‘s first • Professional translators vs. Volunteers vs. Part‐Timers • Crowdsouring vs. Admin backend • What market to go to? •



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