Lessons in Localization

A veteran of the online dating world, LOVOO is best-known in German-speaking Europe — the DACH region — where it is one of the top dating apps. The app is also popular around the rest of Europe, especially in Italy, Spain, and France.

As one of the world’s first action camera manufacturers, GoPro created a category-defining product for capturing and sharing immersive and exciting videos and photos. GoPro owners hail from all over the globe. The company offers official shipping to 70 countries, and repair services are available in nearly half of these.

Founded in 2014, Bitso was Mexico’s first cryptocurrency exchange, facilitating the transfer of Bitcoin, pesos, and US dollars. The company now handles an additional 28 cryptocurrencies and is growing rapidly: after amassing one million users over six years, Bitso has quadrupled its member base within the past 24 months. In addition to its popularity in Mexico, the company operates in Argentina, Brazil, and El Salvador, and is planning to launch in Columbia within the next month.

Slack is where the future works — an ambitious headline from a company that has been making waves redefining how we communicate at work. Now part of the Salesforce family, Slack certainly isn’t afraid of taking on big ideas. Restructuring your work life. Simplifying teamwork. Allowing users to focus on what truly matters. Pushing the envelope when it comes to localization.

Salesforce is a cloud-based software company, which provides customer relationship management (CRM) software as a service and also provides enterprise applications focused on customer service, marketing automation, ecommerce, analytics, and application development.

Dennemeyer is one of the heavyweights of the IP landscape. The company was founded almost 60 years ago in Luxembourg but has since grown to have offices in over 20 countries across six continents, offering worldwide representation to clients regardless of their language and time zone.

Ceridian is a leader in specialized, enterprise-level human capital management (HCM) software solutions. Its leading platform, Dayforce, provides human resources, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management capabilities in a single solution.

Founded in San Francisco in 2006, Eventbrite is an online ticketing platform that supports all events, from free community rallies to music festivals and seminars.

Physical purchases and online downloads used to be the most popular ways to access music. Then, in 2006, two tech gurus from Sweden saw an opportunity to change the lives of music lovers forever, and the rest is history.

Philips is a Dutch multinational health technology company with a long history. Founded over 100 years ago, in 1891, Philips is focused on improving people's health and well-being and enabling better health outcomes for their users.