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Textio’s Founder Kieran Snyder on the Two Advantages Startups Have in AI (While Remaining Skeptical Of The Funding Gold Rush)

Hunter Walker

A recent essay covered the ‘AI gold rush’ and as it related to startups operating in this area, very much ‘caution ahead’ in terms of building a sustainable, differentiated business. Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020. HW: nerd processor, your weekly newsletter , is great!

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

The housing demand has far outpaced the supply in 2020 and this will continue into 2021. All throughout 2020, people have decided now is the time to start a business. The year of 2020 has caused a lot of people to really consider a lot of their decisions and the way they handled numerous day-to-day activities. 3- Two trends.

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7 High-Performing Ecommerce Marketing Strategies for 2022

ConversionXL

Perform a competitive analysis to determine how you’ll differentiate. To stand out, learn what competitors are doing so you can effectively differentiate. Choose value propositions based on differentiation. Up until 2020, Google Shopping was a paid platform for online retailers to advertise new products, akin to Google Ads.

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Hiring Freelancers: How to Master Technology in the Digital Age with These Simple Tricks

Transformify

According to a report by Upwork, the freelance workforce grew by 22% in 2020, reaching 59 million workers in the US alone. or join online communities and forums where you can get feedback and tips from other writers. To learn or improve this skill, you can use software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.,

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How to Create a YouTube Channel for Your Small Business — 2021 Guide

Up and Running

In 2020, 88% of marketing specialists claimed to use YouTube as a part of their digital strategy. Ideally, you should have a whole team of specialists – a videographer, a community manager, and a content manager. One more important thing that differentiates YouTube is that you have to actually use keywords in your videos.

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Midas List 2020: Forerunner’s Eurie Kim (and Why Company Names Matter to Her)

Hunter Walker

Since talent attracts talent, it’s not surprising Kirsten built a small community around her that also shines, notably Eurie Kim. Ideally the founder has experiences that allow them to have a differentiated viewpoint on the challenges and solutions that are relevant to the problem they are seeking to solve.'

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How Venture Capital Decision Making Has Changed During the Pandemic

View from Seed

Early stage deal activity showed real resilience coming off of a slow Q2, with deal count at angel and seed stage in 2020 now about at par with the same period in 2019. billion in 148 funds for the first half of 2020. Investors looked to known, credible networks, to closed communities, and sought warm introductions to source new deals.