YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

If there is a gap in the market, there will be demand. Further Customer Acquisition. You need to improve your customer acquisition process. An app will have different maturity stage, an IoT product will have a different maturity stage, and similarly, an ecommerce business will have a different maturity stage. Acquisition.

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Startup Technical Cofounder Merger Early Stage 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Many eCommerce companies are in fact, middle men. There are certain topics that even some of the best journalists can’t fully grok.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Farmers need to know how much to grow, distributors need to know how much to order and sell to maximize sales and reduce spoilage, restaurants need to order more efficiently, and consumers are demanding more transparency and less waste. Pepper is one of several startups founded to address these problems.

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Memphis Distribution Bankruptcy Operations 256

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. Along those lines, I have been spending time thinking of the the continued digitization of the financial services sector. The recently announced $5.3B

Disintermediation 69

Disintermediation Aggregator China API 69

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The interesting thing about the US market is that customer acquisition these days is actually fairly straightforward online now for most customer audiences. This makes it easier to do customer acquisition for a consumer-based company. In the 90s, in the US, going IPO was a common liquidity path. Or will these companies go IPO?

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Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The interesting thing about the US market is that customer acquisition these days is actually fairly straightforward online now for most customer audiences. This makes it easier to do customer acquisition for a consumer-based company. In the 90s, in the US, going IPO was a common liquidity path. Or will these companies go IPO?

Asia 48

Asia Indonesia B2B Singapore 48