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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. Spatial computing – with the launches of the Apple Vision Pro and the Meta Quest 3 a new personal computing platform may evolve over the next decade.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? The UI could kill small animals.

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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

Makes sense, as companies can adopt a SaaS model and not require huge scale to monetise via advertising. Open questions What does SEO look like in a generative AI powered search world? Will Google cannibalise its advertising business in a generative AI search world, or will ads be inserted into generated results?

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Israeli startup landscape collection 2023 edition

VC Cafe

Open source tech. The Israeli open source startup landscape (credit: Greenfield Partners). Most operate in the application layer, and use APIs to power new automations and consumer experiences across various verticals and functions in the company: coding, copywriting, advertising and marketing, design, etc.

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Work Less, Get More Done, Convenient Open Source, What a Startup.

Software By Rob

Making Open Source Convenient: JumpBox – A startup focused on making it dead-simple to get started with open source applications, they create virtual machines completely pre-configured to just start and go (including versions that runs on Amazon EC2). Know Thy Audience – And look at creative funding sources.

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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

For example, you might use guerilla marketing techniques to promote your product without spending much money on traditional advertising channels. Or you could use open-source software to develop your product, which is often free or low-cost. They may even lead to repeat business or positive word-of-mouth advertising.

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How To Launch A Profitable Custom Software Development Startup

The Startup Magazine

For example, you can use a public Go proxy , which is a centralized repository that hosts open-sourced Go modules. Other creative advertising techniques include making an exciting promise, paid media marketing, or cold calling. Next, you can integrate a reliable set of development tools to amplify your workforce’s capabilities.