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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. Small fine-tuned models as an alternative to giant generic ones – when finely tuned with appropriate data, smaller, specialised LLMs can yield comparable results at a fraction of the cost.

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Master Marketplaces

A Crowded Space

One of the discussions that usually revolves around marketplaces or platforms is that they will be very effective at gobbling up the mass market, but the best individuals or firms will still transact based on more traditional channels. First, the commodity marketplace is Skillshare - relatively low cost classes in just about everything.

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How to Write a Business Plan

Up and Running

Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. How do you plan on differentiating from the competition? Deciding on your price can feel more like an art than a science, but there are some basic rules that you should follow: Your pricing should cover your costs.

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Question : How do generalist PE funds differentiate and get in the advisers list? Question : How do PE funds differentiate in the LOI phase? More likely you hit their preferred channel. Intermediaries.

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How to Remain King of the World amidst Titanic Disruptions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The group consensus was quite clear — media companies would need to embrace a mix of distribution channels and business models to remain relevant, a testament to customer choice driving all models in parallel. Spotify, Rhapsody. Netflix, HBO Go. Live events. Movie Theaters.

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2011 Consumer Internet Predictions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

We got everything from price comparison engines to aggregated user reviews to one-click checkout. While perhaps only 10% of online ad revenue is currently flowing through these channels , the trend here is clear. They are taking advantage of cheap media to cost effectively acquire new customers. gross margin. average lifetime.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

And while we feel a bit uncomfortable, we still engage because the cost of non participation is currently higher than the price of privacy. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. Our personal data is being, bought, bartered and sold with every log in.

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