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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand. Trend to watch : an equivalent to MCNs (Multi Channel Networks) on the early days of YouTube where creators band together to generate economies of scale (and share revenue). Gen Z and the 1% rule. Creators Platform Dependency.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

645 Ventures , a New York City based VC firm, is one of the pioneers of a data-driven investment model to the seed stage. The most frequently used channel to research people is unsurprisingly Linkedin , followed by Twitter. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

free, distributed source code control management system. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. aggregation. Roku Channel Store. Github -Â Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs. Pivotal Tracker â?? Mercurial â?? Preceden â?? Raising Venture Capital.