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Game On: Will gamers embrace the blockchain boom?

View from Seed

In late 2020, Facebook announced that it would cease to support Flash-based games. Key areas of differentiation are: Ownership of in-game assets. With new games come new in-game mechanics and business models. Consider FarmVille. With blockchain technology, that dynamic has shifted.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry. This is business model nirvana. Company: Stitch Fix. Website: www.stitchfix.com.

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The evolution of an investment theme

The Equity Kicker

First the trailblazers define a new category and initially they are viewed with extreme scepticism and many people are convinced they will fail because their business model is unsustainable and/or people won’t want their products.

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Ubiquitous Computing and the Misguided Frenzy About “Mobile”

Agile VC

Also divide the world among business vs consumer usage, and then subdivide consumer into the three business models of the internet… commerce, premium services, and advertising. Businesses large and small are still figuring out how ubiquitous computing will impact their employees, customers, and business partners.

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Brand-Owned Terms: The Power—and Process—of Naming a Movement

ConversionXL

Picking a term with a well-understood foil (“outbound marketing”) makes it easier to understand and differentiate. Historically, both terms had narrower definitions related to telemarketing, which differentiated outbound versus inbound calls.) Lessons: Quick identification of the term doesn’t translate into quick adoption.

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The 7 Deadly Marketing Mistakes

Duct Tape Marketing

They both run on open AI's GPT model, and both are designed to help you get more done and to grow your business faster. HubSpot's AI powered content assistant helps you brainstorm, create, and share content in a flash, and it's all inside a super easy to use CRM now. So you can't attract the right fit.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year.