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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

In addition, founders thinking about starting a company can be overwhelmed by choice, as there are so many problems to tackle with technology, but it could be comforting to know that investors are interested in those areas in the first place.

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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

Global search engine market share in May 2023 (source) However, since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, user habits (and perhaps expectations) began to change. But two years after Google came to the fore in 1998, Google became the number one search engine and “Googling” has become synonymous with web search.

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4 Ways IoT is Rewiring How the World Works

ReadWriteStart

There are few technologies in the world today that can make a Trillion-dollar impact on the global economy. McKinsey, the global think tank, estimates that IoT will have an economic impact of between $4 trillion and $11 trillion by 2025 ( Source ). The world’s most sensitive industry vertical is for upheaval with IoT.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. One of the groups I spoke to was the Australian Sports Technology Network. Born Global or Die Local. Regional Ecosystems. Bay of Fires Tasmania. It doesn’t.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC

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Why Every Business Needs To Become A Platform, And How To Do It

YoungUpstarts

By Kurt Bilafer, Global Vice President Sales & Success at WePay. What’s the hottest trend in business right now? There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? Customer intimacy.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Syndio

Austin Startup

This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time. We are excited about the trend toward transparency, and technology companies are leading the way. million employees on the platform. Pretty much in that order.