VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

As Thomas Tunguz points out in his 2024 predictions , AI is no longer a standalone category but rather a component of every product. Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product. But I’m generally optimistic.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Now, anyone can create apps and websites, design chatbots, automate processes, open ecommerce stores, and lots more — all without typing out a single line of code. In the past, a business that needed a custom app, website, or other digital solution would have to be prepared to make a big investment.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Is my churn rate below the category average? In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech. Consumer apps and services. eCommerce is different than free consumer apps, games are on a league of their own, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Download New Apps. Another option that you have to earn extra cash on online survey websites is to download new apps. These can be from any category, whether it’s software for taking down notes or something related to health and fitness. Just like downloading a new app, you may also be asked to test video games.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

The ‘Just Chatting’ category remains the most popular on Twitch, and lockdown measures led to concerts, political events, as well as live shows all being hosted on the platform. The State of Mobile 2021 report by App Annie goes in-depth into the consumer trends in mobile. credit App Annie. Gaming is the new social.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2017

Why don’t we make an app?”. The amount of e-commerce owners thinking about creating an app is also growing as almost any business can find its target audience via smartphone or tablet. Idea vs. real app. No matter what type of clients you belong to, you shouldn’t nibble at an idea how to estimate an app.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2020

The Walmart Grocery app has now grabbed the number one ranking position across all Shopping app downloads in the US, according to a new analysis from app intelligence firm App Annie. Sense360 reports that 31% of US households used online Grocery pickup or delivery for the first time over the past four weeks.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

Schools and universities moved the teaching apparatus onto online platforms, to public learning software, video conferencing tools , and edtech apps. For now, it is better that they know that there are two kinds of online learning apps and web-based software programs: . Apps & Programs That Enable Education Indirectly.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

App developers, and game developers know this problem well and there’s something we can learn from them. ChatGPT deserves a mention in this category as they pushed the envelope by letting anyone create Custom GPTs, which became the company’s app store. By the way, this not just about marketing or PR.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2019

by Colin Simpson, project manager at BlueKite Apps. We live in an era where mobile apps have become essential for us. Whether it is about an app for health and fitness that helps out to achieve fitness goals or an on-demand taxi booking app like Uber, there’s an application for everything to get things easier for daily lives.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

apps to manage their operations, up from 3.8 However, some do run into trouble with premade offerings and try to solve it by stringing together a collection of apps. Enterprise Apps. Enterprise apps rework everyday functions of the business into streamlined processes that can be managed via user-friendly apps.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Instead of a thousand different products, you can narrow your niche and specialize exclusively in one category: clothes for children, home decorations, or more. To minimize your costs, before launching a full-fledged software, you can use an MVP, with which you will test the main functions of the app and attract the first customers.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2013

Organized by the Google Developer Group (GDG) Singapore and IEEE Computer Society Singapore , the competition is divided into two categories: PlugFest IHL for undergraduate students studying at any Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) and PlugFest Open for individuals from postgraduates to workings professionals.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

For companies that deal with special categories of sensitive data — like medical information — the stakes are much higher, as publications like the Washington Post and Vox have enumerated. Is the app or tool upfront and transparent about data use and policies? Ask yourself: how do they make money? Is there a consent process?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Getting it Right Apple’s entry into new markets by creating new product categories – iPods, iPads, iPhones – is unprecedented in the history of the modern corporation – $300 billion (75% of their revenue) is from non-computer hardware. The original Apple Watch was positioned as a fashion accessory.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Every month, there are 5B downloads of apps built in Unity. Minecraft had 141 million active players in 2021, sold more than 200 million copies since inception and is one of the most viewed category of videos on Youtube. In the gaming category Microsoft is a power house. There are now 2.8B 2021 Gaming Report, Unity for Games.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Consider investing in these four software categories to improve business performance and bring in more revenue. In addition, team collaboration apps are increasing in popularity which enable things like group messaging, digital whiteboarding, and file sharing. Marketing automation software.

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. Spotify a cquired LA-based live audio app Locker Room and is reportedly on a hiring spree to launch their own social audio experience. Like in the early days of Web 2.0,

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 7, 2020

Outreach was named to this prestigious list thanks in part to triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth and the largest customer base in the sales engagement category. Booster Fuels expanded its app-enabled, on-demand fueling services to fleets in Seattle , its first market in the Northwest.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 6, 2021

Now, do this simple experiment: Count how many apps you use at least once per week Count how many podcasts that you listen to every episode See how many email newsletters and blogs you open and read every time Review how many news sites you visit weekly. I fit into the latter category – and it works.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2017

And with it, apps surfaced into mainstream culture, making electricians more productive in doing their job. If you are an electrician and you want to run a business surrounding your trade, then it’s best if you take advantage of these apps for electricians. It’s surely a great scheduling and invoicing app. Top Features.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 2, 2011

This year, some of the thirteen teams out of a total of 177 entrants that emerged winners in their respective categories to clinch the top awards were a number of Singapore technology startups, perhaps a sign that the local technology startup scene is in its ascendancy. “We Award Categories. Name of Organisation. Description.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Our company, Smartlook , provides qualitative analytics solutions for websites and mobile apps. It was a simple four-step process embedded within the app environment: Step 1: Registration. At the time, we’d just released our product for mobile apps, and we needed to tweak the flow to support mobile projects, too. Step 4: Code.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

They relate quickly to one of the big successes out there today, including Facebook, Airbnb, or Snap, and can give you a dozen reasons that they are in the same category. For example, Uber built their initial success by simply connecting people looking for intra-city car rides via a smartphone app.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2020

With over 4,000 apps on the Shopify app store—and 3–5 added every day—it’s impossible for store owners to keep up with the changing app landscape. New apps may help you keep pace, but no app is “magical.” Shopify apps for ecommerce merchants. But that doesn’t mean there’s no pressure to keep up.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In this post I cover a non-exhaustive list of content categories that are being re-invented with AI. The majority of the startups in the creative automation space focus on this category with a focus on marketing tech (ads), eCommerce (listings, reviews, etc) but also increasingly art. Watch this impressive demo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The term “femtech” describes all technology products, apps and hardware addressing women’s health and wellbeing. I see opportunities in two categories: fertility and general health. . Today, period and ovulation tracking apps are commonplace. But that’s not the point of this post. Opportunities in fertility .

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

So I’ll focus on the main partnerships buckets and app stores. In addition to the many services offered by Google Cloud directly (App Engine, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Kubernetes, etc), startups targeting developers can list their extensions in the Google Cloud Marketplace , Firebase extensions and the G Suite marketplace.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

No matter if you use a single warehouse or several, you can organize everything you need from the app. Lean teaches us that there are seven categories of waste. These categories are overproduction, motion, waiting, transportation, inventory, defects and overprocessing. Health & Safety Apps.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 24, 2021

This would enable a more coordinated integration and configuration approach across cloud application silos, offering better visibility, speed, and consistency when adding and/or customizing cloud apps within the broader tech stack of businesses of all sizes. Salesforce + Workday) and managing very complex tools such as CPQ.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Apple’s newly announced Apple Watch may be the product that will finally skyrocket the smartwatch category into massive popularity, but the real honor of being the first to really bring the idea of a wristwatch that could do so much more – since Casio in the 80s – should rightfully belong to Pebble. App Ecosystem.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2014

We are now a mobile society and the proliferation of smartphones and tablets has given rise to a new paradigm in digital marketing: the mobile app. Leading companies are focusing on the development and distribution of dynamic mobile apps, reaching consumers and potential consumers on the one device that is never far from reach.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . One major player pushing forward this vision is Jack Mallers’ Strike , a simple app that allows anyone to use the Lightning Network with a USD bank account. Use Case I: Payments and Finance .

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2024

Enabling technologies like app stores, monetization platforms, and developer frameworks enabled the birth of thousands of applications that have permeated all aspects of personal and professional life. In the current wave of AI innovation, it’s fair to think that every category of software is going to be replaced by an AI-Native product.

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ConversionXL

JULY 28, 2021

For the first time ever, Google has rebuilt it’s platform from the ground up, transforming how data is collected to deliver holistic measurement across websites and mobile apps. Google Analytics 4 is the rebuilt, rebranded and expanded version of the App + Web property rolled out by Google in 2019. Click iOS app, Android app , or Web.

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