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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. What’s Missing Is Early Stage Capital. Large regionally based early stage funds have mostly failed.

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How to get your mobile app discovered in 2021

VC Cafe

Almost overnight, a huge new industry was created around mobile. Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S. Yet despite the huge size of the mobile market and the economic opportunity it presents, the process of discovering new apps by consumers has been pretty static in the past decade.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010.

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How Google’s Machine Learning Is Impacting Local Store Traffic

YoungUpstarts

While still in its early stages, machine learning has already had a significant impact on different aspects of everyday life. Google compiles this information by using the mobile phone GPS location signals and Wi-Fi connectivity of those who have enabled Location History/Services to determine where users are.

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A Guide to Early Fundraising for New Businesses

Up and Running

A telling success factor for new businesses looking to make an impact in their industries is whether they can attract investment at an early stage of development. . And for Drone Delivery Canada and Siyata Mobile, having the support of investors led to partnerships with Air Canada and AT&T , respectively. .

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Lean Analytics: The Best Numbers for Non-Tech Companies

Startup Lessons Learned

The dominant channel by which we reach customers is the Internet, whether you''re a small local restaurant on Yelp or a global maker of tissue paper. We spoke with the head of innovation at one Fortune 500 company who told us his only metric for early-stage innovation is “how many assumptions have you tested this week?”

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Announcing NextView Operator Guilds

View from Seed

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Back to Top).