Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network. Our emphasis is on community, not commodity, and it’s about quality, not quantity.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Cofounder 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

In 2019, I want to take that to another level by setting specific goals to develop the expertise of our staff members and to further cement our authority as the digital marketing experts in our verticals. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Our staff will improve their expertise through more in-depth research and training.

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur Social Media Vertical SEO 125

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. And that is what I advised J.J.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons: Potentially not much value-add beyond initial financing round. The Domain Angel. The Friends & Family Angel. The Grouped Angels.

Angel Investor 334

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking. Even if you bleed cash, showing confidence in your product and communicating that you have a concrete, compelling plan for growth will increase the marketplace value of your business. Asset valuation. Alpha generation. To create Alpha, you need a market edge.

Founder 148

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2017

Source: Google Finance). We think it’s inevitable that this vertical will undergo the same digital transformation as every other major commerce category and we’ve made two investments behind this thesis ( Paintzen and Renoviso ) and will be expecting to do more around the construction and renovation space in the years to come.

Denmark 244

Denmark Vertical eCommerce Internet 244

ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Financing Options. Social Proof. Return Policy. Customer Education. Shipping Costs. image source.

Software Review 117

Software Review Social Media Vertical Algorithm 117

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! . #4- 4- Getting comfortable with the numbers and finances. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. I’m now an award-winning provider of multimedia sales support guidance for organizations around the world. and many others. . Photo Credit: Amanda Kendall.

Entrepreneur 56

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 56

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! #4- 4- Getting comfortable with the numbers and finances. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. I’m now an award-winning provider of multimedia sales support guidance for organizations around the world. and many others. Photo Credit: Amanda Kendall. How did you rebound?

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 54

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2018

These include operational systems, production systems, sales and marketing systems, finance and legal systems, strategic alignment systems, idea decision systems, rapid research systems — and the list goes on. But ideas can’t be random. They need to be focused on one of the organization’s strategic priorities. .

Intellectual Property 174

Intellectual Property Engineer Flash Vertical 174

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Using this data, it created audience segments for seven areas: Finance Economics Politics Careers Technology Good deeds Social justice. However, if your goal is to foster loyalty, a more community-based platform like Reddit or Quora may be better suited. This included web and app usage and reader preferences.

Advertising 131

Advertising Cost Customer PR 131

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Transcript of Investing in Small Businesses to Do Good for the Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. We really believe in the thesis of the show is that if you have a strong, small business core that any community or town can thrive. Back to Podcast. Transcript. So, let’s talk about the town.

Small Business 40

Small Business Community Arkansas Non-Compete 40

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2018

Fintech and Blockchain are expanded topics this year, as we’ve seen global innovation in all areas of finance. Learn how this revolutionary technology will transform industry verticals. Challenge the Expected. Change the Future. The program launched in 2015 and is now active in 3 continents and boasts an array of features. .

Artificial Inteligence 99

Artificial Inteligence Europe Startup Cloud 99

Babbling VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It was also a great event for people who wanted to see the whole German community plus some UK folks in one place. As I'm focused on the finance vertical, any event directly dealing with this space would of been better for contacts to potential customers, partners or employees. Was this what I needed?

Vertical 107

Vertical Partner Finance Employee 107

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2016

Most companies would agree that they would prefer to focus marketing efforts on acquiring investors who have explicitly expressed an interest in being involved in crowdfunding and in specific verticals, both as a user on a platform matching them with opportunities, and directly with issuers. Find the experts and our affiliated partners.

Accredited Investor 48

Accredited Investor Non-Compete Vertical Acquisition 48

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Whether it’s early or late, there are always a certain set of startups within a particular ecosystem that are generating all of the talk in the community. For later-stage, it’s a high-priced financing round, tipping scales on widespread adoption, rapid hiring, or credible information on successive revenue-growth quarters.

Startup 148

Startup Portfolio Later Stage Hiring 148

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 19, 2012

Today's roundtable brought some core issues up for debate regarding media startups that are focusing largely on Content and Community features and expecting to get funded. The company that has successfully monetized in the women vertical is Glam Media, but their model is of a Vertical Ad Network.

Media 114

Media Jacksonville Entrepreneur Vertical 114

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The machines are $250,000 each, and as most dentists cannot afford them Benson wants to create Cone Beam imaging centers to be used by 20-30 dentists per community. Benson's business needs $500,000 to get off the ground, buy a machine, and meet the operating expenses, and he primarily came to discuss his financing options.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

Ben's Blog

JULY 24, 2011

Hosts can earn substantial sums of money—one has even used Airbnb earnings to pay off his mortgage—and their community of users is passionate about the service, enjoying the social aspects of Airbnb travel. Community-driven, populated with passionate users who evangelize the service. Helping to make inefficient commerce efficient.

Rhode Island 78

Rhode Island Portfolio Liechtenstein San Francisco 78

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

If you have a difficult question or problem that requires deep vertical knowledge, you can post it as a brainstorm on the site, along with a reward ranging from $1000 to $5000. The site had a lot of bells and whistles and an open community model, and generated some interest in the online ideation world.

Elevator Pitch 63

Elevator Pitch Curation Vertical Bootstrapping 63

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Actually, the latter could be a reasonable strategy for super technical entrepreneurs who can sustain themselves without big financing needs (see: Atebits, owner of Tweetie). But in the long run this will all be forgotten, I’m just sayin’ But what should Twitter now do at Chirp and how should they treat the community?

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Developer Management Advertising 287

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

27- It will not be overly saturated Photo Credit: Ben Tabai As long as there is a need for what you are selling and the market is not overly saturated for the vertical you are looking to establish a business in, the future of entrepreneurship looks bright. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Moses Aremu, Lonelyaxe

Artificial Inteligence 111

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Global 111

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

They were all from somewhere in the intelligence community. On first glance it appears as if they are spending to much energy in the vertical portion of the jump, relative to the horizontal portion. We witness similar behavior in corporate finance. And I could have sworn they all had the same badge.)

Silicon Valley 262

Silicon Valley Thailand RSS Venture Capital 262

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Investors are also mining for leads such sources as: – product crowdfunding sites ( Indiegogo *); – tech communities ( Producthunt ); – angel group platforms ( Gust ); – expert networks (e.g., the Untouched Vertical.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 13, 2023

These seed companies raised enough capital to persist longer than normal and/or weaker companies in hot verticals received follow-on financings that wouldn’t normally be granted to them in a tougher environment. Startups Past: the boom of the last decade kicked forward and delayed a bunch of closures.

Startup 76

Startup IP Vertical Portfolio 76

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> His quote on the subject, "no amount of finance will cure mismanagement".

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

When you support that platform with inspirational and informative subject matter that helps guide people along the way, and then offer them a community of service providers who can help round out their team—well, that’s the ticket. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. Many large companies will be built (Michael Wolfe, Point Nine Capital).

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. The Steps of Creative Communication – [link]. An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital Financing – [link]. Create a Realistic Panoramic Matte Painting in Photoshop – [link]. Is Your Service Business Too Squishy?

Social Media 88

Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. It takes a lot of work to build a community. And they’re largely right.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I feel like the bar has been raised so much in the last five years in the start up community and I’ve been busy working for a distinctly non-start up company. But a lot of people are very apprehensive and we’ve seen a lot of failures with companies like Blippy who tried to make finances and money with social.

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For example, here is how a few of my favorite startups describe themselves: “ Airbnb is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world online or from an iPhone.” ” “ Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone.” Holiday Lists.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

Founded in 2000, already with the ethos of community involvement and responsibility, it all began as a result of one of their volunteers having a PhD in solid oxide fuel cells from Cambridge (as you do). The ramifications of this are enormous in multiple different verticals of the business. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3] 3] [link]. [4]

Green 96

Green Technology Europe Operations 96

Brandanew

JULY 10, 2015

First, define your goal : Lead Generation, Community development/growth, Traffic on your site, Brand mentions, audience interaction etc. For instance, people spend over 11 minutes on social and search while they only spend 33 seconds on a finance vertical. Build your community and treat it well!

Retention 100

Retention Metrics Social Media Analytics 100

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

To those in our eco-system who are facing this problem around the globe, I have the following suggestion: Instead of giving $100,000 to one startup, give $1,000 each to 100 startups, and put a larger number of entrepreneurs in your community through 1M/1M. Spencer needs to think through a strategy for bootstrapping that phase.

Silicon Valley 105

Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2014

Masterful execution makes up one of the triangle’s two vertical sides. (I And Stoddard notes that at NetApp they use proper governance to facilitate faster learning: “We use an enterprise executive architecture committee, with all the leaders of every NetApp function — marketing, sales, HR, operations, finance, and so on.

Algorithm 174

Algorithm Analytics Social Media Metrics 174