Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 11, 2010

Why I Chose To Go Vertical. The system I teach to people, which Craig touched on when he mentioned creating consistent quality content, is to go vertical in your market (or “go deep&# as I have previously written about ). Transitioning To A Vertical Model. The Best Of Both Worlds.

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Vertical Business Model PPC Internet 80

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. Organize events in your vertical. AskAnything.VC

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

This makes for “taking” a game community easier, and introduces new complexity for big game studios I talked about this a bit on the Deep End from On Deck. -1: 8/ Liquid Community – communities create and transact with both security and utility tokens they use to reward, incentivize, and govern their groups.

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Balance Sheet ChatGPT Technical Review Software Review 60

ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

To do this we partnered with the RevGenius community to get a better understanding the challenges mature companies faced. Our research showed that LTV was much higher compared to other verticals we have worked in the past which made the decision to change our approach a no-brainer. Speed matters, the power of marketing sprints.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. Scale Vertically (or “scale up”): Add resources to a single node in a system, typically involving the addition of CPUs or memory to a single computer. You can scale vertically and horizontally at the same time.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

This makes for “taking” a game community easier, and introduces new complexity for big game studios I talked about this a bit on the Deep End from On Deck. -1: 8/ Liquid Community – communities create and transact with both security and utility tokens they use to reward, incentivize, and govern their groups.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet ChatGPT Technical Review Software Review 60

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

This collaboration could extend to creating localized models that better understand and generate content for specific regions or communities, enhancing the relevance and reach of AI applications. This not only fosters community but also reinstates the media’s role as a public square for democracy. But is the opposite true as well?

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2015

Here are the reasons why you should create a “vertical” social network for your brand: Create a more personalized social experience. Nike’s vertical network, Nike + , lets customers join a “training club” on its website so athletes can set personal goals, challenge friends and share their successes with the vertical network’s community.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Also, examine how they are talked about by the community. By going to More , and then clicking Community on a Facebook business page, you can read through public posts tagging them and posts shared to their page. Use content to build a community. There are two ways to build a community around your organic Facebook content: 1.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Install horizontal and vertical grab bars near the toilet, tub, or shower for maximum safety. Complement of bathroom, kitchen. Grab Bars in the Bathroom As balance and mobility decline with age, falls become a severe threat, especially in the bathroom. Test the bars by leaning or pulling with total body weight to ensure stability.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Today’s online communities for those with chronic illnesses are quite outdated. One example is Wana , a community that fosters hope, direction and healing for people with chronic and invisible conditions. This could be similar to Hint, as an example, where people buy memberships for standardized services in a particular vertical (i.e.

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Social Network Vertical Cofounder Software Improvement 102

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

We’re focused on vertically integrated startups that empower consumers and companies to collect health data easily and affordably, to become a “biobank” where this data can power personalized recommendations. For example, Coinbase raised its Series E this quarter. Bio/healthcare. We wouldn’t be here without your encouragement and support.

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Technical Review North America Seattle Deal Flow 124

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Flow tokens are available on CoinList until October 2 as part of its community sale. No matter the vertical, geography, business model, macro or micro trends, entrepreneurs form the nucleus of a generational company. Shippo published the Online Selling Handbook. We realized it was time to refresh our thesis.

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Portfolio Software Review Cofounder Canada 95

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Jeff Richards of US VC fund GSV Capital has a good post up today: Content, Community and Commerce: Why Verticals Win. His investment thesis is that vertical platforms combining content, community and commerce will make great investments over the next period, and he cites existing portfolio companies including Houzz as good examples.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For example, Munch , providing automated vertical video clips from long form content or KwaKwa , the latest product by Piggy, powering communities. We’ve since invested in 6 more startups in the generative AI space, mainly at the intersection with entertainment and gaming.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Vertical 88

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Horizontal vs Vertical vs Diagonal Lines. Unlike vertical or diagonal lines, they look as though gravity has already acted upon them and there is nowhere for them to fall. Vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. Vertical lines draw the eye upward. Softer curves are more calming to look at.

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Design Vertical Software Review Wichita 85

The Next Web

MAY 26, 2013

While many believe that technology makes or breaks an internet business, Craigslist clearly demonstrates that platforms win through the value that the community creates. Craigslist, arguably, may not have high activity per category outside the top few verticals so a category-specific trust system may work only for a few categories.

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Curation Vertical Reputation Hosting 126

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Some other ‘birds of a feather’ community you’ve cultivated. All of these areas require real understanding of core underlying technology, not just pattern matching against a business model applied to a vertical. The school you went to. The company you’re currently working at. The cultural group or demographic you’re a part of.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 26, 2016

These vertically-focused platforms cater to the specific needs of their users, offering a close networking community around shared interests. One of the most obvious examples of the online portfolio is within the creative community. The post The rise of the vertical reputation graph appeared first on Version One.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

These days, you have to foster a community of support for your business. They sell into multiple verticals, or pursue multiple revenue streams, such that they can’t develop a repeatable, scalable sales process, and don’t do anything well. A startup needs to find a voice relevant to its ecosystem.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 6, 2014

My interest in tech is grounded first in creativity and community—desktop publishing for my high school newspaper, early Usenet discussion groups. We invest in lots of “software as a service” businesses—what I call “sexy software in unsexy verticals”—so industries such as commercial construction can empower their teams through tech.

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Technology Vertical Software Developers Software Development 92

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Some of these advisors from the academic community would work with our of VP of Engineering and help us solve specific technical problems. Other advisors provided marketing with industry-specific advice in our initial vertical markets (computational fluid dynamics, computational chemistry, finite element analysis, and petroleum engineering).

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Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 198

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

To that end, my goal was to make the firm the most accessible VC fund in New York—showing up across diverse communities, getting rid of barriers to access like requirements for warm intros, and being conscious of which patterns of success I believe in and which only serve to reinforce certain power dynamics.

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Community Networking Founder New York City 62

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Thanks to Mac Fadra, MAXiM Hair Restoration ! #12-

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 120

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 3, 2020

10/ Community is a moat. Lifted right from first rounds findings and my bias at Company Ventures, I believe that a vertically integrated tech campus is a strong nucleus for founders and corporations seeking an environment of innovation. This may serve as a precursor to starring down at our phones, or a entertainment use case at home.

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Technical Review Software Review Vertical IPO 79

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

In my role as a business mentor and advisor, I now always look for a culture and recommend team roles that nurture collaboration rather than contention, communities rather than silos , and transparent communication at all levels.

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Leadership Agile Vertical Internet 262

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Then Robinhood halted trading of stocks popular with retail users of Wallstreetbets (and Discord temporarily shut down their server prompting the community to search for uncensorable alternatives ). . In my mind, there are five key Web 3 primitives: Identity, Compute, Communication, Storage, and Value.

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Web Technical Review Software Review Social Network 193

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Horizontal vs Vertical vs Diagonal Lines. Unlike vertical or diagonal lines, they look as though gravity has already acted upon them and there is nowhere for them to fall. Vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. Vertical lines draw the eye upward. Softer curves are more calming to look at.

Design 48

Design Vertical Software Review Wichita 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Enventys Partners was born when my company Command Partners, a digital marketing firm, vertically merged with Enventys, a product development firm. Moving from one career to another, it was important to share the vision of Justice and community safety by sharing our name and background in plain sight. 9- A merger of two companies.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

I love landscapes as they help organise the categories needed to define the vertical. From tools for content creation, distribution and monetisation, to the ability to transact directly with their community, we’re just getting started.

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Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Business communities can be like high school cliques. Focus on companies outside of your industry or vertical. Opens up your network. They’re supportive, full of people you like and relate to, but potentially limited in scope.

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Small Business Reputation Partner Revenue 153

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. . (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 11, 2022

You’re probably familiar with many resale or rent marketplaces, with category leaders sprouting out of specific verticals – from fashion, electronics, books, cars, home, equipment, furniture, and more. Others are vertically integrated or managed by taking inventory and handling more aspects of the transaction (e.g. Marketplaces.

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Vertical Software Partner Networking 87

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. This is how Fred Wilson described me back in 2010.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2016

If the articles, books, conferences and professional development you partake in and consume are all about your single vertical or corner in the business-owning stratosphere, now is the time to broaden your focus. Many nuggets of knowledge and kernels of truth are universal and have transferable relevance to businesses of all kinds.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

I offered to help him market his services through 1M/1M, since his target customer base overlaps rather nicely with the 1M/1M community. In fact, in the discussion on JuJu brands is yet another validation of the verticalization and niche-ization of the Internet.

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