The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Global e-commerce entrepreneur and investor Richard Burry followed a unique path to the pinnacle of Internet success. By the time businesses began to take notice of the unfolding promise of Internet technologies, he was perfectly positioned to take the leap into this exciting new industry. He resolved to lead the way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

With today’s pervasive Internet, the best ideas traverse continents and improve with successive waves of adaptation, through diversity in experience, culture, and worldview. Assemble a distributed A-team from top world talent. Indeed these principles are good for all startups Connect ideas and networks from around the world.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Fully remote distributed companies used to be a rarity. The fact that the Internet and remote work apps are finally fast and robust enough that near-seamless remote collaboration is possible.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Back in 1999 when I got my first job in the venture industry I remember having a debate with my boss about the relative importance of product and distribution for startups. Since then the internet has changed everything and for most industries product is now far more important than distribution. He was right.

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The Next Web

JULY 14, 2012

Like most folks in the developer community, it’s been years since I last used Internet Explorer as my daily browser. Then two days ago, I was testing some changes to the web site in Internet Explorer and decided to try downloading the installer. I wondered how many of my users were coming in with Internet Explorer.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Research shows that over 42% of internet users worldwide now use ad blockers to reduce how much advertising they see. While there’s nothing you can do about there being too many ads on the internet, ad irrelevance, intrusiveness, and size are all elements to consider. Use content advertising to fight rising costs. Ad blockers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

I explained why authorities like Sam Altman of Y-Combinator , Angel List’s Naval Ravikant, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, and Bill Gurley, GP at Benchmark Capital , believe boundaryless companies built by remote-distributed teams are the future of work. The Big Question: Why isn’t every company distributed today?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Even adding money won’t do it – you need to create a committed and engaged team and partners for marketing and sales, as well as production and distribution. Selling below cost doesn’t do it, nor does giving it away free, and hoping to make it up in volume. Choose a business model that will win in the market.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And if you accept that premise then you have to accept that the future of the Internet will be dominated by video. Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). But distribution is now unlimited. Much of it already is.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I’ve been noodling on this post for a few months now, trying to find the best way to explain why a decentralized Internet is important and how we might get from here to there. It certainly seems that the use case and demand for a decentralized Internet has never been stronger. More inclusive models of stakeholder capitalism.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

The potential to democratise content creation, decrease cost structures and increase productivity are enormous and exciting – and scary at the same time. This rule of thumb suggests that 90% of internet users consume content, 9% comment and edit on other people’s content, and only 1% create content.

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Generative AI Software Review Audio Technical Review 78

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

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VC Cafe

MAY 16, 2023

One of the key differences between BARD and ChatGPT is that Bard is connected to the Internet and can provide real time results. ChatGPT is an incredibly powerful tool, but its trained on data up to September 2021 and is only now starting to connect to the Internet via Plugins (the feature is being rolled out slowly only to Pro subscribers).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. Is there a means of efficient distribution amidst the noise? Will new, native distribution channels emerge? Are these features, products, or actual companies?

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Earlier this year, I published a post that was very bullish on an emerging electricity grid powered primarily by distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar, wind, and batteries. And, as an added bonus, accelerating DER deployment would also accelerate their cost decline from a current 2-5 cents / kWh to < 1-2 cents / kWh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 315

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

To be fair, many businesses had distributed teams even before COVID-19 blindsided us. In distributed teams, employee engagement is critical. In simple terms, the video quality doesn’t dip for participants with poor internet connectivity and low bandwidth. Lower operational costs. Image Credit: pixaby.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

With the pervasive internet, and global social networks, it’s easy to be visible and connect to your customers, and they expect it. Business leaders with wide relationships are able to more quickly find and close on alliances to fill gaps in their product line, increase distribution, and reduce costs through common components.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Small fine-tuned models as an alternative to giant generic ones – when finely tuned with appropriate data, smaller, specialised LLMs can yield comparable results at a fraction of the cost. Artificial Intelligence – Scaling global intelligence and redefining work: AI training costs should continue to fall 75% per year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. I love good causes and social entrepreneurs, but a recent pitch to me about eliminating world hunger with a new product (harvesting algae at low cost) seemed to forget that really hungry people don’t have any money.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. The future of the Internet is video. Production costs have fallen more than 90%. Distribution costs have, too.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

So, what are the in demand products during this time of pandemic that both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs may want to consider manufacturing or distributing? Medical industry manufacturers and suppliers can benefit from the injection molding manufacturing process because of its cost-efficiency. These are some of those: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Fully automated orchestration of both Software distribution and system management. Public Cloud – In which server space and all the resources are shared and it offers services to the public all over the internet. Cost Savings. This is where you can save costs and can even reduce the resources. Flexibility.

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Cloud Software Review Agile Technical Review 162

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In this Internet age, a company sells products or services via an online store, app, or subscription service. Online stores can serve more customers globally with lower costs, less effort, and fewer employees 24/7. This helps reward and incentivize them to bring in as much sales as possible.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

know which news wire services distribute credible news and which ones don’t. If you distribute your news via a “cheap” distribution service, it will probably be ignored by the press … unless you are a well-known company or celebrity. You can get your release posted all over the Internet and boast about it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

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Entrepreneur Offshore Merger Technical Review 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. The new corporate model is a distributed entrepreneurial model. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition.

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Offshore Merger Technical Review Distribution 139

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars; today you can pick one up for $64 on Amazon.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Additionally, the major factors contributing to its high growth are better Internet access, e-commerce platforms, the scope of international trade, smartphone usage, and a rise in disposable income. They can be distributed gifts, given free courier deliveries, and prizes to encourage them to use the Uber-like app for courier frequently. .

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2020

ReferralCandy helps brands set up and run customer referral programs (such as Give $10, get $10) on autopilot — that means tracking referral purchases and distributing referral rewards automatically. SEO is the way we’ve been able to turn Growth Marketing Pro into the largest growth marketing blog on the internet.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 3, 2023

It has also significantly reduced our hardware and infrastructure costs, allowing us to invest in other areas of our business. Overall, I'm a big fan of the flexibility, scalability, and cost savings that cloud computing provides, and I'm excited to see how it will continue to evolve in the future. Thanks to Liwen Neesom, Soft Geeker

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Every solution needs a business team first who knows how to market, distribute and support the product. If there is no competition, investors see no market, meaning no customers, slow growth and big marketing costs. For many customers, free implies no real brand value, so loyalty is low, and support costs can still be high.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

On an elementary level, this translates into efficient manufacturing at a lower cost. Learn how these disjointed sources of materials affect your supply chain costs and cause potential delays. trillion in profits due to cost-saving and increased revenues. Don’t Forget the Hidden and Indirect Costs.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

The benefits of using software in business processes include cost savings, back-end management, scalability, innovation, and flexibility. Modern enterprises use CMS for their content distribution. If you intend to create your own web-based GUI, you have to learn to code from the internet.

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