ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In this post, we’re sharing a build vs. buy framework to help you consider the opportunity costs and make an informed decision on whether to buy software off the shelf or build a custom solution. Market share: You may already be a category leader, and growth requires you to expand into new verticals. The scope of the project.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

Most of the companies that raised these mega rounds are relatively early stage in terms of product and monetisation (if at all) and about half of the companies that raised large sums, are developing LLMs, which generally requires deep pockets to cover 1) cloud costs, 2) expensive deep learning engineers 3) get the data to train the models.

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products. What else do we know?

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 16, 2017

Despite the amazing productivity gains from open source, AWS, microservices and other new technologies, we have seen the time to launch extending and the cost of getting a minimally viable product (MVP) out the door increasing. pick a vertical, say old archaic tech and SaaS-ify it?—?my So why is this the case? Go niche?—?pick

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Consider what followed since November: New foundational models, more efficient ways of training models etc An explosion of open source models, the rise of HuggingFace Breakthrough research across voice, video, text, multi modality, etc Billions of dollars invested in thousands of startups at the application layer of generative AI.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. What’s the customer acquisition cost? It is about when in the life of your company you do the spending.

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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). in seed round in November.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creator s, Eric Feng. To get $1 in the bank, creators have to generate $2 (taking into account platform costs, creation costs, promotion, taxes, etc).

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Correctly weighing opportunity costs, or staying focused, allows for broader innovation and potential for new models. Just look at the history of computer hardware retail, for example, in considering the potential for other eCommerce sectors. All depending on which of the above are in the company’s core business and which are not.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

A decent 3D printer costs around $1000 and companies could turn consumer products, cases and pallets (shoes, shampoo, toothbrushes) into ‘ computers ‘ for cents on the dollar through technology such as RFID. It’s the creation of open source platforms that enable anyone who can type to make something.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

A decent 3D printer costs around $1000 and companies could turn consumer products, cases and pallets (shoes, shampoo, toothbrushes) into ‘ computers ‘ for cents on the dollar through technology such as RFID. It’s the creation of open source platforms that enable anyone who can type to make something.

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Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

GreenSQL – open source database firewall software. Do@ – vertical search inside applications, on your tablet. Onavo – reduce mobile data costs through compression. Gizmox – working with Microsoft on web application design software. Comes very handy from what I hear.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone. Revenue needs to grow 20x, and margins must expand dramatically.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 Winding Tree has created the world’s first open marketplace for travel. Winding Tree’s platform allows travel industry businesses like airlines and hotels to publish available inventory to those customers directly, avoiding intermediaries’ fees, which ultimately means lower costs for consumers.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Moov can provide the connective tissue (say, to port data into a new, flexible ledger) or the APIs for more reliable ACH payments, based on their open source libraries. But that consumer preference comes at a cost. There may be thousands of banks in the U.S.,

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. Capital has built a free online tool for founders to calculate their cost of capital.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

For example, Friendster was famously vertically partitioned at one time in its growth curve. This has two major drawbacks: the central directory can become a single point of failure, and there is a performance cost for having to consult the directory ever time you want to access data anywhere in the cluster. Key-based partitioning.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2009

Jobs Keeping an Auto Industry as a strategic national resource Energy Independence Clean Energy I proposed that in exchange for the GM bailout we spin out the Chevy Volt into an open source electric car platform. will be able to build on the Volt Platform, but all drivetrain improvements are open source.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

GLIIF’s initial offering includes a brand-able and blend-able custom encrypted image at a low cost of entry, pre re-direction marketing services and full analytics. I would like to know, what are the areas/vertical they are looking for acquisition? Open Source Lists. July 18, 2012 10:15:01. Flag this comment.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

If you’re using a popular open source engine known as SOLR, this page on spatial search should hopefully help get you started. Even though the later examples in this article focus on booking sites, there’s plenty to be learned that can apply to other verticals. Conclusion. What do you think?

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Open source libraries (such as TensorFlow) make technology more accessible for less skilled or self-taught developers such as myself to use. Obviously within this category there are a LOT of verticals that are looked at very different — everything from e-commerce to B2B SaaS to marketplaces.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000. Another good resource is Appolicious’ directory.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Our calculations had us losing money on the two lowest cost boards, breaking even on the third and making great margins on the other six. As customers saw them, they were a new family of products aimed directly at the color desktop publishing market with astonishing performance and a low-cost entry price.

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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. >> For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). Nobody ever stole our ideas.

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