VC Cafe
MARCH 1, 2024
AI to make IRL matches – What if you could chat with a bot that learns about you on a deeper level and uses this information to make a curated set of matches? Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030.
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 26, 2016
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a number of start-ups try to carve away parts of LinkedIn by being the “LinkedIn for x” – where x ranges from doctors, teachers, finance professionals, academics, lawyers, engineers, etc. They also give their users a better way to develop and curate their personal online brand beyond the LinkedIn resume.
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Cracking the Code
MARCH 24, 2015
- devs very interested in productivity and simplifying their lives, not in chasing new techs - Rules: 1) Do documentation right: keyword rich, want engineers to write it; e.g. GitHub is using GitHub to write GitHub docs, engineers more willing to do it, and then can easily launch it as part of project, devs can fork it 2) Remove barriers to get started: (..)
Lightspeed Venture Partners
JANUARY 6, 2011
Ed Baker of Friend.ly , a fun way to meet new people, is focused on driving innovation: Encourage more product suggestions from our engineering team. Our engineers often come up with great ideas, and they are the most productive when they work on these ideas. We will measure our traction in three ways: 1.
Genuine VC
AUGUST 3, 2012
One Jackson is a new online children’s clothing retailer which is surprisingly fresh – all of its designs were created by independent designers and then curated with love from its community of parents. Similarly at GrabCAD , where CAD engineers collaborate and create in a community, the collective output has been remarkable.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
Real-time search engine. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. But it’s a real phenomenon.
ReadWriteStart
AUGUST 31, 2010
Entrepreneur, investor and blogger Gabriel Weinberg has an excellent list of "traction verticals" that he curated earlier this year based on the dozens of interviews with fellow startup founders. Other examples include creating events, speaking at conferences, social networking, search engine optimization and publicity stunts.
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