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Autonomous Vehicles: Can You Get There From Here? (Part 2)

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It’s also a reminder that, for the time being, driver attention is required even as more advanced aids or semi-autonomous systems are developed (all categorized as ADAS – advanced driver assistance systems). But the way forward will undoubtedly require meaningful changes to some combination of the following: Vehicle Development.

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The Difference Between Apple & Facebook ? AGILEVC

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Apple and Facebook are both platforms , in the sense that their software and user networks are utilized by countless software developers to build their own businesses. billion to developers and Apple paid out something like $2B or so. June 5, 2012. In 2011 Facebook paid out $1.4

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Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumers’ Homes

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Chewy sells tens of thousands of products from many 3rd party brands, as well as its own private label brands (though latter remains <10% of sales). Annual Net Sales By Customer Cohort. If you look at Chewy’s financials you’ll see a line item for Net Sales and a line item for COGS which includes #2, 3, and 4 above.

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Introducing Growth Guides – Practical Help for the Seed Stage

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So stay tuned because in coming months we’ll be developing Growth Guides that cover a range of issues from product to sales to engineering.' We’re excited to be able to bring these Growth Guides to the seed stage ecosystem.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. And as B2B selling is increasingly done over the web, SalesCrunch is becoming one of the arms dealers to sales forces everywhere. This is one component of why companies like RIMM are having a tough time of late.

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Revenue = Product Market Fit

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The early goal isn’t to maximize near term revenue… it’ll take time to fully understand your market and establish P-M fit, let alone optimizing the sales & marketing engine. If you’re collaborating very closely with alpha customers, you may give away the product during initial development phases.

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Should Apple Buy Hungary?

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Hungary probably wouldn’t sell their sovereignty and entire economy for 1x sales, but Apple has no debt so they could probably lever the deal and borrow money on top of $137 billion in equity. increasing dividends or issuing preferred stock). Some people think Apple should buy Netflix.

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