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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. This is hardly a unique investment category, but that’s because the shift in how software is purchased and delivered has been so fundamentally transforming. Empowering Content Creators. Step-Function Ad Tech.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

These are highly-skilled people that make up critical parts of your software development teams. Why have remote, distributed teams suddenly become the smart way to build software companies? Next-generation chat, video calling, and project management software help keep teams in sync. Reason One: Software is Eating the World.

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What Is a Business Model? Business Models Explained

Up and Running

Disintermediation. Disintermediation is when you sidestep everyone in the supply chain and sell directly to consumers, allowing you to potentially lower costs to your customers and have a direct relationship them as well. Examples: Threadless, YouTube, P&G Connect and Develop, Cuusoo. Examples: Netflix, Salesforce, Comcast.

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Twitter Link Roundup #149 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Another industry being disintermediated by technology: Gaming Faces Its Archenemy: Financial Reality – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link]. Tech Companies Try, And Fail, To Inspire With Recent Commercials – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The great RockMelt social disintermediation – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link].

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All GMV is not created equal

A Crowded Space

Weak marketplaces suffer from disintermediation, pricing pressure, and destructive competition. At oDesk, we started with a 50%+ take rate but quickly lowered that to 30% and then 10% as we became more self-service and also wanted to lock up the market and prevent any disintermediation.

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Growthink Innovation Series: FinTech

Growthink Blog

Mr. Steve Hensley , Executive Vice President at KAL Software , a global software company operating at the forefront of the ATM industry. KAL’s product suite of applications, management servers and platforms enables ATM hardware, software and services from multiple vendors to work together perfectly.