VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

It’s a global phenomenon, but to be successful in AI, startup hubs require a density of AI engineers, access to data and compute power and access to capital. While ChatGPT is most famously known, there are over 750 generative AI globally. At Remagine Ventures we started investing in the generative AI space very early back in 2019.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

This integral element of most businesses is woven through every aspect of operations. Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. Develop Relationships with Supply Chain Partners.

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Management Forecast Los Angeles San Francisco 145

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?”. Tesla – current valuation $50 billion – sells cars directly through its own distribution channel.

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Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 275

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Cognism previously operated a leads-based paid media model. Cognism’s Global Head of Demand Generation, Liam Bartholomew, shares the paid media strategy that helped lead to their 3X revenue increase: Stage 2: Identify buyer personas. Stage 5: Maximize your content’s ROI with well-oiled distribution.

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Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

This often means mergers and acquisitions, incremental innovation, marketing, and global expansion – which, over the long-term, only widen the gulf between the company and its customers. If you’re not focused on your customers, they will leave as soon as they find a viable alternative, and their departure is only a matter of time.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Technology Customer Qatar 145

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management. Highlights from the report: Global gaming industry saw record year with over 1300 deals and $127B in disclosed deal value.

Generative AI 103

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

It’s a $1T+ global industry undergoing tectonic shifts. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. Examples include pop-up retail experiences like what Bulletin is doing, or efforts by large brands to partner with startups like 19 th Amendment to experiment with different direct-to-consumer models.

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Internet eCommerce Bankruptcy Technical Review 209

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund. The key global trends that are currently shaping the metaverse, blockchain gaming, and NFT space (Source: Newzoo). It’s going to take time for the technology to reach a stage that is 1) widely distributed 2) ready for prime time.

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Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

Transformify

JULY 27, 2023

With the widespread use and distribution of information, it’s more difficult for companies to monitor and safeguard their data from unauthorized access. Service Organisation Control 2 (SOC 2) plays a key role in this digital age, defending sensitive employee information, preventing data breaches, and boosting operational efficiency.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

This required high operational costs like round the clock staff, abundant paper supplies and couriers. A 2012 study done by IBISWorld revealed that VDRs experienced a steady growth of about 17 percent annually as a result of technological advancements as well as the growth of global demand for these storage services.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Thanks to Bruno Pešec, Pesec Global ! #10-

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 143

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I spent last week at a global Fortune 50 company offsite watching them grapple with disruption. How to they use the new distribution channels competitors have adopted? How do they make these transitions without alienating and losing their existing customers, distribution channels and partners?

Framework 389

Framework Distribution Channel Leadership 389

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most experts agree that the pace of business change is increasing , and all the business owners I know are struggling to keep up, much less surpass the wealth of global competitors now entering the market. Put operational systems and metrics in place early. Reward team members who are advocates of change.

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Marketing Leadership Differentiation Equity 290

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. This will require many partners – credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. How is our global banking world affected by large pockets of our population that are unbanked?

India 100

India Mobile SMS Tanzania 100

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). Global and Local. On the ground, I am seeing more hybrid solutions.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

Video marketing will also allow small businesses to distribute the same video content across many platforms, allowing them to serve a wide spectrum of clients at the same time. According to global research by Microsoft, an astonishing 96% of consumers say customer service is an important factor in their choice of loyalty to a brand.

Software Review 120

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

In order to manage international growth your company needs to be directly involved in international expansion rather than relying on distribution partners. The head of international must be experienced in building international businesses and must operate from corporate headquarters.

Global 120

Global Germany Operations Social Media 120

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Camden is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Organization Beyond the Crisis Beyond the Crisis, the food-distribution charity, which has distributed over 100,000 dollars of food items to housing communities and homeless shelters across Massachusetts. John Jantsch (00:48): Welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

Entrepreneur 72

Entrepreneur Massachusetts Distribution Networking 72

Start Up Blog

AUGUST 16, 2018

This week Australian pay Tv operator Foxtel announced the launch of its IQ4 box. And sport won’t save Foxtel either, as we can expect these two things to happen: Tech firms like Amazon and Facebook to start hoovering up rights to major global sporting properties.

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Distribution Spain Advertising Global 86

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Global companies like IBM, NEC, Cisco and Oracle were out in full force to share about Cloud Computing, providing a nod to the rapid growth in Cloud services in Asia. This adds further momentum to their business transformation, potentially changing the dynamics of relationships among IT vendors, partners and their end-user customers.

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Asia Cloud Software Review China 222

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. Stephen is a Capital Factory Mentor, serial entrepreneur and former General Partner at Austin Ventures. Stephen Straus (@ssaustin) | Twitter Carolyn Rodz HelloAlice Featured in Fortune, Inc.,

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels. Apple owned 0%.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the Greylock team has learned after decades of partnering with early-stage founders, the best approach is establishing a core set of fundamental questions that can be tailored to each individual company, rather than looking at a rigid set of metrics. Sarah Guo: “I think the future of work is remote, flexible, global, and digital-first.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

They also don’t require an agency to “ generate ” the stories of their business’ origin, day-to-day operations, and vision for the future. Brandanew: In terms of content distribution, do you think social is the single biggest channel out there? Ken Herron : Social is by far the biggest channel for free/low-cost content distribution.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Technical Review Distribution 100

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The Joint Chiefs have no operational authority over troops.

Technology 217

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Operations 217

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

People who employ technology in their business have celebrated the 10th anniversary and beyond in their business operation. The programs should be designed to grow your brand, but they should not eat into your profit to affect the business operation. Some businesses have grown exponentially after they decided to partner with others.

Global 147

Global Programming Social Media Distribution 147

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of start-ups fail in the first two years of their operation. A business owner may develop these skills via practical business operations; however, it is a rather risky approach. Therefore, they are great partners for brainstorming. So what is the safest solution?

Programming 142

Programming Framework Analytics Incubator 142

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] And that's because you're just operating on different scales and you need to focus on different things. More About Steve Hoffman: FounderSpace.com.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The platform matches companies in need of cash with investors looking for solid returns, and in the middle is a securitization scheme with distributed ledger technology at its core. Ultimately, global market swings have done little to blow SYME off course, if anything the business exceeded expectations through the pandemic.

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Balance Sheet Stock Europe IPO 290

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Applicaster helps content owners, broadcasters, cable companies and mobile operators of all sizes deliver innovative and profitable mobile broadcast experiences. Our mission is to help content owners, broadcasters, cable companies and mobile operators of all sizes deliver innovative and profitable mobile experiences.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hearpreneur

JULY 17, 2020

Part of the reason my business partner and I started Solitaired is because we think card games and other mind-sharpening leisure activities are an underutilized tool for mental health. But if you operate out of your home and set up an online store, those costs just became a lot less, putting more profits in your pocket.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 124

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Online stores can serve more customers globally with lower costs, less effort, and fewer employees 24/7. By opening fewer stores you decrease costs in renting real estate, distributing products to your stores, and hiring employees for every location in every area you’re operating in.

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Affiliate Revenue Internet Marketing 134

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

These products encourage all individuals to participate in and have a point of view on investing, rather than operating under the assumption that it’s strictly for the wealthy. Read the full post — Alex Rampell , a16z fintech general partner, and Scott Kupor , a16z managing partner What’s inside your (mobile) bank?

IPO 36

IPO Stock Software Review API 36

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Evangelos has spent the last 15 years as a Venture Capitalist, first at Apax Partners and later at Trident Capital. and concentrated on a single part of the supply chain – importing, distribution, wholesale, retail. and reorganized into operating divisions (by product, territory, brand, etc.),

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120