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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

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million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. years of software development.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. If I were a number 3-5 players I’d be looking to exit early while there’s still a lot of enthusiasm for this hot market. Time will tell.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. “You 1) Twitter. 6) Pinterest.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Amanda Foley is a writer and marketing associate at audience.io , a New York and London based audience development company. It’s like the NYC real estate market; once an area gets ‘hot’ everyone moves in.” The social events startup has spread to major cities in the US, and has just launched across the pond in London.

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Semiotics in Marketing: What It Means for Your Brand and Messaging

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While it has plenty of lofty, academic associations, it has practical implications for marketers, too. This post walks you through the basics of semiotics, its relevance to marketing, and how to apply it to your brand and messaging—with tons of examples throughout. The role of semiotics in marketing. Who is the target market?

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Paying Attention > Any Business Book

Austin Startup

But this was a live story about how a brand can measure the market. Some brands might be a poor market fit (I speak from my own nerdtastic high school experience) so they won’t make it in the market?—?it’s it’s not sustainable but finding a genuine brand that’s a good market fit is also part of what we do.

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