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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. If you are a software engineer, you probably get this instinctively. Scale Vertically (or “scale up”): Add resources to a single node in a system, typically involving the addition of CPUs or memory to a single computer.

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

In 1984 New York State mandated seat belt use ( now required in 49 of the 50 states.). Instrument Landing Systems – to help automate landings by giving the aircraft horizontal and vertical guidance. During that time former buggy drivers had to learn a completely new set of rules to control their cars.

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How to Find and Close Angel Investors from a Standing Start

View from Seed

The more verticalized your startup’s offering, especially if the venture is B2B, the more opportunity there is to identify industry insiders who will care about your company. Software developers like to spend time with like-minded developers. Affinity by industry. Affinity by function.

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

uTest has established itself as the world’s largest marketplace for software testing services, with over 25,000 testers in over 160 countries. With verticals such as web, gaming, mobile and desktop software, utest has managed to tap into the vast market of companies that don’t have in-house QA teams.

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A Place To Call Your Own: Building Your Brand’s Vertical Social Network

YoungUpstarts

Here are the reasons why you should create a “vertical” social network for your brand: Create a more personalized social experience. Nike’s vertical network, Nike + , lets customers join a “training club” on its website so athletes can set personal goals, challenge friends and share their successes with the vertical network’s community.

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Meet Chainalysis, the startup that brought down the biggest dark web marketplace

Cracking the Code

Chainalysis is the clear market leader in their vertical and sits at the nexus between crypto exchanges, financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies. important pillars towards the inevitable maturation of the cryptocurrency space.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales.