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The many shades of verticalization

deal architect

Vinnie Vertical is wary of the term “industry clouds”. I liked the self-checking for stores AI solution Google presented to analysts this past week in prep for NRF, the big retail show in New York. However, too often there is.

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Microsoft Retail vertical - it's like navigating an unfamiliar retail store

deal architect

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft kicked off NRF 2020 Vision, the annual retail industry mega event in New York yesterday. He had some great sound bites "There’s death, there’s taxes and there’s ever-increasing online advertising spend. There’s not much we.

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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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The Year of the Vertical

deal architect

I woke up this morning to press releases from NetSuite and Infor from the annual National Retail Federation show in New York, announcing new retail customers and investments. It is a rapidly changing industry with omni-channel options, mobile pays and.

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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. 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. You can scale vertically and horizontally at the same time. Techstars Berlin (Berlin).

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Why The Next Generation of Online Video Companies Will be Vertical

Both Sides of the Table

And of course once you dominate a show like Real Housewives of Beverly Hills you get to make derivative versions in Atlanta, New York, New Jersey, etc. This is the cycle of synergies that lead to strong vertical franchises in media. CNN/Fox in news. ESPN in sports. Discovery in adventure and travel. And so forth.

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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. As a VC myself, at a New York- and Boston-focused firm, I frequently point entrepreneurs to the same resources. Affinity by industry.