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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. THAT is disruption.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

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TikTok and Influencers One viral video on TikTok can reach 1.5 The video content will remain effective for another couple of years: from DIY to answering the most common questions to reviewing the products. We noticed the short video format works well. We focused on short videos, which worked for us.

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Be Honest About Whether Your Product Really Makes a Difference

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How many video companies went through the roof when FB promoted video only to go into a free-fall dive when they don’t promote the app and when core users aren’t addicted to the product. If venture capital is propping up your business performance – good luck when the spigot slows one day.

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What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?

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If you don’t know, Ring offers home security products that started with a video doorbell, then video floodlights, outdoor stickup cams and now in-home security features that innovate in-home security alongside outside protection. Were we SURE that consumers would buy a video doorbell? we were sold on the concept immediately.

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Investing in the pillars of the Metaverse

VC Cafe

Fully digital worlds, not unlike what’s seen in video games, that feel like “places you could live and inhabit.” billion crypto fund, went particularly viral as Marc struggled to articulate the use case for Web3. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games: Everything which is a website now will become a “metaverse destination” before 2030.

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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

Haystack

market by launching in connection with Facebook viral invites? YouTube empowers its premium subscribers to experience YouTube Red or Premium, which allows users to play the audio of any YouTube video as background audio — much like a podcast. Remember Spotify got its big break in the U.S. Remember Stitcher? Remember Pandora?

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

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It created viral buzz because other fans saw the email address and wanted to know how they got it. The labels said he could do live streaming himself but they didn’t want him to stream any music or videos since ustream wasn’t paying them. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. He was trailblazing.