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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

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The most common analogies I’ve been considering with the current wave of generative AI are blockchain, self-driving cars, and Web 2.0. And both founders and investors are grappling with similar questions that were top of mind during early Web 2.0: These questions seem suspiciously familiar, and I wonder if the OG’s of the Web 2.0

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True Grit: It’s Not Just Founders We Should Celebrate

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Rachael is enrolled at the Startup Institute , an eight-week program that teaches its pupils the nuances of web development, web design, technical marketing, or sales and account management. She is a student on the web development track—and based on her background, that might seem a little hard to believe.

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Saving the Web from the Tyranny of the Click [Traction #17: Tony Haile, Chartbeat]

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The post Saving the Web from the Tyranny of the Click [Traction #17: Tony Haile, Chartbeat] appeared first on NextView Ventures. You can also subscribe to receive every episode plus weekly insights and resources about gaining startup traction.

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Why This Startup Teaches Everyone to Code + a Framework to Find a CTO

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In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). So much tactical goodness rolled into one episode. How did both these companies come into being at the same time?

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The Great Retail Reinvention: How the Internet Is Reshaping the Way We Buy Clothing

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Another irony of these rampant store closures is that increasingly, web-only brands are beginning to open storefronts or experimenting with other ways of establishing a physical presence. Reinventing Retail.

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

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As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. We average eight to 10 total new investments per year as a firm, so this frequency is a typical investment pace for us.

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How to Retain Tech Talent in Competitive Markets

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Our largest team, Web Engineering, has twelve engineers. Hiring and onboarding new engineers are time consuming and expensive. A team that can mitigate turnover is a more productive and efficient team. thredUP has been very fortunate regarding engineering retention. In the past 3.5

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