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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. A couple of friendly amendments: * Two commenters on a May 2004 blog post, Whither Trepia?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. It’s like arguing against vertical software. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it. They’ve tried everything. Everything, that is, but.NET.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications. The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

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