Version One Ventures
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Generally speaking, Ed Tech has proven to be a tough vertical, primarily due to the fact that it’s hard to charge consumers (students) directly. Back in 2010, the team tried approaching university administrators to get them to adopt their platform. This funding is big news, particularly since 2016 was a weak year for Ed Tech funding.
Steve Blank
MAY 26, 2009
Verticals Are Different I began to realize that entrepreneurs (and their professors) act like every vertical market and industry has the same set of rules. So the first heuristic is: do not assume the startup rules are the same for all vertical markets. Just for discussion, the markets I chose were: Web 2.0,
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Steve Blank
MAY 28, 2009
Steve,&# he said, “you’re missing the most interesting part of vertical markets. Reply Max Marmer » Blog Archive » Market Evolution: The Special Case When a Startup Has No Market Risk , on July 1, 2010 at 12:58 am Said: [.] Reply Alpha Testing « Two Sixes Blog , on July 5, 2010 at 7:04 pm Said: [.]
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 19, 2009
Other advisors provided marketing with industry-specific advice in our initial vertical markets (computational fluid dynamics, computational chemistry, finite element analysis, and petroleum engineering). Reply steveblank , on May 25, 2010 at 1:05 am Said: Tom McMurray. be a user of software (for the consumer use case).
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 21, 2009
Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010. Nearly 50% say they will increase their activity levels in 2010 (hallelujah!) Another big driver according to Montgomery is that the tech industry has matured and is returning to its vertically integrated roots. Love to hear more views! .
David Cohen
AUGUST 22, 2012
As an example, one of the areas that I like to invest in is vertical search. With vertical search, it’s all about the crack. Vertical search is one of those areas where I think freemium can still make a ton of sense. I had a meeting today with the vertical search company that I recently funded.
deal architect
AUGUST 14, 2019
I was excited when Charles Phillips and his team arrived at Infor in 2010. I looked forward to them executing to their vision they would focus on various verticals like healthcare and hospitality. Over the last few years I have.
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