Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 24, 2016
When we started Homebrew in 2013 our industry was, in retrospect, probably midway through a cycle where innovations were in business model rather than underlying technology. Observing a handful of companies, such as Uber, Airbnb, Warby Parker, founders were taking those models and trying to apply them to other verticals.
VC Adventure
AUGUST 31, 2017
At IPO only 7 of 39 companies that have gone publics since 2013 had positive EBITDA. Verticalization. There are some interesting notes in the report about greater efficiency for vertically focused SaaS businesses which I initially found counter intuitive and are worth considering in the context of your own SaaS business.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions.
The Equity Kicker
MAY 11, 2016
Andy Dunn, the founder of Bonobos and one of the most thoughtful writers I know on ecommerce, penned a good piece yesterday entitled Digitally Native Vertical Brands. It’s a brand, and that brand is vertical. Personalisation is a common way for vertically integrated ecommerce companies to differentiate their physical product (e.g.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Then again, WalMart, the retail giant, had a great experience with the node js eCommerce platform in 2013, when they put all their mobile-based traffic through Node.js They can use both Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling, which help enhance the performance of your application. IT HAS SCALING FEATURES. application in two ways.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
By bringing in an industry player with startup DNA we brought somebody that could push the team much harder on how their value prop would resonate (or not) with customers, which verticals to target our offering to and importantly what others solutions were in the market and how we stacked up.
ConversionXL
JANUARY 16, 2014
Back in October 2013 Simon-Kucher & Partners , a global marketing & sales consultancy, published a survey that found 33% of shoppers did not name prices as the primary driver for online shopping. of all US album sales in 2013. Shipping Costs. Now, as I said, these are just averages.
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