ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. The goal was simple: validate demand or move on. For example, after looking at the broader market, we saw that a service that helps marketers scale their video content was in demand. Choose to expand vertically or horizontally.

PR 120

PR B2B Lean Audience 120

Austin Startup

JULY 5, 2017

Rather, Tesla will be a full stack, vertically integrated clean energy company. For a sense of scale, consider that Tesla generated $7B of revenue in 2016. Everything Tesla does can be looked at through a supply or demand-side lens: On the demand side, Tesla has been working to produce affordable electric cars, along with self-driving.

Nevada 66

Nevada Global eCommerce Engineer 66

A Crowded Space

JANUARY 13, 2016

It’s become fashionable to call everything part of the on-demand economy. While the on-demand economy feels like all sunshine and roses for consumers, there lurks a danger of unsustainability in on-demand startups. 2) Hux – Hux is an almost on-demand housecleaning startup based in Atlanta.

Demand 60

Demand San Francisco Atlanta Business Model 60

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

At the beginning of 2016, everybody was talking about how big video will be and how important it will become for every small, medium business or even enterprise. Also, Snapchat introduced us to the power of vertical videos that are rising in popularity year to year. And Snapchat is one of these tools. What is Snap Ad? The results?

Social Media 28

Social Media Video Vertical Audience 28

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. We’ll have to see what next year’s data reveals, but what’s certainly become clear over the past year is that the cloud world is a very different one from the one we mapped back in 2016.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM. According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Between 2007 – 2016, 1 million Californians relocated outside of the state largely for financial reasons. As a vertically integrated company, oWOW cuts costs which are then passed on in the form of lower rental prices to tenants. California homeowners are selling up and moving East, to neighboring states.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Oakland Developer California 113

Transformify

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Since we opened our doors in 2016, we have built our entire platform to support a global remote workforce. It’s increasingly obvious that the future of work is much more remote, particularly as the new on-demand economy continues to charge up. Fredrik, why did you introduce remote work policy at Superside? And it’s working.

Global 72

Global Angel Investor Design Vertical 72

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

However, it seems now SMEs are adopting these on a much more voluntary basis than ever before – spurred on by, as we have mentioned previously, consumer demand. It appears as though consumer demand is motivating businesses to become more sustainable which is reinforced by government green tax breaks for energy-efficient SMEs.

Green 65

Green Technology Europe Operations 65

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud. This is the cycle of synergies that lead to strong vertical franchises in media. ESPN in sports.

Vertical 150

Vertical Video South America Los Angeles 150

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He was named the venture capitalist of the year in 2016 at the TechCrunch’s annual Crunchy awards. I think it started with eBay, but then we got into more vertical specific ones, like Zillow, Grubhub, OpenTable and Uber that I’m on the board of. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists.

Singapore 43

Singapore Government Silicon Valley Software Review 43