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Thoughts on SaaS in 2017

BeyondVC

pick a vertical, say old archaic tech and SaaS-ify it?—?my my friends at appfolio have done a great job of this rearchitecting property management software, secure documents, and legal case management and they are growing nicely. The post Thoughts on SaaS in 2017 appeared first on BeyondVC. Go niche?—?pick

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Sapient

Austin Startup

and launched in April 2017. The first installment of this series covered Intvo , an AI-software designed to improve traffic safety. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

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Scale of Messaging Landscape 2017

VC Cafe

This post is just my own learning process about this subject and doesn’t cover the rapidly growing bot ecosystem or the vertical messaging apps (startups like Crew ). billion people in 2017, an increase of 15.5% WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017. Brenden Mulligan (@mulligan) 9 March 2017. year over year.

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6 Strategies to Keep Your Business Self-Sustaining

Startup Professionals Musings

Disruptive technologies, such as the smartphone, totally changed the value chain for cameras, video, and software. New domains would include attracting business customers as well as individuals, taking your online business into retail, and diving into verticals. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/01/2017.

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Home Is Where the Innovation Is

View from Seed

If a man from 1987 stepped into a time machine and emerged in 2017, he would find the modern world fantastically different in many ways. These are industries that have been relatively untouched by software until recently. Mobile computing means that he has the world’s information and entertainment at his literal fingertips.

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Entrepreneurs Bring Propriety Software to Influencer Marketing

Hearpreneur

June 2017 – #paid works with 20+ Fortune 100 brands. December 2017 – #paid has an 8-figure, 3rd full year in business. The largest ad agencies and brands are going to acquire influencer software companies and managed services, and the majority of other players will amalgamate or go out of business trying to compete.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time.

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