Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While Ethereum based DeFi has stolen the show for most of 2020 – and rightly so, the amount of innovation and experimentation happening there is insane! Bitrefill makes it easy for anyone to buy gift cards and phone minutes (a big use case in emerging markets) instantly using Lightning. At least not yet.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 Seattle-based Syndio has a bold ambition: to eradicate unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The best startups will find ways to deploy AI in the service of a bigger vision, unlocking new strategic gains while injecting real soul and purpose — and a sense of humanity and meaning — into their brands and business models. Putting purpose first in 2020. Learning from the gig economy. Location, location, location?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2020

There are many companies I admire for innovation, but the one that affected me most personally, enough to change my entire business model and gear it toward serving companies that actively help people, is Open Bionics. Thanks to Christopher Kim, Mighty K Marketing & Strategy ! #2- . #1- Open Bionics. 7- Facebook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

In my experience, most successful entrepreneurs have indeed created a new product, but most people who claim to be inventors have a hard time starting a business. The simple solution I recommend to inventors is to find a partner who can focus on business and marketing, while you focus on technology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 9, 2020

And, if you’re planning to start a business, start online before expanding into a physical presence. eCommerce is booming: As of March 30 [2020], ecommerce sales from pure-play ecommerce retailers are up 34% year over year in the U.S. And, the demand is only growing. The opportunity is enormous The data is irrefutable.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

There is a high demand for safety equipment like gloves, masks, personal protective equipment, and medical equipment such as pulse-oximeters and oxygen cylinders during this pandemic situation. It is therefore my preference to conduct these kinds of business. My new business idea came from my current business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

This almost always starts at the top, based on a founder’s dream and passion, without the proper homework on sizing the market, or assessing product realities. Every investor can recite examples of passionate entrepreneurs who seek funding for a worthy cause, like feeding the hungry, without a real business case for who will pay.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2021

eCommerce has become a major business , so it’s no surprise you’re considering joining the 7.9 million online businesses that sell products via the web. billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $563.4 It’s a business type that minimizes risk and allows you to operate a business remotely without needing to manage stock.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

by Shayne Tilley, Head of Marketing at 99designs. Even with all the challenges that 2020 has thrown our way, many businesses have been able to adapt their offering to service customers online. With so much changing so fast, the mixture of pressure and fluctuations in demand can easily lead to rash decisions.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

Girish and his team are former Zoho employees and bring to their entrepreneurial efforts the perspective and learnings of Zoho, which has been successful in drastically undercutting high-end competitors in a major market, namely CRM, the office suite, and so on. I am very glad to see Girish and his team going after one such opportunity.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2022

Many factors impact business, but none come close to the influence of education. The business sector is a dynamic field that strongly focuses on consumer satisfaction, better marketing, and the latest tech trends. Your education plays a vital role in shaping up a business. Image Source. 4. Help You Mitigate Risks.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 16, 2020

The year 2020 marked the end of a fantastic decade. A decade where we all witnessed the emergence of new businesses that changed how we humans functioned. Market Opportunity and Competition. The success of a startup or any business is directly proportional to the market opportunity for their products or services.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. The company already has paying customers and a validated business model.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Katina Stefanova : There are a number of business models that have already taken place or are at the tipping point.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

There are also societal and political factors at play including a growing acceptance among physicians of the practice of home care, as well as pressure to alleviate the demands placed on hospitals and an overall desire to find cost efficiencies in the health care system. “In percent from 2014 to 2020. How to Do Market Research.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Pursue Global Markets 2. Pursue Global Markets. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. trillion, by 2020, equivalent to bringing a whole new market the size of Brazil online. These are fantastic new markets for U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

How To Survive And Profit From Radical Change written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jonathan Brill. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jonathan Brill. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. Like this show?

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. ” In 2016 I gave the closing keynote, entitled Fintech 2020, at a fintech summit in Bogota. The recently announced $5.3B

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. That’s the mission driving products like Hemafuse , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020? Hemafuse can salvage, filter, and recycle blood from internal bleeding.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Amy Keller’s startup PurePlus transforms produce that would be wasted into healthful candy The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the U.S. What is your top goal for PurePlus for 2020? We are surrounded by top-notch people.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

If you’re a CEO who can’t quickly bias yourself for action and if you wait around for someone to tell you what to do, then your investors, or more likely the market, will make those decisions for you. Health of Your Current Target Market(s). Out of business? Emergence of New Market(s). Marketing programs spending.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Quantify the market opportunity in business terms. For example, “Nielsen projects that the market for smart phones will double every year for the next five years.” If possible, quantify these in non-technical business terms, such as dollars saved or replacement costs over time.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

marketing channel for our clients! In the next 3-5 years, we hope to be serving several more markets as the demand for personalized beverages grows! Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? We are thrilled to have opened up a new. What makes you unique? What is your unique selling proposition (USP)?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In fact, remote work is on the rise – especially in the form of virtual assistants – and it’s one of the primary reasons why more small businesses are opting to outsource work. companies have increased their use of outsourcing, which is primarily done for cost-cutting reasons, followed by the ability to focus on their core business.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2020

After talking to entrepreneurs over the past two weeks, it seems most businesses are imploding or exploding, depending on how well their business model can adapt to a post-corona virus world. There are five general things you can do now to make your business coronable: survive and thrive in a viral world.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. It’s an investors market. billion in 538 deals. In Q3/2022, $2.6

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2013

Ultra-cheap streaming video and television services are cutting into the market share of the long-time cable television powerhouses. How will the cable business shift its business planning to accommodate a new future? Adapt Business Plans or Die? This could become a stronger path to a new business plan.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. VII: Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The daily deal and group buying market has really heated up, with numerous sites offering variations on the basic value proposition. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. But for Cheryl, the problem is that she needs critical mass. I asked him to abandon this idea and find a better one.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Well, for starters they a) pursue global Markets b) place company culture above all else and c) They embrace the Black Swan within and without. They Pursue Global Markets. trillion, by 2020, equivalent to bringing a whole new market the size of Brazil online. These are fantastic new markets for U.S. This is HARD.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 20, 2022

As a consultant or coach, sharing what we know with others could be a good business and fill us with a sense of fulfillment. For instance, a financial consultant can consider mentoring people on how to invest wisely, while digital marketing experts can help businesses choose the next best marketing move for their strategy.

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Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

If some organizations and businesses are still not decided about entering some foreign markets, we are giving five compelling reasons here for taking a step forward and entering the global market. Less competition in the developing markets. An entry into newer markets provides better visibility to the companies.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Lofty AI team includes (from left to right) Jerry Chu , Alysia Silberg , Mark Keane , and Max Ball The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 Lofty AI serves both full-time and part-time real estate investors by helping them make more data-driven decisions yielding higher returns. What is your top goal for Lofty AI for 2020?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

If 2020 was a year of disruption, 2021 seems to be a year of reconstruction which will hopefully lead to recovery. Some sectors were already seeing an upwards trend which was unchanged because of the nature of the business model. The market was valued at about $152.05 billion in 2020 but is projected to grow to USD 274.20

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a marketer, you’ve likely heard that your prospects and customers have an average attention span of a goldfish—or according to some, less than that of a goldfish. The idea that you need to “market to goldfish” has become standard practice for the last five years. What about the claim that only 40% of small businesses have a website?

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