Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2020 People are rightfully concerned about the threat of coronavirus, which has so far killed about 2,800 people worldwide. But don’t lose sight of the fact that we’re already in the midst of a deadly global epidemic. What is your top goal for Milis Bio for 2020? At least 2.8

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. Our trip around our sun is ending again and we are closing out the year. Bill Gates. 2022 Predictions Legend = -1 = -.75

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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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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

The military awarded $445 billion in contracts in 2020. By comparison, last year’s global market for software-as-a-service, one of the hottest sectors for startup creation and investment, was estimated at $104 billion. ai entered the defense market having already built a successful commercial business in the energy vertical.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The 2020 Accel Euroscape was unveiled earlier today at SaaStockEMEA. UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. 2020 Cloud Market: Is The Sky the Limit? In 2020, Europe and Israel minted seven new unicorns, taking the total number to 25.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely. This is a major “unlocking.”.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. PTA Portals.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global lockdowns, telehealth has been rewriting all the rules on the way healthcare has historically been conducted. Virtual health visits, for example, shot up 50% in March and are on track to hit 1 billion by the end of 2020. Mental health.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creator s, Eric Feng. pic.twitter.com/on8RQtEeB9 — Zach Bussey (@zachbussey) August 18, 2020. ” Eric Feng. ” Eric Feng.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Deepblocks ’ leadership: CEO Olivia Ramos , CTO Jesus Cabrera , and COO Jeff Millett The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Is it possible to bring down the cost of optimizing housing to zero? That’s the goal of Deepblocks , one of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. What is your top goal for Deepblocks in 2020?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, in the discussion on JuJu brands is yet another validation of the verticalization and niche-ization of the Internet. This week, I published an article called The Top 10 Vertical and Social Web Trends where I have discussed this at length.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 31, 2020 Make video captioning easier and better in a world where audiences now watch extensively without sound. In just a year, Quicc has rocketed into the global marketplace and now serves video creators in 84 countries. What is your top goal for Quicc for 2020? Reach the 25,000 global user mark!

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Quantstamp is a Y Combinator-backed company building the standard in blockchain cybersecurity. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , see the Quantstamp pitch in the category of Blockchain Technology (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Sunday, March 15) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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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? The innovations surrounding food waste.

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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. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Eugene Sepulveda (@EugeneAustin) | Twitter Ingrid Vandervelt CEO & Founder EBW2020 Ingrid Vanderveldt is the Chairman and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020). The fund has invested in 27 companies, and select investments include: ELOQUII, Tala, Zola, WayUp, and Thrive Global. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 Winding Tree has created the world’s first open marketplace for travel. What is your top goal for Winding Tree for 2020? 2020 is a milestone year as we launch groundbreaking new solutions that will radically transform travel commerce. How Winding Tree works to improve travel bookings.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 29, 2020 Here’s a problem: worldwide, there aren’t enough radiologists to meet patient needs. What is your top goal for Radiobotics in 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The Applied Bioplastics Co-Founders: CEO Colin Ardern and CRO Alex Blum The Forrest Four-Cast: February 29, 2020 We’ve got a serious plastic problem. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Applied Bioplastics makes the use of more sustainable plastic affordable. What is your top goal for Applied Bioplastics for 2020?

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Neelam Dwivedi of NeelAgil Technologies Private Ltd aims to help millions of people treat their diabetes The Forrest Four-Cast: February 19, 2020 The next time you’re out in a crowd, look around. The global prevalence has jumped as well, going from 108 million adults worldwide in 1980 (4.7 What is the most overhyped tech trend of 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 12, 2020 Women who wear makeup know that leaving the house with more than a single lipstick is a pain. As Graham, now Founder and CEO, says, “we are the next-gen hardware and software platform for the $550B global beauty industry.” What is your top goal for Renzoe Box for 2020? It’s classy.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” . A Global Impact Tech Alliance.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Citefull Co-Founders: CSO Crystal Houston and CEO Kyle Grone The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 According to a Pew Research Center study , Americans rate fake news as a larger problem than racism, climate change, or terrorism, one that is eroding people’s confidence in government and each other. or debunk?—?news

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Transformify

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Our guest today is Fredrik Thomassen, the co-founder and CEO of Superside , a Sam Altman and Slack-backed company that's building a new labor market for global design talent. Since we opened our doors in 2016, we have built our entire platform to support a global remote workforce. About Transformify.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

According to this source , the global proportion of urban population rose dramatically from 13% (220 million) in 1900, to 29% (732 million) in 1950, to 49% (3.2 2020 will see the rise of predictive analytics , collaboration and workflows that impinge upon all aspects of business. Macro Trend 2: Urbanization. billion) in 2005.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

An incubatee with Indian Angel Network, Anirudh Motwani from New Delhi, India, discussed IndiaCollegeSearch , a vertical search engine to address the problem of finding detailed information about various colleges and institutions in India. IndiaCollegeSearch. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2011

He has run some experiments within the entrepreneurship training vertical, and has seen success when he has brought on known thought leaders. However, I'd like to see a more focused, vertical specific go-to-market strategy in Udemy. Gagan has about 150 completed courses on the site so far, and about 10 of those are monetizing.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

Edward Varghese from New Delhi, India, pitched i-Globify , an outsourcing service catering to the niche travel vertical, focusing on building Web 3.0 I liked his approach to building an outsourcing solution: focusing on a niche and building in-depth skills and credibility within that vertical.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

What investment trend(s) do you foresee for 2020 in the SaaS industry? We are a global VC, therefore we’re competing — and at the same time partnering! — with As a consequence, they need a VC that has a strong international network and can help them develop their go to market successfully in the US. Mobile will drive new use cases.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Qualitas is trying to close various gaps related to imaging in the industrial automation space, and has use cases in a variety of areas from bottling to labeling, and across verticals such as automotive to pharmaceuticals. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Photo by svilen001.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage. It's just not worth it. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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