Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings! years of existence, and with the launch of a series A investment in 2020 I can only imagine how far we’ll go. Now I’m looking forward to next year with sharp 2020 vision because the Void is where the magic begins. My business is also nominated for a local award, a first for us.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

The LexSet Co-Founders (left to right) CEO Francis Bitonti , President Leslie Oliver Karpas , and COO Azam Khan won $250,000 in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 LexSet serves AI engineers, especially those with limited resources, with a better way to annotate photos. An example of LexSet training data.

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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. What is your top goal for Milis Bio for 2020? What will be the most overhyped tech trend of 2020? The prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

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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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. To attract interest the Defense Department is handing out unprecedented numbers of small contracts and in 2020 seeded 1,635 firms with more than $1.5 ai entered the defense market having already built a successful commercial business in the energy vertical.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, businesses have been affected across almost every vertical. Facebook has reported a 70% increase in usage across all apps during the month of March 2020, proving that this is an optimal time to reach your target audience. Modify your ad strategy.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. Techstars funds all types of startups, working across all verticals, applying all types of business models.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

One of the highest we saw in 2020 was Ke.com , a Chinese platform for buying and selling properties. Find your vertical and stick to it (for a few years at least). They seem to be everywhere, solving problems for people around the world. Marketplaces are also catching the eye of investors. They raised a whopping $2.4

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s similar to how Stripe removed friction from taking payments for many verticals. EnPowered closed their initial seed round in February 2020 and have been developing their platform in stealth mode over the past year. EnPowered is led by Tomas van Stee and Mike Kirkup. To learn more, visit www.getenpowered.com or @GetEnPowered.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

It wasn’t like we were packaging software we were producing the highest performing vertical axis wind turbine. According to the US Bureau of Labor the current requirement for the increase in engineering employment from 2010 to 2020 is 11% with aerospace engineering at 5%. And after all it was in my background. In 2010 it was 4%.(1)

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is particularly true for complex verticals such as B2B SaaS products, where product marketing’s ability to pinpoint users with the most need and educate them on product features and benefits proves useful. You might know your target customer better or they might have changed completely (just look at what happened in 2020).

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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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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2020

In reality, 2020 is turning out to be a mild period of softening likely followed by accelerated growth by year’s end. For reliable insights on the economy, an outstanding resource is ITR Economics , an economic research organization that issues monthly economic trend reports by industry verticals and market segments. D: Recession.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Outreach was named to the 2020 LinkedIn Top Startups list, which uncovers the 50 companies that have stood out this year, attracting investment, employees and attention. No matter the vertical, geography, business model, macro or micro trends, entrepreneurs form the nucleus of a generational company. Scanwell Health was awarded a $1.6M

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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

MARCH 3, 2020

Tony Martens , Co-Founder at Plantible Foods , moved his company to San Diego from the Netherlands The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 Plantible Foods wants to contribute to a more sustainable and responsible future while meeting the food needs of a hungry planet. What is your top goal for your startup for 2020?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Up until 2020, Google Shopping was a paid platform for online retailers to advertise new products, akin to Google Ads. The best way to keep engaging with your customers (without acting overly salesy) is to create educational content relevant to your product vertical. Set your sights on Google’s Popular Products.

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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. Photo by yirsh. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 17, 2020 Skilllab has a clear mission: to develop technology-based solutions to empower employment services to better integrate refugees into local labor markets. What is your top goal for Skilllab for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Virtual health visits, for example, shot up 50% in March and are on track to hit 1 billion by the end of 2020. As the pandemic drags on and patients grow to telehealth services, let’s take a look at three industry verticals which are being driven by startup innovation. Mental health.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 22, 2020

The product is a complex AI service in an industry vertical that is large and growing fast. Didn’t make sense to him that the industry vertical had revenue anywhere near their forecast. Originally published at [link] on June 22, 2020. How could a company only six months old have $600k in revenue this month?

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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 16, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 16, 2020 Maria Tanjala , co-founder of FilmChain , is passionate about tech solutions that bring transparency and automation to creative industries. What is your top goal for FilmChain for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) April 16, 2020. In May 2020, Google announced that publishers no longer had to use AMP to appear in the Top Stories section, starting in 2021. News is an especially challenging vertical since no site owns a newsworthy event. Accommodating AMP.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Cove.tool CEO Sandeep Ahuja recently won a Forbes 30 under 30 award The Forrest Four-Cast: January 30, 2020 Bringing together sustainability and efficient architectural practices, the team at Cove.tool is committed to fighting climate change one building at a time. What is your top goal for CoveTool for 2020?

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. The answer is likely a mix of both. Source: Cambridge Associates. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Source: AngelList.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 7, 2020

The huge ICO run-up in 2017 brought a lot of attention to the vertical. If you spend a lot of time in crypto (like we do here at V1), it can be easy to lose sight of how non-crypto investors and entrepreneurs think about the space. Since then, many have stopped following the progress or have become downright negative about the space.

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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 24, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Virsix Games reimagines how people play together by remixing analogue play with cutting-edge emerging technologies such as AI, voice-activated smart speakers, augmented reality, near field communication, machine learning techniques and more.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. What is your top goal for Flugauto for 2020? What is the most overhyped tech trend of 2020? Georgia Tech and Stanford. The entrepreneurial vibe.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2021

Initially, Uber launched its vertical in the food delivery services with the name UberFresh. billion in the year 2020. As per the year 2020, UberEats has a user base of 66 million worldwide, which is thrice that of the year 2019. UberEats – King Of Food Delivery Apps.

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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. What is your top goal for Quicc for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. Quicc co-founders Jason Toevs and Mike Mathia.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. The answer is likely a mix of both. Source: Cambridge Associates. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Source: AngelList.

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