Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. These are good avenues for finding very smart people in your vertical, particularly global or small market candidates who may not be visible otherwise. Acquire a smaller development shop. Here are a few examples: 1.
ConversionXL
MARCH 17, 2021
Our research showed that LTV was much higher compared to other verticals we have worked in the past which made the decision to change our approach a no-brainer. In 2020 we applied the same approach to two of our customers: idronect (software to manage drone businesses) and Opsfleet (software development company).
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Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. These are good avenues for finding very smart people in your vertical, particularly global or small market candidates who may not be visible otherwise. Acquire a smaller development shop. Here are a few examples: 1.
Software By Rob
JULY 1, 2010
For a startup, this means avoiding “me too&# products, staying away from horizontal niches, solving a pain-point, and targeting a vertical niche. The lesson: stick to vertical niches. Occupations and hobbies are best.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 31, 2009
So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)
Software By Rob
AUGUST 11, 2009
The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. The vast majority do not. 23 Sean Harlow on 08.11.09 Use open source.
Seeing Both Sides
AUGUST 16, 2012
I first met Steve when he was VP of Engineering at Centerline software, a software development tools startup, and I was a junior in college. He was a fellow Harvard computer science graduate and I was looking for a summer job in software development and found him through an alumni directory. TripAdvisor’s Future.
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