Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

A given customer would have an entity URL that looked like this: customer://1234 Somewhere in your API, you have a way to access data about a given customer. Whichever API you use, URL-based sharding is very easy to understand. The better your internal APIs and data architecture, the easier this step will be.

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San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2013

Tal Flanchraych , Marianne Bellotti and Jacek Grebski teamed up on the NY bus to create a unified API for the world’s open data, and publishing tools for companies who want to distribute their data. Sexy, right? Exversion”.

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New York API Silicon Valley Aggregator 72

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2010

Many applications use APIs as the solution to this problem—letting others build mobile apps, plugins to other services, mashups, etc. Twitter, for example, sees over five times the tweet consumption traffic off of Twitter, through various API driven clients, than it does on Twitter.com.

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API Cloud Venture Capital Widget 94

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Craze Digital is one of the world’s biggest Digital Entertainment indie companies, managing a host of online & mobile channels for high-demand Music & Video content, with a strong focus on innovative approach to monetization and distribution. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Start with aggregating scarce and in-demand inventory. They have become platforms with enabling structured methods (often as APIs) to allow smaller startups to syphon off inventory or users in exchange for revenue, ad inventory, branding or even more traffic. Leverage influencers for liquidity.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

It’s conceptually no different from the early days of Western Union’s original payments business when people “wired” money to one another at each end of a physical distribution network. But again the store of value in prepaid minutes was the key. FAQ A: What about Square?

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Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Database, File Storage & Information Management Pixily – An online service that lets you aggregate, organize, find and share your documents. Shoutlet – Distribute and track viral marketing campaigns across social media outlets. Simple Sales Tracking – An online sales tracking app that offers free and paid plans.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. This is the blog post I needed to read.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. And in this crypto algorithm, they said, well, since we're all making this distributed ledger, we now have provably unique digital items that I can send to you, Eric.

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IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. We need to have a close look at the worlds two biggest social media networks of Twitter and Facebook – they run open API’s for each other to assist their customers and suppliers switch and share between each other.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

mobile telephone operators, broadcasters, content aggregators and media agents. Unlike traditional FLASH we can put 4 bits of information in a single cell, and we produce memory product in sizes optimized for content distribution, creating the LOWERS cost content mobile Content distribution medium available today.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Aggregated, that’s a lot of money. There is an opportunity in ‘related services’ Distribution is a real problem for newly launched sites. By latching on to traffic hubs like Facebook, Apple, Google and Twitter and so on, it is possible for a new site to reduce the distribution risk.

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Russia Hosting Differentiation Social Network 68

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Mce Systems. MailVision.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Teams know how many tickets were distributed; however, they do not know in “real time” how many people are in the venue or stadium during the event. That disconnect still thwarts even the most fundamental business cases for real-time predictive analytics. That knowledge gap hampers efforts to staff and stock the stadium appropriately.

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Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Use their api to handle payment related stuff. Rovi API has everything you need for information. Rdio provides the music and the player via an API. Box API lets you store files dynamically! Camera, video, and most of the APIs described above for web Tools). Google Geocoding API. Managing APIs.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53