David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

Our Goal for 2019 is to become the most contributed machine dealership in America in donations to Scholarships, Veterans and Children’s hospital. We want to give back and be part of a growing movement towards investing back into America, especially investments in manufacturing. Photo Credit: Curt Doherty. 6- Less time on learning.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Vertical SEO 122

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

All of this is located exactly at the crossroads between Europe and North America. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. You really won’t find anywhere better! Tell us about something you love.

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deal architect

JULY 24, 2020

I interviewed Geoff Scott and Dave Wascom of ASUG (America's SAP User's Group) last week, and we talked about SAP customer heroics during the pandemic, S/4HANA adoption plans, remote implementations and other topics. The replay is here. This week, I.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). we would not be limited by geography, industry verticals, or expanding into new product lines (data is a truly huge industry with no TAM, or total available market, limitations). and hopefully?—?grow I think really hard when I’m naming a new startup.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The World Bank has once placed Puerto Rico as one of the most competitive markets in Latin America with high economic growth. It is a country that will get up and become one of the most financially stable countries in Latin America again. Puerto Rico is more than just a paradise you can spend your summer holidays in.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

For all its flaws, America is still a beacon of liberty and justice. Each year I teach hundreds of students from around the world who come to America to pursue their version of this same dream. We try our best to give back to our community and country and always wonder – is it enough?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. legal), as well as directly to consumers in their every-day lives. We see more strategic partnerships like this coming to fruition in the next few months.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

The main reason that your advisors tell you to focus on your vertical, your age demo or your users favorite destination is that this is the obvious way to interest your user base. If you’re a fashion product you obviously care about having way more products featured in the vertical trade mags or niche blogs for that sector.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 11, 2013

For example, at version one ventures, we’re focused on early-stage (seed and Series A) opportunities in e-commerce, SaaS, and marketplaces/platforms across North America. Vertical SaaS (investments: Frontdesk , Jobber ): In the new era of enterprise software, the winners will be purpose-built, vertically sliced tools.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I am really looking forward to diversifying my marketing agency into new verticals. and Success, and I’m going to scale my business to where I have a team working for me across the different continents I operate in (Asia, Europe and America). Thanks to Veronica Hanson, Vacay Visionary ! #6- 6- Diversity.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

OpenTable recently passed 10 million diners a month with less than 20% of transactions in North America currently online. Another repeated mistake is attacking verticals where a satisfactory supplier “match” end’s the customer’s need to re-enter the market in search of an alternative. Expand the Market.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

And we also look at companies that are creating the best product for a specific vertical – including bio/healthcare and other emerging tech. We invest across North America. From Fund I and now to Fund III, we have been able to serve as an important bridge between Silicon Valley and other tech ecosystems.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

When I told her they not only didn’t want it back, but were trying to see if they could give me more for my next company, she paused for a long while and then said in a very Russian accent, “Only in America are the streets paved with gold.” It was a long way from Ellis Island.)

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

for startups that isn’t San Francisco or New York), Cove.tool has buildings in Canada, South America, Europe, Africa and Australia, as well as across America. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 12, 2016

There are still possibilities out there for good companies to ride out the last vestiges of the original social wave through vertical niches, to build on the current wave of messaging as a platform/conversational UI, or to jump on a brand new social wave sparked by AI/ML. Riding out the old wave: new or under-represented verticals.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2013

Such marginal increases add up even more with Rockefeller’s other favorite tactic… Vertically Integrate. Vertical integration allowed further cost reductions by taking charge of different manufacturing inputs and distribution. Diversify.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 16, 2014

Now, of course , this isn’t going to be uniform across all verticals. Mikael Cho of Ooomf also demonstrates a really good point when he shows you what a typeface IMPACT (one normally associated with newspaper headlines) does to the Bank of America website. Normal Type: Changed to Impact: Conclusion.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Last fall when I was in Chicago for the Startup America Partnership regional meeting, I had lunch with Troy and asked him if he’d consider joining forces with us. Up to this point, we hadn’t expanded into a new city with another program – the TechStars programs in Boston, Seattle, and New York were created from scratch.

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Others were able to provide additional data for one or more business verticals. million, clearly at the low end of the range for North America. Median: 2.75. Number: 30.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. Figure, back in 2011 the Speciality Coffee Association of America found that the average 16 oz cup of coffee costs around $1.17

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. Figure, back in 2011 the Speciality Coffee Association of America found that the average 16 oz cup of coffee costs around $1.17

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Retention Developer Customer Programming 112

Hearpreneur

JUNE 24, 2022

We talked about how moving the ball side to side was good for control, but to achieve that yearning score, we needed to move the ball vertically down the field. So, the word vertical is what I have been looking for. I was coaching my son’s football team, and it was at a practice that the business's name popped up in my mind.

Naming 114

Naming Entrepreneur South America Social Media 114

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. Figure, back in 2011 the Speciality Coffee Association of America found that the average 16 oz cup of coffee costs around $1.17

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Lee Jacobs is one example of a Syndicate lead who is sourcing deals from South America. This model applies to any vertical or expertise – imagine a Syndicate of 10 great growth hackers – would you not salivate to have them in your deal? 3) The Alternate Liquidity Syndicate.

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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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India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Vertical 116

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. Figure, back in 2011 the Speciality Coffee Association of America found that the average 16 oz cup of coffee costs around $1.17

Retention 98

Retention Customer Developer Programming 98

Start Up Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

While reading my Quora feed I came across a brilliant answer to this question by Balaji Viswanathan : What is the future of the American middle class in a world where manufacturing can be done so much more cheaply in Asia and Latin America? About a decade ago, I was chatting with my buddy who was working at Windows Mobile.

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Asia China Vertical Mobile 48

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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A Crowded Space

JULY 24, 2014

Startups are attacking just about every vertical. America is aging. However, I’ve been surprised to see one industry where there hasn’t been much startup activity. Perhaps because it’s unsexy and support calls may be life or death situations. It is an $84B industry in the US. . The Elder Care Industry.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I took fairly detailed notes at last night’s panel on ‘ The Future of America’s Innovation Economy Progress and Challenges at the USPTO’ It was sponsored by The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association.

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Intellectual Property Detroit Technical Review Software Review 60

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. At a final disclaimer, this report is simply a survey of angel leaders in North America.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2017

They bring over 25 years of experience in alignment strategy deployment for large and small organizations across Europe and North America. Improve reporting structure support (vertical alignment). They summarize alignment as an embodiment of seven initiatives, as follows: Define a unified focus and direction, shared by all.

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North America Technical Review Vertical Europe 136

ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2016

According to Experiment Engine’s data, anywhere from 50% to 80% of test results are inconclusive, depending on the vertical and stage of the testing program. Kyle Rush , Director of Frontend Engineering and Optimization at Hillary for America , had this to say: Kyle Rush: “Err on the side of testing the extreme version of your hypothesis.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2011

This confidence can come from researching and surveying the market or seeing competitors succeed in our vertical. When we create and offer products and services, we do so with the implicit belief that we have a good handle on what our market wants , what our market needs , and what price our market is willing to bear. Capital N-O.

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Affiliate America United States Video 75

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2011

This confidence can come from researching and surveying the market or seeing competitors succeed in our vertical. When we create and offer products and services, we do so with the implicit belief that we have a good handle on what our market wants , what our market needs , and what price our market is willing to bear. Capital N-O.

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Affiliate America United States Video 64

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Accelerator programs are becoming more and more vertical and pulling together corporate and institutional support that provides investment, purchasing power, and validation. But, it’s not a town to know and gain access to corporate America if that is a key component of your business model.

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