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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Eliminating middlemen in healthcare – from using AI to automate repetitive human jobs to exploring new and better business models for providing care. AI characters are already hosting interactive streams and shows in which they respond to audience questions, comments, or votes in real-time.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

They want to snowball their customer acquisition, attracting thousands of new people to the brand, and reach diverse new audiences in new locations. You can also compete by making your product or service more accessible or available to a different target audience. Are you going to grow vertically or horizontally? Availability.

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Freemium is alive and kicking

David Cohen

As an example, one of the areas that I like to invest in is vertical search. With vertical search, it’s all about the crack. Vertical search is one of those areas where I think freemium can still make a ton of sense. I had a meeting today with the vertical search company that I recently funded.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Sapient

Austin Startup

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch , Parks will pitch Sapient in the Smart Cities, Transportation & Logistics Technology category, (9:30 to 10:30 am Saturday, March 14), aiming to impress a panel of expert judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation in emerging technology.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

With over a decade + experience in three previous entrepreneurial journeys, I learned the hard way that focus and dedication to build expertise in a specific niche is important and is one of the keys to successful agency business. Thanks to Mac Fadra, MAXiM Hair Restoration ! #12- 12- Officially Incorporated and more. #14-

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Looxid Labs

Austin Startup

Brian Yongwook Chae , CEO of Looxid Labs, will pitch at SXSW in the category of Augmented & Virtual Reality (3:30 to 4:30 pm Saturday, March 14) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. To integrate a biometric system into HMD platforms, they have developed the most VR compatible brain-sensing technology, Looxid Link.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Syndio

Austin Startup

Last October, Colacurcio won season two of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch (literally given in the 32-second elevator ride of Seattle’s Smith Tower); her pitch also won the Geek’s Choice award after live voting by the audience in the Summit app. If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.