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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. These two marketing and publishing platforms, respectively, allow for a more intimate relationship between creators and their audience. Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups.

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A Critical, but Ignored Metric for Marketplaces

A Crowded Space

In contrast, if you don’t have people that are relying on you for their primary income, you’ll have a very fickle audience. They will not care much about their online reputation, they will not drive turnaround times lower, and they will be disintermediation risks. They were all part of the family.

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