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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Social Hybrid AI x human communities – messaging & social apps where bots are treated as equal citizens. Deepfake Detection – demand for a mobile application that provides deepfake detection, Caller ID, spam blocking and perhaps even live translation or agentic experiences for call handling.

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Be Honest About Whether Your Product Really Makes a Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I have written about the deceiving nature of early successes before – in particular in the SaaS or B2B world leading to a phenomenon called “shelfware.” Or app companies that went viral due to spammy friend requests to download in an app store only to have a community backlash and subsequent crash.

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Starting an E-commerce Site? Five Tips Every College Grad Should Know.

YoungUpstarts

Mobile is the future. If you’re a typical college grad, you may already use your mobile device as your primary gateway to the web – many of your potential customers do, too; therefore, it’s essential to optimize your e-commerce site for mobile viewing. Purchasing products and services from a mobile device must be fast and easy.

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9 B2B Instagram Marketing Strategies (w/ Examples)

ConversionXL

Some 73% of Millennial workers are involved in B2B purchase decisions, and 85% of that group uses social media to research products and services for their companies. Still, Facebook (91%), Linkedin (80%), and Twitter (67%) are the most popular social media platforms among B2B marketers. When does Instagram make sense for B2B?

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Leading Business Transformation – Featured Founder Mitul Ruparelia

The Startup Magazine

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Mobile phone technological advance. Beginning of 2009, Mitul designed and sold a solution that enables mobile operators across the globe to seamlessly exchange SMS, while taking care of billing, settlement, and routing.

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Omnichannel Marketing: 7 Examples to Improve Customer Experience

ConversionXL

Its study of B2B buyers shows an even split in how decision-makers interact with sales reps traditionally, remotely, and self-served digitally: Of the B2B leaders that use omnichannel marketing, 83% say it’s a more successful way to prospect and secure new business than traditional “face-to-face only” selling.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. Slack is looking to build the B2B version of Clubhouse (Slack Virtual Hallways). Started in 2016 by an agency called Mobile-Sphere , and seems to have no outside funding.

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