View from Seed

MARCH 15, 2018

Often, these startups tend to fall in areas like home , food , apparel , transportation — but fitting squarely within a specific vertical isn’t a requirement. . One ramification, then, is that many of these or businesses may seem odd, and certainly outside of the mold of current mainstream VC-backed companies.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

Hong Kong-based Lots of Buttons beat out 19 other impressive (mostly Asia-based) startups with a business model that revolves around buttons. In fact the e-commerce site aims to be the world’s largest online crafts store, seeking to expand to other craft verticals pending profitability or an angel investment.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 21, 2017

So the shift to mobile meant Facebook’s business model was breaking. To get there, Atlassian has to go beyond its traditional market of developer teams and branch out into other verticals.” Yet mobile advertising revenues were paltry. This had to be remedied.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Since raising $3 million in seed funding in September , StrongSalt announced its Open Privacy application for searching and sharing encrypted data in cloud services and enterprise applications. StrongSalt also lowers costs for companies by removing friction from encryption while making it accessible for all developers via the API platform.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Cracking The Code. Thursday, November 13, 2008. Is Government a good idea? anecdotes. (13).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If Cloud Computing. (1). Cracking The Code. Cracking the SMB code.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

With new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, and robotics, entrepreneurs will have more opportunities to create innovative solutions that could revolutionize industries. From improving customer experience to developing new business models, the possibilities are endless.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Needless to say, this isn’t a business model that works in the pandemic world. Sometimes your technology platform changes, and you need to pivot from on-premise to the cloud. Frequently, however, you need to pivot your business model and find new ways to make money. Not all pivots are created equal.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of the 21 st century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. Why does this matter?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

iPhones, PCs, airplanes, cloud computing, etc.), and sell them to consumers, businesses, and governments. What’s Next – Business. The business model of Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs) like Intel is rapidly changing. Those companies and government agencies then design the chips into systems and devices (e.g.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

And I believe, even at their scale, their ad load will need to further increase (along with their targeting abilities) in order to signficantly grow the business. But if your service attracts particular verticals of content engagement, not all content is created equal, and some is much more valuable than others. Andres Moran.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. Innovation in search, social, broadband, and mobile & cloud hasn’t come to an end. It’s a question every VC asks themselves and the entrepreneurs they invest in.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

It was too loud to talk so I just watched the steel pour through the clouds of soot backlit by the blinding bright liquid metal. And as I stared through the billowing clouds of soot flashing between black and white took on fantastical shapes as tiny figures on the factory floor scurried around the bucket.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It’s a cloud platform for augmented reality that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers and companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps and content. 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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It’s a cloud platform for augmented reality that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers and companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps and content. 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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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Good question: Where are the ‘vertical’ social media specialists? Very cool new word cloud app: use photos, docs, websites, shapes, images etc. Why you should have a co-founder – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Good question: Where are the ‘vertical’ social media specialists? Very cool new word cloud app: use photos, docs, websites, shapes, images etc. Why you should have a co-founder – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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The Startup Toolkit

JULY 13, 2013

However, you can also see it broken out in Microsoft’s own words: A business model based on partner and first-party devices with both consumer and enterprise services. The engineering team is being reorganised into 4 cross-device teams: OS, apps, clouds, and devices. Optimization for activities people value most.

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

Here are a couple examples from our portfolio: Vertical Communities: One of the exciting attributes of GrabCAD in the early days was its rapidly growing, engaged community of mechanical engineers. As a vertical community, the business of GrabCAD was never going to look like that of a social network or social media company.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The JAIC is a tiny team, yet we have a product directorate with 32 products that we’re building across six verticals – all the way from warfighter health to Joint warfighting to Business Process automation, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, cybersecurity and predictive maintenance. Nand Mulchandani.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

DrumG built and deployed Titanium using enterprise-blockchain and cloud technologies and is one of the first fully approved vendors in the financial services industry serving a network of Tier 1 global financial institutions. We are personally excited for 2020 to be the year of business value for the enterprise blockchain industry.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

DrumG built and deployed Titanium using enterprise-blockchain and cloud technologies and is one of the first fully approved vendors in the financial services industry serving a network of Tier 1 global financial institutions. We are personally excited for 2020 to be the year of business value for the enterprise blockchain industry.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 25, 2020 Waycare is tackling the ever-increasing issues of traffic congestion and fatalities with a cloud-based platform powered by Artificial Intelligence that provides traffic management solutions for cities around the U.S. An example of Waycare at work, making driving better and safer.

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VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

We pull in cloud resources when we need them, creating private clouds between decvices that access the Libox Platform. VC Cafe: What is you business model? Since we have APIs, we have opportunities for business models with media and content partners. We have indirect competitors in each of those verticals.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Since Pooja's likely to miss some folks walking in (gosh darn clouds!), Every website in the world has a unique business strategy. Is Getty really competing with these sites, given its business model? Or is this a gap in their business approach they should fix in some other way? Is it someone else?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“As big businesses begin to measure their impact, they begin to show it is fundamental to their future business models.” Tech best sub sectors include cloud computing, machine learning/A.I. As big businesses begin to measure their impact, they begin to show it is fundamental to their future business models.”

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