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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing. Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030.

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Is the Future of Healthcare a Telehealth Company for Every Condition?

View from Seed

One of the most promising trends accelerating in digital health is the verticalization of digital health. Consequently, it is now feasible to build a large business by becoming a focused vertical provider that delivers superior care and patient experience in your specialty. .

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Today’s opportunities in enterprise SaaS

Version One Ventures

We often see one category filled with dozens of start-ups competing with a similar product for the same customers. Yet even so, there still seems to be quite a runway in this space due to three mega trends: Every company is discovering that they need to use technology to streamline their business and improve their competitive position.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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The Anti zoom

VC Cafe

Next47 and American Insight Partners VC, demonstrates growing trust in its current and future business model. According to Oslund, the ability to focus on a particular user — from classroom teachers to project coworkers to game night friends — creates a unique advantage for verticals perfectly suited for their customers.

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And let’s be clear: The term “culture and employee engagement” doesn’t mean “Happy Hours” and “Pizza Parties:” Navigating Market Downturns and Other Startup Advice with Melanie Naranjo, Head of People at SaaS Startup Ethena

Hunter Walker

The idea of working at a company whose entire business model revolves around catering to buyers in the HR space felt like such a breath of fresh air. HW: I’m always surprised when someone considering ‘joining a startup’ has put a lot of thought into industry/vertical but not into stage of company.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)