Up and Running
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Airbnb is a well-known example of the marketplace business model. Understanding the problem you are solving for your customers is undoubtedly the biggest challenge you’ll face when you’re starting a business. But, ensuring that your product fits the needs of the market is only one part of starting a successful business.
Up and Running
JUNE 14, 2010
One thing that came up repeatedly, then, was the impact of steeply declining web development costs on professional investment. And the beneath-the-surface rumblings were about how it was screwing up the venture capital business model. This was a problem for a few, and an opportunity for many.
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thebarefootvc
JANUARY 15, 2020
acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. The recently announced $5.3B
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
As an enthusiast of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and in particular the financial sector, I decided to focus and look into the list, review the fintech companies selected one by one, and understand the business models behind this industry. I delved deeper in order to look beyond this information.
Venture Chronicles
APRIL 25, 2011
The fact that it is developed for employees is not a criticism, just an observation, but that focus forces architectural issues that then becomes the culture of the app itself which presents enormous obstacles for repurposing to consumer usage.
Agile VC
JUNE 12, 2012
Virtually every mobile payments system in the developed world (see note #3) just piggybacks off the credit card system. Systems like M-Pesa (see note #3 below) took off because in developing nations prepaid wireless minutes were a parallel currency, fungible for real money.
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