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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

That’s why lists like Ycombinator’s Requests for Startups (RFS) help entrepreneurs thinking about starting a company (or picking a problem) and can be a good barometer for founders on what’s interesting to investors right now. Verticalized Video Understanding – machine interpreted video.

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Horizontal Or Vertical Business Models: Which Is Right For You?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The point he’s making is that many marketers teach a business model that relies on using outsourcers, who often don’t have English as a first language, to create ebooks and other information products, which are then sold online using clever marketing. Why I Chose To Go Vertical. Transitioning To A Vertical Model.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

Many businesses were launched and others were closed. In the last few days of 2019, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- 2019 has been a year of growth for my business! The end of every year is the opportunity reflect on a 365-day journey.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

Every startup entrepreneur wants to see their company grow. So what are the biggest barriers startup entrepreneurs experience in their route to achieve long-term growth? Are you going to grow vertically or horizontally? Even fewer are successful with the original business model that spawned them. Or is it? .

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Who was the entrepreneur who founded what would become General Motors 16 years earlier, in 1904?

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5 Rules Of Relevancy That Set Your New Venture Apart

Startup Professionals Musings

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession way back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. Of course, relevancy doesn’t work if you don’t have a winning business model.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC