Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2023

The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes. Any other action will drive them to a lower category. While their experience and focus is more on large organizations, I was struck by how similar the considerations are to my experiences with startup teams. Steamrollers.

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deal architect

AUGUST 19, 2013

I was part of a group of analysts Gartner started hiring in the mid 90s to expand their business applications coverage. It launched the Administrative Application Services (AAS), Customer Relational Management (CRM), Integrated Logistics Services (ILS), and several vertical ones. Industry Commentary'

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SiliconHills

MARCH 17, 2023

By Laura Kobylecky, Special Contribution to Silicon Hills News PentoPix won the 2023 SXSW Pitch Awards in the “Entertainment, Media & Content” category. PentoPix also won the “Best In Show” award at this competition. PentoPix uses AI-assisted technology to transform text into 3D animations.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

It is also worth noting that you are not bound to pick one category. Shopify Experts often select more than one category based on their expertise. The main goal is to move clients to the Managed category from the Development category since you will require to show managed stores in your Shopify Experts application.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

Now the emergence of autonomous and driverless vehicles fits into this nascent future potential category. In the last couple of years, Nest's smart thermostat has put IoT in the “real” category and Amazon's Echo product accelerated the industry forward toward AI as able to deliver real value to consumers.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2017

If you’re looking to start a new online store, but you haven’t got any idea what types of products offer the best profit margins, you should consider one of the below categories that come with many sub-categories to choose from. Automotive. The automotive industry is one of the biggest online. Hand Tools.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Apparel is currently one of the most fascinating categories within the Everyday Economy. But unlike some other categories of commerce, I’m not convinced Amazon is the ultimate winner here. That said, the apparel category also has some healthy threats and challenges from an investment perspective. American Apparel.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

When prompted, you can give your business name, location, and category. Select Your Business Category Carefully. The accuracy of the category of your business on Google Maps plays an important role in your search ranking. If your business name appears with the right location, you can go ahead and claim the listing.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

In general, trends can be divided into two big categories. Second, short-term trends, categories that are growing and likely need to be implemented in the next 1-2 years. For example, things like healthcare , fitness, and video conferencing are incredibly hot app categories right now. Is the market demand evergreen or trending?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Solution may require new category development time. Make sure new solutions offered actually build your brand, rather than dilute it. New offerings which build your brand will increase acceptance and sales of all solutions, not just the new one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2020

The authors define a leadership matrix of four behavioral categories and eight team member subtypes. Any other action will drive them to a lower category. While their experience and focus is more on large organizations, I was struck by how similar the considerations are to my experiences with startup teams. Steamrollers.

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View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

My prediction is that we will gradually see more consolidation in venture if a) underlying inflows into the category slow over a longer period of time and if b) more asset value is created by smaller funds that integrate proprietary software or data in their businesses. Whether this dynamic will change in the coming years remains to be seen.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

There are numerous publications, reports and newsletters filled with content on gaming, so it would be hard to do the category justice by reducing it to five links, in this post I tried to break down the category trends as we all deal with information overload. Mobile gaming is by far the most dominant category. There are 3.07

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 27, 2014

RULEBREAKER AWARDS ANNOUNCES 15 CATEGORY WINNERS; GRAND-PRIZE WINNER TO BE NAMED JUNE 10. One grand-prize winner will be chosen from among the category winners. The category winners are: Service Provider, Under $1M in Sales: Casey Bankford of Slimbooks, www.slimbooks.com , whose slim books break the rules of publishing.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Inventing a new category, however, is downright herculean. And that’s one reason why I’m always inspired and surprised by category creators. Henry Ford invented a new category, and it turned out to be a business that changed the world. For a category creator, there’s no existing business process or strategy to follow.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

This deck on marketplaces from SVB gives a great breakdown on the category. The other takeaway is that the marketplace category is approaching saturation. One of the big takeaways is the extent of the winner takes all dynamics.

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Board Effect

JUNE 21, 2023

These can be categorized into the following four areas: Financial Acumen: This category focuses on enhancing directors’ understanding of financial management, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance within the credit union industry.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Regardless of the category, different, strange, unexpected, weird, atypical, odd, bizarre, unfamiliar – all get noticed. In this case it is the longest sales receipt ever. But the tiniest receipt ever, the size of a postage stamp perhaps, would get noticed too. So would one chiseled into metal. A real lot.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

Select your category. Once you have made a shortlist of awards you would like to apply for (these take a lot of time to do well, so 3-4 should be ample), it’s time to check the website for which categories are available. Many such categories will be irrelevant to your particular business or the make-up of your organisation.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

When it comes to email digital marketing tools, spam emails for brands and products that you are currently not interested in is one category that business emails fall into. The second category that business emails fall into is actually getting stuff you enjoy. Obviously, you want your business emails to fall in the second category.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

In general, we like to divide the metaverse into two broad categories: Closed metaverse: these are the walled, centralized, gardens such as Roblox, Fortnite, or MetaQuest. We look at both metaverse categories and believe that both will have a place in our digital world. An interesting case is Minecraft.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Category leaders do very well, while the #2, 3, 4… players struggle to attract customers and financing. In these markets, we often see one major company emerge and take all of the value created in its respective category. Even beyond auctions and social networks, the web tends to prefer the category leader.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

Bottom line, Chewy appears to be a pretty robust commerce business: It has a solid leadership position in a large and growing category. The post Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumers’ Homes appeared first on NextView Ventures. Conclusion. It continues to grow rapidly, even at multi-billion revenue scale.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Given the current public struggle of tech-enabled services, marketplaces, hardware and DTC companies, enterprise SaaS also feels like VC’s most favourite investment category right now. We often see one category filled with dozens of start-ups competing with a similar product for the same customers.

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Austin Startup

JULY 27, 2021

In 2021 STRAP Technologies was selected as a finalist in the Consumer Products category and an honorable mention in the On The Rise category as part of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards. The device is now available for pre-order with a limited promotional price of $500 USD.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”). Matt was the co-founder/CEO of Return Path. Fred Wilson was his lead investor.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. Let’s have a look at the investment ranges for different categories of investors. They avoid businesses that aim to create an entirely new category.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Hard armor This category of body armor safety equipment includes vests with armored plates 25-30 cm, 6-25 mm thick, covering the chest and back. Customers can choose the category, color, and many other parameters. During the summer, it is quite difficult to wear type IIIA all day due to the increased temperature.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Alex Malorodov ( @amalorCBS ), an MBA candidate at Columbia University who recently completed a summer internship at Gotham Ventures penned a great post about ecommerce category killers on CBInsights last week.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Rather than matching exact terms and requiring specific field values as inputs, it interprets and understands user queries, pinpointing the desired types or categories. Even if certain categories aren't predefined in the database, users still receive relevant product suggestions.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Friendly Fraud Chargeback Categories. This includes the following three main categories of claims: Customer Confusion : These claims stem from customer confusion or forgetfulness about what they ordered and whether they actually received it.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 9, 2017

A SWOT analysis is typically conducted using a four-square SWOT analysis template, but you could also just make lists for each category. I recommend holding a brainstorming session to identify the factors in each of the four categories. Use the method that makes it easiest for you to organize and understand the results.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’ve been maintaining this blog for almost a decade, and a lot of helpful content is now hard to find because I had been lax about tagging it with categories. So, I’ve just added categories for all of my past blog posts, which you can see in the right column. This should make old content much more findable.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 2, 2012

Like way more than people are used to paying for products in that category. The solution: create a new product category. If you create a new category, there’s no price reference and people are much more likely to accept any price you name. It was like a different category product. Image credit Terry Johnston.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2024

An overly simplified example would be Workday, which disrupted an existing category of HR software built on the cloud, replacing existing HCM spend at enterprises and stealing share from SuccessFactors and others. These are the enabling software and platforms that will make this whole category really work in the coming decades.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Putting together a list of the top x items in your product or service category is an effective way to generate traffic and rank your offerings on bridge pages. Bridge pages that offer free things such as lead magnets, how-to articles, e-books, checklists, or samples are great ideas.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

London) and category (e.g. Otherwise, you risk having few suppliers scattered across many cities and categories. If there’s one point to take away here it’s to prove the concept in one location and/or category. Get traction and then expand by one location or category at a time. This makes for a poor user experience.

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