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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View from Seed

JANUARY 31, 2024

In contrast, generative AI has already inspired a myriad of compelling uses, and it’s easy to envision its integration across many categories of software. I’m very optimistic, but admittedly, gaps remain between what’s imaginable and what’s pragmatically useful today. Which leads me to the second analogy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Imagine an SMB or entrepreneur trying to build something new in the days before no-code software. There are lots of different no-code platforms out there, but most fall into one of three main categories. No-code tools generally mean that the investment (and therefore the risk) required for a new project is smaller and more flexible.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Imagine car repair with a Vision Pro AR tutorial. Getting it Right Apple’s entry into new markets by creating new product categories – iPods, iPads, iPhones – is unprecedented in the history of the modern corporation – $300 billion (75% of their revenue) is from non-computer hardware. Or jet engine maintenance.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. Many, many markets use storage and in totally different use-cases than you’d imagine.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

He couldn’t have imagined power users would be global political figures, dictatorships, small factions of people standing up to the Iranian army or every sports figure & celebrity in the world. If we’re doing too many deals in eCommerce or healthcare IT we might ask whether we’re seeing enough deals in other categories.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is re-imagining an existing solution or workflow in a way that utilizes the new technology from the ground up. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For every layer if I mention companies please don’t assume that I’m suggesting there aren’t other players in that category. And in stepped new entrants at a lawyer above storage & processing that I would call “management services.&# An early star in this category has been RightScale. Think about it.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2022

In the end, this is something that might fall into the category of science fiction, but it’s also one of those things that have been around for a while – just in different capacities. Additionally, you’ll incorporate IoT and all of its benefits, and that’s the best way to go if you want to make your company more successful than ever in 2022.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2023

Entrepreneurs in this category are real risk takers, such as Elon Musk. He recommends imagining creative solutions to a problem to “cut through the noise and focus on the signal.” Push your mindset to tackle the seemingly insurmountable. A bold mindset excels at speed, creativity, and decisive action.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2014

The types of businesses that fit into this category also seem to be the ones that lag in terms of adopting some kind of forward thinking when it comes to their websites. You would imagine Etsy and Pinterest would give people some kind of idea what others expect in a website but it’s not getting through to these people. The Losers.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 11, 2020

government boasts more than 200,000 public datasets hosted through data.gov, divided among numerous lists and segmented into categories such as: Information on 173 million taxi rides in New York City. There are many datasets that emerging companies can use in almost every field imaginable. Data for All. Mexican birth records.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 13, 2023

Overall, the combination of text, images, audio, and video is essential to the creation of media, entertainment, and gaming experiences that capture the imagination and engage the senses. We have made an investment in this category as well with Munch.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

She dropped off the dogs and gave me the biggest thank-you text you could imagine. I said, “This category is going to be huge. Like most markets online it will likely be a ‘winner take most’ category so if you’re going to go for it … you better be prepared to win.” She told me. “Mark.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2021

Entrepreneurs with the mantra “if we build it, they will come,” and executives who don’t communicate their expectations, fall into this category. Usually the real culprit is procrastination, lack of focus, or low productivity and lack of metrics. Wait and hope for a miracle. Accountability starts by acknowledging reality.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

I see opportunities in two categories: fertility and general health. . In the future (and we’re starting to see this happen now), tests will be taken in the home with results delivered immediately: imagine something like a pregnancy test or glucose test strip in the home but to diagnose common ailments like UTIs, STDs, strep, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

They had unique technology, but needed help better explaining why that mattered to buyers who were stuck in the old ways of thinking about network security risk, products and categories. Three years later their IPO valued the company at more than $2 billion.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . It’s not hard to imagine how the Lightning payment network could make it much easier for companies like Square to expand internationally. Use Case I: Payments and Finance . 4) P2P Derivatives

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2016

We had to convince a major game console company to allow them to self-publish in a completely new category, compete side-by-side with other large competitors, and following their pivot take a chance in a completely different industry. Here are my five tips on how to pivot successfully: 1. Pivot cleanly.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Imagine VR/AR/MR systems that truly understand how users think and feel. Brian Yongwook Chae , CEO of Looxid Labs, will pitch at SXSW in the category of Augmented & Virtual Reality (3:30 to 4:30 pm Saturday, March 14) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

As you can imagine, there were a few participants who were extremely active on the forum, while others would rarely comment. Photo: Creative Commons Categories: Learning and Development To ensure everyone was receiving value from the training, I set up regular one-on-one check-ins with each learner.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2015

Today, entire job categories are being permanently erased by robotics. The upside: new jobs and career categories. Entirely new job categories will be devised by humans to serve entirely new categories of wants and needs. It won’t happen overnight. Mass displacement of labor won’t happen overnight. Don’t worry.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 21, 2021

11:03] The reassessment phase I imagine is one of the hardest parts for most people – what happens if you decide that you’ve been on the wrong team? [12:05] You get access to a curated catalog of top outsourced talent in 500+ categories – already vetted for quality and experience.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

We selected sites from among the top 25 in their category, according to Alexa rankings. Imagine you want to buy something as a gift for your friend. Based on the evaluative statements for each category, we can infer sub-dimensions in the form of questions. Easy and simple to figure out, clear categories.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Can you imagine that now it would take 10 minutes and we had to take turns. If you imagine if I'd come when I was 20 years old and I'd have the thickest accent, and I'd have so much difficulty in terms of just how I come across the status side of it in terms of building rapport, building trust. Who could use it?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Imagine a company that sells custom dress shirts. They’re an invitation to benchmark your goods and product categories. First, they allow shoppers to save billing and shipping information in an account profile, and automatically insert that data for future purchases. Saving that information knocks out three extra fields.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Entrepreneurs in this category are real risk takers, such as Elon Musk. He recommends imagining creative solutions to a problem to “cut through the noise and focus on the signal.” Push your mindset to tackle the seemingly insurmountable. A bold mindset excels at speed, creativity, and decisive action.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2016

Imagine a startup that builds software applications for medium and large businesses. Building a sales funnel to reach out to this category of decision makers can be an extremely lengthy process. With not enough money to play with, it can be difficult to invest in tools that can help you automate and hasten the growth process.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 18, 2021

Personalize your interactions by segmenting donors based on categories, gift-giving levels, or other demographics. We’re offering a few of our own to spark your imagination. Use donor-centric language, which means you focus on the donor and the impact they make instead of focusing on all that your organization does.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2019

The key findings from their study were that websites with low visual complexity and high prototypicality (how representative a design looks for a certain category of websites) were perceived as highly appealing. Diverting from those is a risk, no matter how imaginative or striking the design. Follow conventions.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Many folks think of podcasts as its own category. In the future, I can imagine a world where Spotify has video content (like Netflix), or I can imagine a world where Netflix offers audio stories (like Spotify). 3/ Audio As A Feature Of Streaming Services. I came to that conclusion the hard way, after working in the field.

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View from Seed

JULY 26, 2022

“We believe Poplin has the potential to create a new category of pre-pregnancy wellness for the millions of hopeful parents that are either struggling with fertility or just want to do whatever they can to ensure a healthy, thriving pregnancy. RH: Close your eyes and imagine where your business will be in five years.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Navigation (if you have many categories and subcategories, but you’re not sure how to structure them to provide a seamless user experience). Here’s a list of questions/tasks you can use during a tree-testing exercise: Which category would you click first if you wanted to find information about XYZ?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 6, 2024

And learning means learning's a pretty encompassing category. And those are not the dominant category, needless to say. But if we say, just for fun, let's imagine 10 x, what would have to be true? Amy (13:07): It's mostly learning. It means a lot of different things. So yes, I call that the happy accident failure.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

When Accel led Melio’s series B last year, we had high expectations for the company and its vision but didn’t imagine it would become one of Israel’s cloud unicorns in such a short space of time. On the back of this momentum, Melio today announced a $110m funding round, rocketing the company to a valuation of $1.3b

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Reinvigorating Imagination. Imagine near, mid-term, and far futures; examine trends with a scrutinizing eye. He has created over 300 products in 20 international market categories and has received over 150 patents and international design awards. Do not fall into this trap.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Navigation links: The text that appears for your products and categories within the navigation menu of the website. As you could imagine, it is a hotspot for keywords. H1 headings: This is the main heading that appears on a product listing or category. These links bring shoppers to the product listings.

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