Remove Community Remove Curation Remove Finance Remove Vertical
article thumbnail

Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Social Hybrid AI x human communities – messaging & social apps where bots are treated as equal citizens. Next-gen avatars for next-level communication – AI gives consumers a hyperrealistic digital likeness they can use to instantly generate and share these assets.

article thumbnail

Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

VC Cafe

This collaboration could extend to creating localized models that better understand and generate content for specific regions or communities, enhancing the relevance and reach of AI applications. This not only fosters community but also reinstates the media’s role as a public square for democracy. But is the opposite true as well?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The rise of the vertical reputation graph

Version One Ventures

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a number of start-ups try to carve away parts of LinkedIn by being the “LinkedIn for x” – where x ranges from doctors, teachers, finance professionals, academics, lawyers, engineers, etc. They also give their users a better way to develop and curate their personal online brand beyond the LinkedIn resume.

article thumbnail

Twitter Link Roundup #38 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. The Steps of Creative Communication – [link]. An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital Financing – [link]. Why Content Curation Is Here to Stay – [link]. 40+ Amazing Examples of Graffiti Art – [link].

article thumbnail

Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

While non bank business financing is currently miniscule by comparison, the numbers from kickstarter.com tell us something is brewing. A local example was the Greenhouse pop up restaurant in Melbourne by Joost Baker – Which included vertical gardens and large amounts of material re-purposing.

Uruguay 123
article thumbnail

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are Media Sites Fundable?

ReadWriteStart

Today's roundtable brought some core issues up for debate regarding media startups that are focusing largely on Content and Community features and expecting to get funded. The company that has successfully monetized in the women vertical is Glam Media, but their model is of a Vertical Ad Network.

Media 114
article thumbnail

Q&A Wednesday :: GuruStorms

Austin Startup

GuruStorms is a new brainstorming site that offers a unique crowdsourcing solution: a curated crowd of gurus that represent the world’s best and brightest online experts. The site had a lot of bells and whistles and an open community model, and generated some interest in the online ideation world.