Curation Demand Distribution Vertical 
VC Cafe
MARCH 1, 2024
AI to make IRL matches – What if you could chat with a bot that learns about you on a deeper level and uses this information to make a curated set of matches? Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030. It’s time to build!
VC Cafe
APRIL 15, 2024
Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. Media companies can create their own smaller, specialised LLMs to boost vertical content creation. What do you think?
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abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay.
A Crowded Space
AUGUST 11, 2014
Once you have hundreds of thousands of users on the supply side and the demand side, then everything works great. These are physical locations that contain a concentration of supply or demand. Now you have a trusted recommendation to try a service and you get free distribution to all employees. Curate one side.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.;
Genuine VC
DECEMBER 23, 2009
As the internet becomes more fragmented, when– if you can produce great content in niche areas and then really leverage the distribution on the internet, you’re looking at a very high scale, high ROI, return-on-capital business.” And then, the second piece is really that fragmentation is our friend.
Genuine VC
DECEMBER 23, 2009
As the internet becomes more fragmented, when– if you can produce great content in niche areas and then really leverage the distribution on the internet, you’re looking at a very high scale, high ROI, return-on-capital business.” And then, the second piece is really that fragmentation is our friend.
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