Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

John moved to Japan in the 1980s to work at Toyota, which at that point had the most advanced manufacturing practices in the world. And so they came to this idea if we had a playlist for kids that was really intuitive for them, that we could curate all these different resources so that kids could actually choose how they learn best.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. 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.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2016

It needs to be valued and curated and managed in the same fashion as the rest of your customer experience. But there’s also an opportunity to exceed expectations and use a customer-intimate payment experience as a competitive differentiator. Payment is not the main objective of any transaction.

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