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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

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.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. 406 Ventures.

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Why Content Favors the Old (Entrepreneur)

pandodaily.com

But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. Sarah Lacy is the founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily. 25 comments. 0 people listening. Semil Shah.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

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.

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Liquidity Hacking - How to Build a Two-Sided Marketplace

A Crowded Space

Now you have a trusted recommendation to try a service and you get free distribution to all employees. So, you look for some supply aggregators like a Web design firm in India to offer the supply you need to get off the ground. Focus on a vertical  You started with anything? Curate one side. See: Ebay. See: Exec.

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Why AOL's "About.com 2.0" strategy will work. for a while

Genuine VC

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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Why AOL's "About.com 2.0" strategy will work. for a while

Genuine VC

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.

Arkansas 100