Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

grow into international markets, other industry verticals, and other product lines). we would not be limited by geography, industry verticals, or expanding into new product lines (data is a truly huge industry with no TAM, or total available market, limitations). and hopefully?—?grow data.world was a perfect name?—?we

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Be honest with yourself VCs are now going to be looking closer at margins, cost structures and true sales, and product market fit. As CRO, Lester is responsible for sales, client success and marketing at WARP. During his six years at AxleHire, Sokolovsky worked to push AxleHire into new verticals and sustainability partnerships.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 12, 2019

.” Inertia is too strong and companies like Spotify, which solve this via search, curation and personalization, are increasing their share of podcast market. You could try a theSkimm for podcasts – newsletter based summary and recommendations for target demographic or content vertical.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

Business data on start-ups, VCs, PE, financial markets, sales and marketing is being created at an alarming rate. The product collects, cleans, and curates data from news sites, SEC filings, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, AngelList, CrunchBase, and more. You can read about the company’s background on VentureBeat and TechCrunch.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

The objective of the conference was to understand how APIs will power the next great web and mobile companies and share some best practises in understanding when to use APIs or not and how can API company best market to developers.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2013

There’s a good post on Business of Fashion this morning which identifies four ecommerce models that are working in fashion: Social curation (which they helpfully define as ‘product discovery and connecting people to inspiration’). Vertically integrated ecommerce. Online market places. Collaborative consumption.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. He does think there are opportunities in vertical search.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Bob Glazer. Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency.

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Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

One Jackson is a new online children’s clothing retailer which is surprisingly fresh – all of its designs were created by independent designers and then curated with love from its community of parents. Including how large it is – there is $15B spent on U.S. Many of the inputs going into this investment were known to us at NextView.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This will be followed by an Investor Week starting March 9, where Techstars Austin will curate meetings with investors from all over the United States. EarBuds (Austin, TX) Jason Fox, CEO EarBuds allows people to listen along LIVE with their favorite music curators in key moments.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 15, 2014

The Future of Mobile Search Marketing written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Justin Emig – Enjoy! The Future of Mobile Search Marketing. The Future of Mobile Search.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The advice, connections, and customers they seek are in all sorts of different verticals, and so it’s unlikely that you’re going to be able to build out a conference where paying hundreds of dollars and spending a day makes sense to someone if only 10% of the content and audience is relevant. Mix up the formats.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Andy Dunn of Bonobos , a vertical web retailer, will be driving attention to one of their core values in 2011: Focus on self-awareness, the core trait of leaders, both people and firms. Marketing who we are, not who we may want to be one day. We will measure our traction in three ways: 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 18, 2012

I asked them to curate a conference--just as a mental exercise, not for real. With respect to their careers, it's tough to get across why just deciding to be a marketing major isn't enough. Taken in the context of a conference, no one thought that a generic marketing conference seemed that interesting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Influencer marketing is here and it’s not going anywhere soon. For many brands on a limited budgets, they have turned to leveraging industry influencers as a way to market their products and promote holiday deals. This combination allows us to streamline our process and execute influencer marketing campaigns at scale.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Today we’re announcing that Lightpseed and Accel are investing in Bonobos , a vertically-integrated men’s apparel etailer. As I’ve mentioned before, companies who understand these customer level economics can quickly reach millions in monthly revenue as they can confidently spend on marketing to grow their customer base.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

If you’d like to capture the iPhone market, too, check out AppBreeder , a web-based iPhone app maker, or SwebApps , another tool for building iPhone applications. It might be smart to double-check your plans with an experienced and successful mobile and online marketing expert before beginning your app creation.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2010

Entrepreneur, investor and blogger Gabriel Weinberg has an excellent list of "traction verticals" that he curated earlier this year based on the dozens of interviews with fellow startup founders. For those aiming their products and services at fellow small businesses, proper traction relies on the "marketing equation.".

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 26, 2013

Everyone should be familiar with the concept of The Market for Lemons. Therefore, people will list items of low quality because the market will overvalue them. But, people will not list items of high quality, because the market will undervalue them. AngelList is a phenomenal platform.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Club W: service that provides curated, personalized wine subscription. Kickfolio: service to help brands market their iPhone apps. LaunchGram: aggregate news service about products and launches coming soon in verticals such as movies, electronics, video games, and cars.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 19, 2012

The company that has successfully monetized in the women vertical is Glam Media, but their model is of a Vertical Ad Network. Also, Titash Neogi from Pune, India, pitched Themeefy , a publishing platform for self-publishers that helps users create, curate and publish books, magazines, etc. which is a good start.

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A Crowded Space

JULY 24, 2014

Startups are attacking just about every vertical. People may be hesitant to enter this market because of difficulties working with Medicare and Medicaid. Estimates are that there are nearly 1M workers that fall in the “grey market” - the term used here for home care aides paid out of pocket through private arrangements.

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. in marketing. That’s a specific example, in generalities you’ll get: exclusive looks at software/marketing topics which for whatever reason aren’t right for this blog. Kalzumeus Software. Greatest Hits. by Patrick.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

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. Brad Nickel. Love this self-validating post! My entire concept is based on knowing what I need to know.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2020

written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Zephyr CMS. John Jantsch: Hello welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Because not everybody gets into marketing wanting to be a videographer. Transcript.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. Without the proper technology to match people who wanted a ride with people who could provide that service, taxi and chauffeur companies were drastically underserving the potential market.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One – [link]. 12 Unique and Creative Shoes – [link].

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 13, 2016

In this scenario the shop has generated the (foot) traffic and created a sale through curation and/or recommendation. In other words – they need to curate and/or recommend products that people don’t know, or aren’t sure, they want. Examples from our portfolio include Thread.com , Patch , and Snaptrip.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2014

Resources abound online, but the noise-to-signal ratio is high, and the content needs to be verified and curated. So he teamed up with a few PhDs and set off to write a book about each major vertical – Healthcare, Technology Media and Telecom, Energy and Industrials, Retail and Consumer Goods, etc. A 1) Industry reports.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). It’s a different market and you need to connect with the people who already have a burning need. The reason is that, that all you’re doing is making the market smaller for yourself. Jason: Well wait a minute.

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Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The new system will also help determine how much freelancers get paid, as it predicts how much marketers might pay to advertise on a particular article.” And this strategy of building a series of publications around vertical topics plays right into this movement.

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Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The new system will also help determine how much freelancers get paid, as it predicts how much marketers might pay to advertise on a particular article.” And this strategy of building a series of publications around vertical topics plays right into this movement.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The “classic” idea of content marketing—cranking out SEO-focused articles, ranking for hundreds of keywords, generating visitors, leads, and paying customers—doesn’t work in all industries. I worked with a company that manufactured moisture-resistant flooring adhesive. This approach isn’t just limited to enterprise companies.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Ramping Your Brand For Exponential Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Dr. James Richardson. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Dr. James Richardson. More About Certified Marketing Manager Program Powered By Duct Tape Marketing: Check it out here.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 31, 2022

With ad costs rising on Facebook (and across platforms), ecommerce marketers who want a slice of this pie will need to up their Facebook ad game to stand out and remain in play. Designing an effective ad that resonates with your audience and achieves your marketing goals is more challenging. Make sure they get used across the company

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Startups are lucky that they can’t afford research, so they test in market and land upon on ideas that would never fly based on what we think or what focus groups would respond with. Given technology is becoming the major form of market access – it should now be viewed in the same realm as access to medicine and education.

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