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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? Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. It’s time to build!

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Platform thinking: How to disrupt Craigslist

The Next Web

Craigslist , that ugly set of electric-blue links that still stands around like an exhibit from the museum of early web design. Beyond the critical mass, the platform gains strength on account of network effects becoming more useful as more users use it. You can follow Sangeet on Twitter at @sanguit.

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Why Every Business Needs To Become A Platform, And How To Do It

YoungUpstarts

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. Leveraging network effects. Another way to build your network is to increase the value of the platform by opening it up for others to build on.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

What started as a web site to trade laser pointers and Beanie Babies (the Pez dispenser start is quite literally a legend), today enables transactions of approximately $100B per year. 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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The rise of the vertical reputation graph

Version One Ventures

These vertically-focused platforms cater to the specific needs of their users, offering a close networking community around shared interests. They also give their users a better way to develop and curate their personal online brand beyond the LinkedIn resume. Recruiters and job ads now commonly ask for GitHub profiles.

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10 Tools for Understanding and Dissecting an Industry

VC Cafe

I remember the first time I met Mark Gerson, the founder of expert network company Gerson Lehrman Group (where I previously worked), as he described how Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) first started. Resources abound online, but the noise-to-signal ratio is high, and the content needs to be verified and curated. 1) Industry reports.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

Useful Glossaries For Web Designers and Developers – [link]. The State of Web Development 2010 – [link]. Anatomy of Colors in Web Design: Black – A Representation of Style & Mystery – [link]. 20 Fabulous Photoshop Web Interface Tutorials – [link]. Logo Design Trends 2010 – [link].