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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Outreach was named to this prestigious list thanks in part to triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth and the largest customer base in the sales engagement category.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

Many Startups Lack Demand. One feature that is prevalent among many failing (or soon-to-be-failing) startups is an overall lack of demand. There may be a large addressable market, but that market itself is not demanding things like solar power for Porto-Potties or a major societal shift that involves changing the Constitution.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

Many Startups Lack Demand In both funding startups and servicing them, I have seen almost every idea under the sun. One feature that is prevalent among many failing (or soon-to-be-failing) startups is an overall lack of demand. Without demand, startups falter and ultimately fail. Find blue ocean opportunities.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

He built & IPOd Demand Media. Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite. It is different.

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

Zipline provides vital, on demand delivery for the world. Techstars funded the company via our Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. Outreach is a sales engagement platform that was funded by the Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. Today, the cloud communication platform is valued at around $33 billion. #4:

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29 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They’re Making in Their Business as a Result of Pandemic

Hearpreneur

Demand for e-commerce and social media participation is increasing. When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important. Learning to pivot is the name of the game right now. COVID has proven that adaptation is crucial.

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Jason Fried is on Cloud Nine

Growthink Blog

Namely, on the cloud. DiJiPop (Providence, RI), Provider of on-demand shopper marketing platform - $1 million. DocuSign (Seattle, WA), Provider of electronic signature technology - $27 million. Given the potential complexity of Basecamp's core application - namely to manage projects of all types and sizes, Basecamp runs easy.

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