Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. Don’t let leading edge become bleeding edge.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Similarly, rugged frames and sturdy landing gear reduce risk of breaking during routine operation or minor crashes. Electronic speed controllers regulate power distribution from the flight battery to the motors, while the flight controller acts as the drone’s computerized brain coordinating inputs and stabilizing altitude.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

We’re calling them NextView Operator Guilds. . The concept our Guilds is simple: We want to bring together small groups of Product and Go-to-Market experts to lend their time to support our portfolio company founders and key operators. Go-to-Market Guild. Jessica Meher, VP, Marketing at Notarize.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We just held our fifteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

Technology advancement has transformed the way we live, work, and communicate. The continuous innovation in technology has led to the development of smarter devices, faster and more reliable networks, and unprecedented levels of connectivity. Better technology means happier patients and less stressed staff.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 20, 2022

After the incredible pace of 2021, tech has definitely pulled back in 2022. With every investment (no matter where we are in the roller coaster ride of the tech market), we ask ourselves “Why this mission-driven team?” Why is there a market pull today that didn’t exist last year or the year before?

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In my two previous installments, I talked about the changing dynamics in many tech-centric cities. The Big Question: Why isn’t every company distributed today? Today, especially in tech hubs like Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, or Seattle, none of these facts hold. Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. In short — how the hell did we raise $30 million?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

On the other hand, the global courier delivery market covering Express delivery and Parcel Pickup and Drop services is all set to surpass a whopping $400 billion by 2024 with a growth rate of 8-10% every year. Recognizing the business goals and operational scope of the client firm.

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VC Cafe

MAY 16, 2023

I previously wrote about the big tech titans battling the area of AI supremacy , mainly Google vs. Microsoft (via OpenAI) and also the past, present and future of tech wars. The market share of chatbots, and LLMs (that will later on be sold to enterprises) will be heavily influenced by user perception.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

According to Atos, a European multinational information technology services and consulting business, $50 billion is invested in FinTech annually. According to another Allied Market Research report, global FinTech will be worth $698.48 It should include doing background checks and reviewing their security rules and practices.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

With businesses getting more globalized than ever, with offices being situated in different locations and time zones, there are different technologies being used to accommodate such settings. One of the major reasons why such technology was introduced in the first place was to eliminate the risks of all potential conflicts.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

Cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and Bitcoin are based on blockchain technology, a digitized, self-validating, relatively anonymous method that allows individuals and entities exchange monetized value. It’s unclear whether digital currencies would rely on blockchain technology, but that’s not the point. Securities.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

Today’s $24 billion storage market in the US has these same key disadvantages and that was the genesis of Sam Rosen’s initial idea for MakeSpace , which I initially funded 15 months ago. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures makespace' Sam moved back to NY and we announced our seed round of capital, which we led.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

Conventional wisdom says that technology is propelling the disruption that is roiling the markets. This often means mergers and acquisitions, incremental innovation, marketing, and global expansion – which, over the long-term, only widen the gulf between the company and its customers. But this belief is dead wrong.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Medical tech startups are regulated by the FDA and must abide by strict regulations at all times. Whether your medical tech startup produces low-risk or high-risk devices, compliance is a crucial and complex necessity. The same can happen in the medical tech world. Don’t go to market without a pre-market application.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, small businesses face the ongoing challenge of streamlining operations, maximizing productivity, and staying competitive. Image Source Gone are the days when small businesses had to rely on manual processes and spreadsheets to manage their operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. But distribution is now unlimited. Time independent.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

Although several startups were able to sustain themselves, others shut down within a few months of operating. According to Markets Insider, the number of enterprises run by women in the United States has doubled in the last 20 years. A report reveals, 2% of working women leave the workforce due to this reason.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition to providing customer care and assistance, a virtual assistant may also develop web pages or compose blog entries, administer email newsletters, carry out sales and marketing chores, generate sales leads, and conduct a variety of other jobs. If you think you can handle the difficulty, then go for it. Thanks to Jaden Oh, TRAFFV !

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Fully remote distributed companies used to be a rarity. The technology is mature enough that working from home works pretty well. Here is remote work in the time of COVID-19.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 21, 2020

We received, reviewed and responded to almost 500 applications over this period of time. He’s super passionate about many aspects of tech, from solar to crypto/blockchain and machine learning. In fact, he started his own consultancy, Entiende Bitcoin , to help Bitcoin companies develop and distribute products in emerging markets.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This shift from Big Tech to NFT as an authenticator will have all kinds of interesting consequences for user experiences. The first major product market fit is in building an open, permissionless financial system (commonly referred to as DeFi). Just as we as beings are in constant flux, now our selective identities can be as well.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2021

The more automated the business processes, the faster to perform operations. In the current world, the speed of operations, systematic approach in your business is everything. Any business without the digital presence and digital operations are already dead or soon will be dead. It is hard to do that without innovations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. Dont let leading edge become bleeding edge.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Wired in partnership with Goldman Sachs wrote an article called “The Four Disruptive Technologies Behind the Growth of Fintech” which I found to be generic fluffy clickbait content. QR Codes QR codes are machine-to-machine computer vision technology which will be key in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Photo Credit: Amber Christian.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s becoming increasingly important for every business to have at least basic technology to run daily operations in the current day society. Despite the glowing positive side of it, technology also has its negative implications on business, especially in this cyber-crime era. Technology is helping me greatly to run my blogs.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core. However each component will change dramatically. Research and Trading.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

On the other hand, a firm that adopts backward integration runs a section of the operations that are downstream production while at the same time pursuing their own marketing campaigns. Diversification of operations tends to spread risks and optimize operations to levels that are extremely sustainable.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review. As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?”. to stifle competition.).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

In one of the sessions I attended the room was packed with developers, and in the web3-focused session, most of the chatter was not on NFTs or Play to Earn, but on the potential of generative AI to reduce costs, increase productivity and test various aspects of the game creation value chain from ideation, to development and marketing of games.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. And while the “first mover advantage” was the rallying cry of the last bubble, today’s is: “Massive capital infusion can own the entire market.” NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Customer Relationship Management is a technology designed to help your business manage customer relationships and interactions in an organized way. It gives your sales, customer service, business development, marketing, HR, and any other teams direct access to shared information with a better way to manage interactions with customers.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Legal cannabis generated $16 billion in total economic output in the United States in 2017, and research indicates it will increase 150 percent by 2021, according to a report from cannabis industry analysts Arcview Market Research , in partnership with BDS Analytics. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Be specific.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

The breakthrough here is how smaller online shops found a platform that helped them reach the global market and be a part of this new rising phenomenon. Furthermore, this was the time Amazon became more popular in the market. Customer Reviews and Engagements. By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident.

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