Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

I recently wrote a post about how to get access to people at conferences and how to connect with people on social networks. I got to thinking more broadly about social networks and the real-time web. Facebook has much more value to me as a networking tool. It is already organized around vertical niches and topics.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2015

In addition to the old-school general purpose crowdfunding sites, new platforms are emerging to serve specific verticals or sets of verticals. Changes in the status of a fundraiser such as raising your fundraising goal is information essential to share through Facebook, Twitter, email, etc. Don’t Forget To Say Thanks!

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Hilary Mason , Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners , has a TED talk on how she replaces herself with a shell script to handle her email deluge. The VC Software Stack — the Untouched Vertical.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references. Doesn’t it depend on vertical market.? All this leads up to a flurry of press events and interviews, all geared to the product/web site launch date. Thanks for sharing. Now In Print!

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Email and customer feedback forms.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. link] My email list for “unbloggable” thoughts and ideas – Venture Sprout. [.] I’ve designed a pattern to extract a user’s preference from posts in my social networking site, then I shall share this to others.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2011

This confidence can come from researching and surveying the market or seeing competitors succeed in our vertical. The download came with two worksheets and access to a series of free informational emails. The answer is simpler than you’d think: take time to unplug from your blog, email, social network, and business contacts.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2011

This confidence can come from researching and surveying the market or seeing competitors succeed in our vertical. The download came with two worksheets and access to a series of free informational emails. The answer is simpler than you’d think: take time to unplug from your blog, email, social network, and business contacts.

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Affiliate America United States Video 64

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Another provider which identifies email addresses of strangers is Contactout.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, if you’re an early-stage SaaS provider that is shifting from a horizontal solution to a vertical focus, your mission, culture, and competencies can stay the same and the pivot transition will probably go smoothly. PIVOT #3: CASH ON THE PALM PILOT WITH EMAIL SYNC. PIVOT #4: EMAIL PAYMENTS FOR EBAY SELLERS.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 21, 2015

” I mean everyone knows the best way to be considered a thought leader in social media is to be the first one with a course telling people how to profit from a new social network. Related posts: Posterous Group Tool Makes Small Business Sense Posterous, the email based blogging tool, has quietly (or not.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Facebook is also the most popular social network with people over 65. Description: A brief intro about your company and Page Categories: Industries that describe your business and help people find your page Contact information: Website, email address, phone number, etc. But in the U.S. Image source. By comparison, only 1.7%

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2019

And for a while I was working on the vertical of religion. The next rung might be engaging with you on social media, talking at you. The next rung up on that engagement ladder might be signing up for your email newsletter. Your website, your email newsletter and social media. John Jantsch: Yeah.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Journalists get tons of pitches every day — it’s very likely that the journalist you’re pitching will only read the first few sentences of your email. People generally don’t like to be part of blast emails, and journalists are no exception.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

One way to get around this is for sites to have a native app, which (depending on the vertical) has the user perpetually logged in, or requires the user to login before the purchase is finally made. Step 1 – The Initial Email.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> social network/web analysis/etc. Our idea is boring and not revolutionary. Shocking, I know.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Instead of emailing notes, I put pen to paper, because I knew that despite all of our new communication tools, including email, social, and yes, even text messages, nothing beats the impact of a handwritten note. Handwritten notes are dying. Nobody has the time to buy a card, write it out, and mail it.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. Sent you an email as well. And they’re largely right. Thanks for compiling this list.

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Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

And this strategy of building a series of publications around vertical topics plays right into this movement. Because not only has the world changed in towards a more distributed web over the past ten years as AOL has declined, it has also become a more social one. Posted via email from genuinevc's posterous.

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Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

And this strategy of building a series of publications around vertical topics plays right into this movement. Because not only has the world changed in towards a more distributed web over the past ten years as AOL has declined, it has also become a more social one. Posted via email from genuinevc's posterous.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The new ones are obviously offering more social network awareness and more ways to communicate, so that’s kind of where everyone is moving. And if you did make one that was kind of like these three, in that vertical, you’d be awesome. No reason to just copy a market that’s already done.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Reply steveblank , on April 16, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Jerry, As Domino’s and Amazon found out this week, social networks can quickly disseminate information faster than most traditional marketing organizations can react. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print! Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Email Story. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind. I would like to know, what are the areas/vertical they are looking for acquisition? The Best Time to Send Emails, Tweets and Text Ads. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Footbo - a football-centric social network that enables fans to follow leagues & competitions from around the world while easily connecting with fans from all locations. ForNova provides a B2B turnkey solution to enable building aggregation solutions for classifieds eCommerce, travel and many other specific content verticals.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A few months later, Julisa emailed me with great news: she had landed a job at one of the hottest startups in the country, a fast-growing restaurant technology platform called Toast that had just raised $30 million in financing and would later go on to raise another $100 million to fuel its rapid growth.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A few months later, Julisa emailed me with great news: she had landed a job at one of the hottest startups in the country, a fast-growing restaurant technology platform called Toast that had just raised $30 million in financing and would later go on to raise another $100 million to fuel its rapid growth.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Email Story. Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. It’s like arguing against vertical software. Wow, it looks like every.NET developer was sent a mass email saying to complain about the original post! March 26, 2011 at 9:02 am.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

But I knew I had to look for investments in “software meets X (often known as Vertical Software solutions)” rather than necessarily horizontal enterprise software applications. Back then there were “email forwards.” The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I think it started with eBay, but then we got into more vertical specific ones, like Zillow, Grubhub, OpenTable and Uber that I’m on the board of. People say, “Why isn’t telemedicine or email more active here?” What got you interested and how have you been studying the system? Bill Gurley : Great.

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